I sent a health nurse a pm describing a specific situation but I thought it might be interesting for the public as well. If you are prescribed penicillin shortly after possible STD infection for some other infection how would this affect the window for STD test accuracy?
Hi manning.is.john
Thanks for bringing this up as it is something that commonly happens at the clinic and affects when you can go for a test.
If you are taking antibiotics and want a test for gonorrhea and chlamydia, you should wait at least 4 weeks after you finish your antibiotics before testing. This is only for people who have no symptoms. If you have symptoms you should come in straight away.
To treat gonorrhea and chlamydia you need certain antibiotics at a certain dose. It can be common that antibiotics you are given for other reasons may reduce the amount of gonorrhea and chlamydia enough to make the test show negative but not completely cure the infection.
Antibiotics do not affect blood tests and you can get these tests done at any time.
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