Scientists propose antibiotics after sex to prevent syphilis

Studies have shown that a doxycycline tablet taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex significantly reduces the risk of contracting syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.

Scientists believe that taking doxycycline (a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic, included in the list of vital and essential medicines of the Ministry of HEALTH. -) after sexual contact reduces the likelihood of contracting syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, writes Financial Times (FT).

A summer study in the US showed that one dose of an antibiotic taken within 72 hours of unprotected contact reduced the risk of developing these diseases by more than 60% in at-risk patients. According to WHO, the risk group for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) includes sex workers, men who have homosexual sex, as well as some categories of adolescents and pregnant women.

A similar study was published this week by a group of scientists funded by the French Agency for Research on HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. She concluded that doxycycline and serotype B meningococcal vaccines are equally effective in preventing bacterial STIs, either together or taken separately. According to the DIRECTOR of the agency, Yazdan Yazdanpany, this discovery should lead to an adjustment in recommendations for the prevention of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia around the world.

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In the United States, the number of reported cases of syphilis last year reached its highest in more than 70 years, at 171,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Leandro Mena, director of the CDC's sexually transmitted disease division, told the FT last week that there is a reproductive health crisis in the United States.