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Penicillin for syphilis is an injectable version. You can get treatment from your local department of health, and possibly with other providers such as a primary care provider, family planning agency, urgent care, or infectious disease doctor. Contact your local department of health for the cheapest option, or referral to another provider.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 7y agoUpdate: Penicillin for syphilis is in a shortage in the US as of May 2016. Contact your local department of health to find out about availability and alternative treatment and retesting options.
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∙ 7y agoMedicating yourself is risky; you really should see a doctor.
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∙ 12y agoIt's usually easies to get at the department of health
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How to treat Syphilis?
The duration of treatment for syphilis depends on the stage of infection. Early stages require a single injection of penicillin.
What is used to treat syphilis?
Traditionally, penicillin is the most common medication used to treat syphilis. Other antibiotics may also be used, and if taken properly antibiotics will cure syphilis but they can not undo damage that's already been done by the disease.
Does penicillin relieve the symptoms of infectious disease?
Penicillin is effective for some infectious diseases, like strep throat and syphilis. It does not cure most infectious diseases.
How many days do you take doxycycline for?
Doxycycline can and does treat syphilis and is used for those who cannot tolerate penicillin. It often has to be used with other meds like antibiotics for the eyes. It takes approximately two weeks - 400-500 mgs per day.
The primary care of what sexually-transmitted disease and its early stages as a single injection of penicillin?
The cure for syphilis in the early stages is a single injection of penicillin. Later stages require more complex treatment.
What communicable diseases can be treated with penicillin?
Strep throat (caused by streptococci bacteria) Syphilis Staph infections (caused by staphylococci bacteria)
What can penicillin cure?
I think that it treats many things. One example is strep troat.
Why is penicillin important in the field of medicine?
Penicillin is a gram positive antibiotic used to treat many types of bacterial infections including syphilis. It is of great importance to the medical field because it was in fact the first antibiotic to be discovered to assist in treatments of serious infectious disease.
Name a disease where penicillin has been very sucessful?
Penicillin is mainly used for treating infections, STDs, and diseases spread from animals. A particular disease it has been successful in is Meningitis. Also cellulitis, gonorrhea, and syphilis.Penicillin is a mold that destroys bacteria. It will not cure a disease unless it is bacteria driven.
Is there penicillin in Motrin?
No; there is no penicillin in ibuprofen.
Who invented penecillin?
Alexander Fleming 1928 Penicillin antibiotics are historically significant because they were the first drugs that were effective against many serious bacterial infections, and subsequent diseases associated. In addition this antibiotic can beat syphilis and staph infections.
Can you die of syphilis's?
You can die of untreated syphilis. Syphilis is easily treated, so it's not necessary to let it kill you.
