BHEKISISA OP-ED: One pill within three days of condomless sex could stop three sexually transmitted infections - Daily Maverick

A cheap antibiotic (called doxycycline) used to treat skin infections and to stop people from getting malaria could also work to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis, according to a United States study on men who have sex with men and transgender women.

An old medicine is back with a new promise: it can significantly cut your chances of getting a bacterial infection from condomless sex.  Its an antibiotic from the 1960s called doxycycline used to t… [+10992 chars]

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