Treatment
Health care providers usually prescribe a single dose of one of the following antibiotics to treat gonorrhea.
- Cefixime
- Ceftriaxone
- Single-dose cephalosporin regimens
If you are pregnant, or are younger than 18 years old, you should not be treated with certain types of antibiotics. Your health care provider can prescribe the best and safest antibiotic for you.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia often infect people at the same time. Therefore, health care providers usually prescribe a combination of antibiotics, which will treat both diseases.
If you have gonorrhea, all of your sexual partners should get tested and then treated if infected, whether or not they have symptoms. Health experts also recommend that you not have sex until your infected partners have been treated.
For updated information on treatment for gonorrhea, read the CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines.