The long-awaited guideline says doxycycline, a cheap antibiotic, can prevent certain illnesses if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.
The long-awaited guideline says doxycycline, an affordable antibiotic, can prevent certain illnesses if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.FILE - A pharmacist holds a bottle of the antibiotic doxycycline hyclate in Sacramento, Calif., July 8, 2016. NEW YORK — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases.
There's less evidence that the approach works for other people, including heterosexual men and women. That could change as more research is done, said Mermin, who oversees the CDC's STD efforts. A year ago, San Francisco's health department began promoting doxycycline as a morning-after prevention measure.
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