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After taking azithromycin, is it 2weeks after taking it that i can get re-tested to check i'm clear?

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Dr. Martin Raff answered

Azithromycin: Without knowing what you were treated for and why it is impossible to answer the question. If you do not have symptoms it may not be necessary to be retested, but again you have not given a clue as to why you were given what is considered a lengthy course of azithromycin. Good luck.

Answered 2/9/2014

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A member asked:

After taking azithromycin, is it 2weeks after taking it that i can get re-tested to check i'm clear?

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