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A member asked:

I had protected sex the day after taking azithromycin, will that hurt my chances of curing chlamydia?

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Dr. Kathy Robinson answered

No: Having protected sex will not interfere with the azithromycin.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/6/2017

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About two days ago i had protected sex and bled immediately after. What does that mean? I was informed 2 weeks ago that i had chlamydia. I took 4 pills of zithromax in dose, as told by my doctor, and waited ten days after i took the dosage to have sex.

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One day ago i took azithromycin for chlamydia when can I have potected sex ?

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