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How many days after taking azithromycin ( 2 pills 500 mg taken as a single dose ) will it take to cure chlamydia ?

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Chlamydia: Persons with chlamydia should abstain from having sex for seven days after single dose antibiotics, or until completion of a seven-day course of antibiotics, to prevent spreading the infection to partners.

Dr Pizzo agreed

Answered 4/29/2016

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Ive been recently diagnosed with PID and chlamydia. After taking a few days of my PID medication, Ive thrown up two of the doses (metronidazole and doxycycline). Ive also tried to take my azithromycin but Ive thrown it up as well. ?

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I threw up my 2 azithromycin pills prescribed for chlamydia a hour and a half after taking it, am i good or do i need to take another dose? they were 500 milligrams each?

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I was treated for chlamydia with a one dose of 1g of Azithromycin two weeks ago and I am still having symptoms. What do I need to take now?

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