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I took 4 azithromycin pills yesterday to treat chlamydia, my partner started his a week before. we had sex today, will we still be cured?

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Dr. Larry Xanthopoulos answered

No definitive answer: Technically you are supposed to have a test of cure before you engage in sexual contact. So without a negative test we cannot definitively say if you are both cured

Answered 1/2/2015

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A member asked:

I took 4 azithromycin pills yesterday to treat chlamydia, my partner started his a week before. we had sex today, will we still be cured?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Larry Xanthopoulos answered

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