Chlamydia Health Center

If you are infected with C. trachomatis, your healthcare provider will probably give you a prescription for an antibiotic such as azithromycin (taken for one day) or doxycycline (taken for 7 days).

Healthcare providers may treat pregnant women with azithromycin, erythromycin, or sometimes with amoxicillin. Penicillin, which healthcare providers often use to treat some other sexually transmitted diseases, won't cure chlamydia.

If you have chlamydia, you should

Take all your medicine, even after symptoms disappear, for the amount of time prescribed Go to your healthcare provider again if your symptoms do not disappear within 1 to 2 weeks after finishing all your medicine

Not have sex until your treatment is completed and successful

Tell your sex partners that you have chlamydia so they can be tested and treated, if necessary These steps will help you avoid being reinfected with the bacteria. Repeated infections may increase the risks for reproductive complications.