Doctors are hoping a cheap antibiotic will be able to slow the rising STD rate in the U.S. Experts believes rates have been rising due to declining condom use and reduced testing.
released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections.
To try to turn the tide, many doctors see promise in doxycycline, a cheap antibiotic that has been sold for more than 50 years. "We do need new approaches, new innovations" to help bring sexually transmitted infections under control, said Dr. Philip Andrew Chan, who is consulting with the CDC on the doxycycline recommendations.This 1975 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria.
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