Sexual Health & STDs: Medications

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  • Interferon alfa-2b

    Drug
    02/13/08, Healthwise

    If a man fathers a child while using interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin, the baby may have birth defects. Use a condom to prevent pregnancy during your treatment. Continue using condoms for at least 6 months after you stop using this drug combination..

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  • Human papillomavirus vaccine

    Drug
    02/27/08, Healthwise

    Before receiving HPV vaccine, tell your doctor if you have a high fever or signs of infection, a weak immune system, a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia, or if you are taking a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin).

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  • Antibiotics for syphilis

    Article
    10/02/07, Healthwise

    Antibiotics destroy the bacteria that cause syphilis.

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  • Enoxacin

    Drug
    02/13/04, Healthwise

    Enoxacin is an antibiotic in a class of drugs called fluoroquinolones. It fights bacteria in the body.

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  • Interferon alfa-n3 (injectable)

    Drug
    08/23/04, Healthwise

    Contraception is recommended during treatment with interferon alfa-n3 to prevent pregnancy.

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  • Tinidazole

    Drug
    06/05/07, Healthwise

    A medicine similar to tinidazole has caused cancer in laboratory animals. It is not known if tinidazole would have the same effect in animals, or in humans. Talk with your doctor about your specific cancer risk.

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  • Abnormal Pap Test - Medications

    Article
    01/05/09, Healthwise

    Medicines may cure a bacterial, fungal, or protozoal infection and allow minor cell changes called atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) that have caused an abnormal Pap test to return to normal. HPV infection

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  • Warts and Plantar Warts - Medications

    Article
    09/11/08, Healthwise

    Most warts do not need to be treated. They generally go away on their own within months or years.2 This may be because, with time, your immune system is able to destroy the human papillomavirus that causes warts.

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  • Treating Bacterial Vaginosis

    Article
    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Despite the fact that bacterial vaginosis (known as BV) accounts for 40 percent of all vaginitis-related office visits, this common disorder is still not well understood. Indeed, as researchers have attempted to sort out the causes, it has been rena

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  • Acyclovir (oral)

    Drug
    10/29/07, Healthwise

    Treatment with acyclovir should be started as soon as possible after the first appearance of symptoms (such as tingling, burning, blisters).

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