Posted on 04/15/2025 5:36:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on track to become the first new antibiotic for gonorrhea since the 1990s.
“Gepotidacin is a novel oral antibacterial treatment with the potential to become an alternative option for the treatment of gonococcal infections, supported by an acceptable safety and tolerability profile,” the researchers wrote in the study published Monday in The Lancet, adding that the drug “could mark a meaningful advancement in patient care.”
As an antibiotic, gepotidacin works by inhibiting bacteria from replicating in the body. In March, it was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women and girls ages 12 and older. Recurrent UTIs have become a bigger problem as the bacteria that cause them have become more resistant to the antibiotics available to treat them.
Now, there is new hope that gepotidacin may help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea.
“The big takeaway is that having additional treatment options for gonorrhea is fantastic,” said Dr. Jason Zucker, an infectious disease and sexually transmitted infections expert and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who was not involved in the new study.
Effective treatments for gonorrhea have become increasingly limited in recent years due to the global rise of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that cause gonorrhea, rendering many previously used first-line antibiotics ineffective.
The current standard of care involves an intramuscular injection of the antibiotic ceftriaxone, which requires a visit to a care facility.
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There is hope, PING!..................
You know what else is good for managing Gonorrhea
Celibacy and not being promiscuous. The first recommendation one is 100% effective!
B-b-but TOILET SETS!.....Yeah, TOILET SEATS!.................. 🙄
Kaching!
I hope the people doing the injecting know the diff between subcutaneous and intramuscular.
That was an issue with CoupFlu vaxxes, wasn’t it...
*whew*
~hunter biden
Celibacy and monogamy work great too
I had a desk made out of monogamy once...............
“You know what else is good for managing Gonorrhea. Celibacy and not being promiscuous. The first recommendation one is 100% effective!”
True for Gongorea, but many women get UTIs even if they follow the rules, so perhaps this is better than slamming the infections with high doses of existing antibiotics.
Everyone clap!
Okay, but what are we going to do about one-bedroom condos?
There’s no hope for me.
I had a wood stove... it burned up the first time i used it
Oh, if only we knew how to prevent the spread of STDs..... 🙄
This one will work...until it doesn’t.
Hope to keep casual sex going. Yippee. Look what its done for all of us.
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