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Hi there, I was diagnosed with gonorrhea and when the doctor prescribed me medication, he gave me three other medications for other types of STIs (like chlamydia) as well. What is the purpose of this and will it impact the effects of the ghonorrhea medication? Is it also more likely that I could get a yeast infection from that?

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I don’t know what medication you were given but I know in Canada we also give treatment for chlamydia when we treat gonorrhea.

The main reasons this is done is because currently they believe that using two medications that work different ways will improve the treatment result and possibly delay the medication becoming resistance to gonorrhea in the future. They also find it is common for chlamydia to be found with the gonorrhea as well.

There is a chance that antibiotics can cause a yeast infection, I don’t know if having the two antibiotics increases the risk when compared to just having the one antibiotic.

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This answer was posted on November 4, 2014.

hi! i was wondering if there is anywhere in vancouver that offers free treatment if diagnosed with an sti?

Yes! All the STI clinics in BC can give you free treatment for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. The medications are provided by the BC Centre for Disease Control. You can use our clinic finder to find the one in Vancouver nearest to you.

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This answer was posted on March 31, 2014.

This answer was updated on February 7, 2022.

Hi there, I started to genital warts maybe 3 months ago. At first it didn’t occur to me that it is genital warts as it was a little bump and it didn’t hurt. Then there were couple more that started to show up. I got worried and started doing some online research and went into a walk-in clinic and doctor told me it is genital warts. The warts were close to the anal area and started to irritate me. I booked an appointment with the clinic on 655 West 12th Avenue but they couldn’t fit me in until Feb 18th but I was very worry and couldn’t wait that long. So I did some online research and found a Chinese Herb Clinic that deal with this. The treatments I have been receiving is a burning kind of procedure. The doctor would burn off my genital warts and give me medication to eat and put on the area. The burning process is very very painful and I don’t know if I can continue with it. The doctor told me the freezing treatment has much higher chance of the warts breaking out again vs the burning. All the medication has costed me approx $1,100 over the last 1 week. The doctor told me BC MSP doesn’t cover these. Is that right? Please help and guide me of what I should do….thank you.

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I am not familiar with the treatment that your doctor has been using, but I think it is correct that alternative treatment are not covered by MSP.

Given how painful the treatment is, and your concerns that you might not want to continue with treatment, you could go to another doctor or clinic for a second opinion. If you have MSP, you can go to any doctor or clinic for an exam and treatment.

You can also go to Bute Clinic at 1170 Bute Street in the West End. It is a free STI clinic, open 11 – 6:30 pm Monday to Friday, and is always drop in. The nurses there can examine you and suggest a course of treatment. Genital wart treatment is free and is covered by MSP.

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This answer was posted on February 11, 2014.