The Health Protection Agency has warned that a growing resistance to Cefixime may render gonorrhoea untreatable. The most recent statistics show that approximately 1 in 5 cases of gonorrhoea have a reduced susceptibility to Cefixime. The reduced susceptibility has jumped from 10.6% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2010. Some cases of gonorrhoea were completely untreatable with Cefixime.
Instead of Cefixime, doctors are being asked to prescribe a combination of the injection Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin which is taken in capsule form. This is still only a short term solution and we would expect gonorrhoea to develop a resistance to these antibiotics also. Where patients refuse the injection or where they cannot be seen face to face for whatever reason, Cefixime can be prescribed with Azithromycin to be taken orally. The Online Clinic will prescribe this combination for patients who cannot get to a clinic for the injection.
If you are worried about Gonorrhoea or other sexually transmitted infections then you should visit a GUM clinic, your GP or get tested through one of a growing number of online STI clinics. We recommend The STI Clinic as they have a very fast turn around time.