Screening And Medication Fee: A Case Study

The cost of the screening and medication fee is the important one for the infected people. It will decide whether they can be treated fast and frequent. Nerd Wallet (2014) explains the cost of test fee and medication of many states. Antibiotics are generally used for the treatment of chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea. The number of days you take antibiotics based on your diseases and the type of antibiotic you are taking. It is possible that a single dose of antibiotics taken just once time will cure both chlamydia and gonorrhea. Medication for gonorrhea commonly costs around $17 for the one time taking a dose, but chlamydia medication costs about $10. Penicillin shots are needed to treat syphilis, and, like STI testing, there is not one set price for that particular STI treatment (Nerd Wallet, 2014).
The STIs screening is critical for the people who are sexually active. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015) suggests, younger than 25 women or have risk factors such as new or several sex partners have to request annual chlamydia and gonorrhea tests. Female often have more serious health problems associated with STIs than male. For instance, if the women are pregnant, they should request syphilis, HIV, chlamydia, and hepatitis B tests in the early stage of pregnancy. For gay and bisexual men, they should request tests for the STIs at least once a year. More frequent screening is recommended for men because they have the high risk of having the diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,