What's the best treatment for rectal chlamydia infections?

Doxicycline and azitromicine did not work.

Take all your medication. Your physician may give you antibiotics--either a single dose of azithromycin (Zithromax) or a seven-day course of doxycycline (Vibramycin). Take doxycycline right after meals. This antibiotic can irritate your stomach, says Dr. Brown, so take it on a full stomach with a large glass of water.

It takes a few days for your body to absorb either drug. Antibiotics get your recovery rolling, but they don't knock out infection right away, "The medicine itself doesn't usually eradicate the infection. What it does is kill off enough of the bugs or slow them down enough so that your immune response can then do the rest of the work."

Protect yourself in the sun. "Doxycycline is a tetracycline drug that can increase sensitivity to the sun," When you're heading outdoors, protect your skin with sunscreen with maximum sun protection factor (SPF), she advises. Shoot for an SPF of 15 or higher. Wear a hat and stay out of direct sunlight

Skip sex until a week after treatment. "We usually encourage people to wait until they are free of symptoms and they and their sex partners have completed medication before they have intercourse," .If your partner starts treatment after you do, wait until after he completes treatment to be reasonably sure that he is no longer infected, either.

Absolutely don't douche. "There's no reason to douche at all, ever,". Not only does douching have no effect on relieving or preventing chlamydia, but, "it can also have the detrimental effect of pushing the infection up further into your urogenital tract," where it can do damage to your reproductive system.

Practice monogamy. Short of swearing off sex, cultivating a mutually monogamous lifetime relationship offers good protection against chlamydia and other STDs, because you and your partner will not be bringing infections from others into your bedroom.