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Des Moines, IA 50314
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HOW TO MAKE STD TREATMENTS WORK
To make STD treatments work:
  • Follow the directions for taking your medicine.

  • Take ALL pills, even if you feel better. Otherwise, some germs will survive and you won’t be cured.

  • Go back to your doctor or clinic to be sure you are cured.

  • You and your sex partner should be treated at the same time. Otherwise you can infect each other all over again. If your sex partner refuses treatment, protect yourself by refusing to have sex, or by using a condom.

  • Don’t share your medicine with your partner. Each of you must be treated separately.
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