How is Trichomonas treated?

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Gonorrhoea is easy to treat with antibiotics.

Recommended Regimens: Metronidazole 2 g orally in a single dose   OR  Tinidazole 2 g orally in a single dose OR as an alternative regimen: Metronidazole 500 mg orally twice a day for 7 days

Patients should be advised to avoid consuming alcohol during treatment with metronidazole or tinidazole.  Abstinence from alcohol use should continue for 24 hours after completion of metronidazole or 72 hours after completion of tinidazole.

The effectiveness of Metronidazole is approximately 90%–95%, and Tinidazole approximately 86%–100%. The appropriate treatment of sex partners might increase these reported rates. Randomized controlled trials comparing single 2 g doses of metronidazole and tinidazole suggest that tinidazole is equivalent to, or superior to, metronidazole in achieving parasitologic cure and resolution of symptoms . Treatment of patients and sex partners results in relief of symptoms, microbiologic cure, and reduction of transmission.  

Tell your doctor or nurse if you're pregnant, or think you might be, or you're breastfeeding - this might affect the type of antibiotic you're given. To avoid reinfection, any sexual partners should be treated too. If complications occur, another treatment might be needed.

Follow-up is unnecessary for men and women who become asymptomatic after treatment or who are initially asymptomatic

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