The antibiotic that is typically utilized to treat gonorrhoea is now considered ineffective, as the sexually transmitted disease has largely developed resistance against it, according to doctors.
According to the Health Protection Agency, we may be approaching a stage where the disease could become incurable unless new treatment options are discovered.
Currently, physicians are advised to discontinue the standard treatment, cefixime, and to instead administer two stronger antibiotics.
One of these is administered in pill form while the other is given as an injection.
The HPA indicates that this modification is essential due to rising resistance levels.
Laboratory tests performed on samples from patients revealed that nearly 20% exhibited reduced susceptibility to the conventional antibiotic cefixime in 2010, an increase from just 10% in 2009.
