Daily News | A new PA law is giving doctors greater freedom to treat people with sexually transmitted infections
A new law going into effect today makes it easier for people with a sexually transmitted infection to get treatment for a partner without that partner having to see a doctor first.
The approach, called expedited partner therapy , allows a person with a diagnosed STI to ask a doctor for a prescription for a sex partner, and the doctor can fill that prescription without evaluating the partner, or even knowing that person’s name, thereported. A doctor can fill out a script addressed simply to “EPT,” and a pharmacist will fill it. The person the prescription is meant for can pick up the prescription at a pharmacy anonymously, or could have their partner pick it up.
Ideally, the person who will take the prescription will pick it up in person, Sarah Wood, an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Pennsylvania said in an interview this week. A face-to-face conversation with a pharmacist ensures the person hears important information about potential allergic reactions, and can lead to discussions of other STI protections, including HIV tests.
“When those medications are given, we still want to make our best effort to make sure that partner is getting information as well,” she said.EPT is particularly useful for people exposed to chlamydia and gonorrhea, which are both common infections and can be treated with antibiotics, and is an important tool for containing the spread of these illnesses.
Teens and young adults are at particularly high risk of exposure to STIs. The highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia infections are among people ages 15 to 24, theHealth experts see EPT as an effective way to ensure those young people get treated and don’t contribute to infections’ spread.
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