gonorrhoea vaccine in UK

[Iker80]

Looks like the UK has now giving a vaccine that make it less easy to get gonorrhoea. It's a meningitis vaccine that they discovered also prevents 30-40% of gonorrhoea because they're similar bacteria.

I'm going to try getting it in my own country as it's an available vaccine called Bexsero. It's an interesting change to have something for gonorrhoea, and maybe something more effective will be made in the future.

[think before following links] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningococcal-b-menb-vaccination-against-gonorrhoea-guide/a-guide-to-the-meningococcal-b-vaccine-for-protection-against-gonorrhoea

[Iker80]

So things moved fast when I found a pharmacy to do it and I got a first injection today. I have a sore arm but so far going alright. I don't expect any big side effects anyway, just less chance to get gonorrhoea.

[rawfuckr]

On 8/20/2025 at 10:58 AM, Iker80 said:

Looks like the UK has now giving a vaccine that make it less easy to get gonorrhoea. It's a meningitis vaccine that they discovered also prevents 30-40% of gonorrhoea because they're similar bacteria.

I'm going to try getting it in my own country as it's an available vaccine called Bexsero. It's an interesting change to have something for gonorrhoea, and maybe something more effective will be made in the future.

[think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningococcal-b-menb-vaccination-against-gonorrhoea-guide/a-guide-to-the-meningococcal-b-vaccine-for-protection-against-gonorrhoea

Tried with one medical in the USA and they told me to f*** off because the CDC hasn't approved it. 

[Iker80]

On 8/22/2025 at 6:52 PM, rawfuckr said:

Tried with one medical in the USA and they told me to f*** off because the CDC hasn't approved it. 

Super frustrating to hear you didn't get healthcare you want to get and could be helped by. I'm wondering how accurate what they said was. The CDC website say about a Bexsero schedule so I think some people are getting it in the US. I think I understand one medical are a insurance company? I didn't try with insurance, I didn't expect they'd do it for me for this reason, or another reason I could say to them, so I did have to just pay for it. That of course comes with it's own barrier when you have to do that, so not itself a perfect option either, but it did work.

Can you just go to a pharmacy and get vaccines you pay for in the US or are they more restricted than European countries? With a pharmacist approval you get so far in my experience whatever you want. I have had a lot of vaccines this way for many things and they ask few questions normally.

Where the CDC mention it:

[think before following links] https://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/hcp/vaccine-recommendations/index.html

[rawfuckr]

On 8/23/2025 at 11:14 PM, Iker80 said:

Super frustrating to hear you didn't get healthcare you want to get and could be helped by. I'm wondering how accurate what they said was. The CDC website say about a Bexsero schedule so I think some people are getting it in the US. I think I understand one medical are a insurance company? I didn't try with insurance, I didn't expect they'd do it for me for this reason, or another reason I could say to them, so I did have to just pay for it. That of course comes with it's own barrier when you have to do that, so not itself a perfect option either, but it did work.

Can you just go to a pharmacy and get vaccines you pay for in the US or are they more restricted than European countries? With a pharmacist approval you get so far in my experience whatever you want. I have had a lot of vaccines this way for many things and they ask few questions normally.

Where the CDC mention it:

[think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/hcp/vaccine-recommendations/index.html

The CDC has approved it for meningitis. There's no mention of gonorrhea in there. 

One medical is a medical group (doctors, nurses..) that provide health services. They could offer it off label if they wanted with me paying but they are clearly not receptive to it "without more evidence"

A bit odd but they are usually always on the latest when it comes to STD prevention. They started giving doxypep like if it was water from the very beginning. 

[Iker80]

On 8/29/2025 at 11:32 PM, rawfuckr said:

The CDC has approved it for meningitis. There's no mention of gonorrhea in there. 

One medical is a medical group (doctors, nurses..) that provide health services. They could offer it off label if they wanted with me paying but they are clearly not receptive to it "without more evidence"

A bit odd but they are usually always on the latest when it comes to STD prevention. They started giving doxypep like if it was water from the very beginning. 

Well, doxypep is harder to get in some european countries I know of, so that's a not so great difference here. As for the vaccine, I just said I wanted it for meningitis, that seemed to work. Will be interesting to see how it works out for gonorrhea in the UK. I figure how that goes will change how other health organisations see it.

[Chuckybb]

On 8/20/2025 at 10:58 AM, Iker80 said:

Looks like the UK has now giving a vaccine that make it less easy to get gonorrhoea. It's a meningitis vaccine that they discovered also prevents 30-40% of gonorrhoea because they're similar bacteria.

I'm going to try getting it in my own country as it's an available vaccine called Bexsero. It's an interesting change to have something for gonorrhoea, and maybe something more effective will be made in the future.

[think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/meningococcal-b-menb-vaccination-against-gonorrhoea-guide/a-guide-to-the-meningococcal-b-vaccine-for-protection-against-gonorrhoea

A question please....so if the injection can reduce the risk by 30 to 40 %, then presumably with doxypep the risk would be reduced further? Maybe 70 to 80 % protection... Or does it not work that way?

[rawfuckr]

12 hours ago, Chuckybb said:

A question please....so if the injection can reduce the risk by 30 to 40 %, then presumably with doxypep the risk would be reduced further? Maybe 70 to 80 % protection... Or does it not work that way?

I think this is a fair assumption given these two prevention methods are acting against gonorrhea in very different ways. 

[Iker80]

13 hours ago, Chuckybb said:

A question please....so if the injection can reduce the risk by 30 to 40 %, then presumably with doxypep the risk would be reduced further? Maybe 70 to 80 % protection... Or does it not work that way?

Interesting question

26 minutes ago, rawfuckr said:

I think this is a fair assumption given these two prevention methods are acting against gonorrhea in very different ways. 

I figured similar, it should increase the protection % but I don't think we can known the number at this point.

Logically, when they work in different ways there two possible outcomes when using both vaccine and doxypep at the same time when exposed to gonorrhea .

1. Overlap where both methods would stop the same infection - this causing no increase in protection %

2. Just one stops the gonorrhea and the other wouldn't - this causing increase in protection %

I assume both situations will happen to people at different times.

So I don't expect a complete overlap every time resulting in no benefit, but also I don't expect for the percentages to just be added together because of the overlap sometimes happening. I guess in the future with a study we'll know real world numbers, but for now I think using both is something I'd consider doing and expect to help some % even if how much is unknown. Plus doxypep works on other STDs too.