This drug can also make birth control pills less effective. Pregnant women, breast-feeding mothers, and those with jaundice or liver disease should not take rifampin. Ciprofloxacin is given by mouth as a single dose. It is used only in adults and children over 10 years of age. It cannot be used in pregnant women.
Ceftriaxone is given as a single injection into a muscle.
It is quite painful, but very effective. There is a vaccine for some types of meningococcal disease. The meningococcus can be divided into groups by special laboratory tests. Group Y. Group A strains causes large epidemics somewhere in Africa almost every year and epidemics have also occurred in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China in recent years. A epidemics in Canada or USA for over 50 years.