Other medicines must be taken every day for a week or more. Both types of medicines cure an infection. Never share prescription medicines. Otherwise chlamydia may not be cured. Telling Your Partner Tell your sex partner right away if you find out you have chlamydia.
Early treatment can prevent lasting damage to a person's reproductive system.
Treatment also prevents your partner from passing chlamydia back to you or to others. True, telling a partner can be embarrassing or difficult. But remember, most people do not know they have an infection. Don't let embarrassment or anger stop you from doing the right thing. Otherwise, you could get chlamydia again.