The FDA has approved gepotidacin (Blujepa – GSK), a triazaacenaphthylene bacterial type II topoisomerase inhibitor, for oral treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTI) in female patients ≥12 years old who weigh ≥40 kg. Gepotidacin is the first triazaacenaphthylene antibiotic to be approved in the US.

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This article includes recommendations for management of most sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV and viral hepatitis. Some of the indications and dosages recommended here have not been approved by the FDA (see Table 1).

Drugs for gout are used to reduce the pain and inflammation of acute flares, decrease the frequency of exacerbations, and lower serum urate levels to prevent recurrent flares, development of tophi, and joint damage.