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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Feb;40(2):10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827938a1. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827938a1

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Scripts for study counseling messages.

Abstinence No sex. It is important that you do not have sex until after you have been checked by the doctor. You will see the doctor again next week, when you return for your follow-up appointment. It is important that you take all of your medication. It is important that you come back next week for your follow-up appointment.
Sex may cause the medication to seem not to work because of reinfection or infection with other sexually transmitted germs.
Sex may cause your partner(s) to be infected and make it possible for you to be infected again.
Abstinence plus condom No sex. It is important that you do not have sex until after you have been checked by the doctor. You will see the doctor again next week, when you return for your follow-up appointment. It is important that you take all of your medication. It is important that you come back next week for your follow-up appointment.
If you are going to have sex, it is important that your partner uses a condom each time.
Sex without a condom may cause the medication to seem not to work because of reinfection or infection with other sexually transmitted germs.
Sex without a condom may cause your partner(s) to be infected and make it possible for you to be infected again.
Male condoms will be supplied and proper condom use explained.