STI Testing & Treatment

Limited testing is available on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 am-2:00 pm. You may have a short wait before you are seen. When you check in, you will be asked questions about your sexual history before you are seen by a nurse or undergo express testing.

Test results can take up to 7-10 business days.

We offer treatment at no cost for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis and Syphilis. Treatment may be in the form of a pill or an injection.

If you are newly diagnosed with HIV, we partner with AIDS Project of the Ozarks to get you started on treatment the same day.

Treatment for Mycoplasma Genitalium is called in to your preferred pharmacy. Cost for treatment depends on the pharmacy and your insurance coverage.

A positive Hepatitis B test does not necessarily mean a person has been recently infected, just that infection has occurred at some point in life, or that the person has been vaccinated. 

If you are diagnosed with an STI, our nurse will contact you directly to ensure you come back to the office for treatment. You may also check your patient portal for test results. 

If you've just found out you have an STI, you may be trying to figure out what to do next. Here are the three most important steps you can take:

• Get treated: STIs can be treated with medicine from your healthcare provider. Make sure you take all you medicine exactly as instructed. Untreated STIs can cause other health problems, including infertility.
• Tell your partner: It is up to you to tell your partner(s). Your partner may also be infected and not know it and needs to get tested and treated. Without treatment for your partner, they might pass the STI back to you. It may be uncomfortable, but telling your partners about STIs allows them to protect their health, too. 
• Get retested: Get retested in three months to ensure you and your partner haven't been reinfected.

Anyone who is sexually active can get an STI, but infections are preventable. Here's how you can avoid giving or getting an STI:

Practice abstinence: The surest way to avoid STIs is to not have sex.

Use condoms: Using a condom correctly every time you have sex can help you avoid STIs. Condoms lessen the risk of infection for all STIs. You still can get certain STIs, like herpes or HPV from contact with your partner's skin, even when using a condom. We do distribute free condoms at the STI clinic.

Have fewer partners: Agree to only have sex with one person who agrees to only have sex with you. Make sure you both get tested to know for sure that neither of you has an STI. This is one of the most reliable ways to avoid STIs.

Get vaccinated: The most common STI can be prevented by a vaccine. The HPV vaccine is safe, effective and can help you avoid HPV-related health problems like genital warts and some cancers.

Talk with your partner: Talk with your sex partner(s) about STIs and staying safe before having sex. It might be uncomfortable to start the conversation, but protecting your health is your responsibility.

Get tested: Many STIs don't have symptoms, but they can still cause health problems. The only way to know for sure if you have an STI is to get tested.