What is our STI Test at home?
What does it detect?
Even though Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea are the most common of the three in the profile:
- Chlamydia PCR: one of the most common infections in the community.
- Gonorrhoea PCR: a common and resistant infection that needs quality treatment.
- Ureaplasma PCR: not well known, but one of the most common of the 3 main diseases.
Why choose our STI package?
- The Latest laboratory Technology
- Deal Direct Laboratory Best Prices
- Deal Direct Laboratory Best Support
- Pre-Paid Royal Mail Tracked 24/48, Return to Lab Label included.
- Result Certificate Issued by Confidential Email (No SMS)
- MHRA Registered IVD Devices
- Support via WhatsApp during business hours
- Prescription Option
What does it include?
Self Swab Sample
- Swab.
- Sample tube with liquid.
- Specisafe plastic case.
- Return bag UN3373.
- Pre-paid label.
- Instructions for use.
Urine Sample
- Sample container
- Pre-paid label
- Instructions for use
How do I order a kit?
First, order your kit online and once it arrive collect your sample at home.
Then, drop off the STD Kit in the morning to the Royal Mail Red Street Box. Use the Track24/48 Return Label to the Lab.
Lastly, once your results are ready, we will send you an email with your certificate.
But how long do the results take?
Results usually take one working day from receiving them in the laboratory. And you can also get a while-you-wait service for £50.
Check at Home or a Clinic
Ask your local Health centre or contact us online for health services. You can get your results via text or email, but most prefer email as it’s more confidential.
How to Get a Prescription?
Customers across the UK have often complained that they have difficulty getting a STD or indeed any prescription when they get a positive test result. They often visit a doctor or NHS SH centre, which leads to a waste of many hours and travel costs and or paying private Doctors’ fees.
Medicines Online is the first UK Diagnostic Laboratory to bundle a Prescription Referral Service with its Product solutions. A positive result report is within seconds sent to the dashboard of our referral GP when you purchase this option.
Bundle at the time of Purchase: Price £30
The steps:
- Select the bundle at the time of the order. The £30 price is a special bundle price due to efficient simple AI transmission.
- You can also select this £30 Bundle at the checkout.
- Complete your purchase, and if you get a positive result go to your dashboard and fill out the pop-up Referral Questionnaire from the Doctor.
- If your result is positive, a Referral is automatically transferred to the Doctor for processing via the Doctors Login Dashboard. If the doctor has any questions, you will be contacted by email or telephone. If approved, your Online Digital prescription will be automatically emailed the same or next day, and you can take it to your nearest Pharmacy.
Total time: Up to 1 day from positive result to email your Digital Prescription.
When choosing the bundle, regardless of your result, you choose the special price ‘In case of receiving a positive result’. A regular prescription is twice the price. The bundle option is an offer as a pack. This value is not refundable. It’s a good choice if you’re quite sure you have an infection. If you feel you dont have anything but you just want to get a test to be sure, then maybe this is not for you. And anyway you have the £60 option later if you want it.
And the Non-Bundle Price option of £60
You can wait until you get your STI-positive result and then visit our Online Prescription Page and pay for your Referral Consultation at the regular rate of £60.
The steps:
- Purchase the Referral Prescription product for £60 on the website.
- Provide the order number that you had a positive result so we can track it and Upload your result pdf.
- Complete the purchase and fill out the pop-up Referral Questionnaire from the Doctor.
- If your results are positive, your Referral is automatically transferred to the Doctor for processing. If the doctor has any questions, you will be contacted by email or telephone. If approved, your Online Digital prescription will be automatically emailed within 1 day of completing the questionnaire, and you can take it to your nearest Pharmacy.
Total time: Up to 1 day for processing Digital Online Prescription.
Prescription does not apply for HPV, HIV and Syphilis products.
What is the Scientific Data from the Instrument and Reagent Supplier?
Technology Method: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Limit of Detection:
NEISSERIA GONNORHOEAE/ CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS/ U. UREALYTICUM:
1×104 CFU/mL, 5×102 IFU/mL, 1×104 CFU/mL , respectively.
Sensitivity: In the STI kit’s positive and negative reference controls, the positive and negative coincidence rates were 100%.
Specificity: No cross-reactivity of the kit between the microorganisms was observed.
Accuracy: Precision reference controls were tested 10 times, and the Ct value’s coefficient of variation (CV%) was no greater than 5%.
Result/Outcome/Range –
Positive/Negative/Inconclusive
Validation-Active Information:
- EQA: Yes
- Inter-laboratory validations
- Periodic according to the validation schedule
- Event-triggered- QC/Calibration/New materials/Batch
Accuracy
The accuracy of any of our diagnostic methods is defined as the combination of sensitivity and specificity variables. Sensitivity is the ability to confirm positive results; specificity eliminates negative results. All our samples are validated with high accuracy (up to 98.5%).
Variables
Accuracy can be affected by various factors that our lab cannot control. Infection intensity, patient health, and sample quality, dependent on adherence to “home testing” procedures, can all limit the results. Although our PCR methods are extremely sensitive, a poor-quality swab makes it harder to detect the presence of infection, as fewer viral particles will be present. Please carefully consider the information sheet accompanying your sample collection kit to ensure a high-quality sample.
Chlamydia trachomatis/ Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection/ Ureaplasma urealyticum detection
The 3 in 1 STD profile PCR detection method accurately checks the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Ureaplasma urealyticum bacteria in the sample. It can accurately distinguish between the presence of each of these common infections.
Any diagnosis should be discussed with your healthcare provider. Results from the Medicines Online screening laboratory are intended to be viewed with a patient’s medical history, diet, genetics, lifestyle, and other factors that may influence results, which should be shared with your GP when discussing these results.
Positive result
A positive result suggests the presence of viral particles in the sample during testing. Upon receiving positive results, you should contact your healthcare provider for treatment. You can also gain a prescription through our website. It is possible any or all of the bacteria checked for do not present symptoms of the disease, but you may still be infectious to others.
Negative result
While this exam can provide reassurance, it is important to understand its significance. This means the exam did not detect the presence of infection at the time of testing. Therefore, results should still be discussed with a healthcare provider while considering lifestyle and sexual history. If you are in contact with someone who is positive for the disease or has begun to present symptoms consistent with the disease, you should contact your GP.
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Sexually transmitted diseases: Check them. You’re not alone!
Early October: I go out with friends, including the hyena Niccolò Torielli (Sconvolt Quiz). But halfway through the evening, Niccolò becomes serious and tells me: “From October 11th, I will be the testimonial of an important project. The new Think Safe campaign is linked to promoting sexual education. However, it will be an initiative aimed at young people to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in collaboration with Anlaids (National Association for the Fight against AIDS).
It will involve 5,500 schools for approximately 300,000 pupils.
And as I listen to it, the words of my teacher, Claudia Balotta, an infectious disease specialist at the Luigi Sacco Hospital in London, come to mind. Also, “According to the WHO, sexually transmitted diseases involve 330 million individuals every year, and the alarming fact is that 111 million are adolescents (11-15 years old), despite large underestimates (in Italy, it reaches 100-150%).
In the world
Furthermore, the most widespread are trichomoniasis, gonorrhoea and syphilis, but HIV is the main disease. And with 33 million STD exams for infected people. However, various etiological agents are involved, and numerous problems are related to checking/testing and therapies. This is especially checking against viruses, of which the most widespread among adolescents are Herpes simplex 1 and 2 and the papillomavirus (vaccine available).
Furthermore, even if they are not strictly included in the list of sexually transmitted diseases. But we must not forget the hepatitis B and C viruses, often inoculated sexually. Check your health. STD checks and Prevention are fundamental, but in Italy, it is weak. In addition to the use of condoms (an indispensable measure), it is necessary to increase information, especially among younger people, starting from their sexual debut, involving the media and schools.
In the meantime
Niccolò adds: “I support the commitment that this campaign will carry out with young people, a training course aimed at raising young people’s awareness of correct sexual behaviour. And it is the activities linked to the world of youth that can develop an ever-widening social conscience.” And I ask myself: why don’t I (ever) hear about this STI topic? Is it the fault of a topic that is still taboo?
Is your Summer holiday safe from sexually transmitted diseases?
Attention has already fallen on Monkey Pox or Monkeypox. And yet, it is a reality. “It is a virus from the smallpox family that is transmitted by direct or very close contact such as sexual intercourse,” intervenes Pierangelo Clerici, president of the Association of Italian Clinical Microbiologists. “But usually, The kits for infection resolve in a couple of weeks, with rest and antivirals, if necessary, for more serious cases. Thanks, as always, to greater superficiality, which makes us forget the rules of prudence.
Do you use a condom without shame?
It is essential not to be ashamed of using a condom and offering it to your partner to avoid health risks. This applies to everyone; the bacterium that causes Chlamydia can “work” silently for years and cause sterility in one case out of ten. Also, pay attention to timing. Therefore, the condom must be worn already during preliminary intercourse. STDs or Sexually transmitted diseases can also be caught through contact with the genital, anal and oral mucous membranes.
Do you swim in a public pool? Exercise caution
Few people still know it, but not all are “caught” exclusively through sexual intercourse. This particularly applies to trichomoniasis.
From here to Candida, the other sexual disease that is not transmitted only through sexual intercourse, it is a short step.
Yes to anti-virus vaccination
The maximum coverage is 12 years and, in any case, before any sexual intercourse, including foreplay, because in this phase, the chances of “encountering” one of the over one hundred types of papilloma, including those at oncological risk, are close to zero. There are two doses up to 15 years of age, 6 months apart from each other and three after the age of 15: one immediately, the other after 2 months and the last 6 months after the first, by intramuscular injection. The National Health Service pays for the vaccine during the twelfth year of age, but the bands are widening in some regions.
Do you know the importance of seeing a doctor?
It is completely useless to do a vaginal douche with water and vinegar or other solutions immediately after Testing and risky sexual intercourse. Instead, it is better to talk to your doctor about it. And without shame or shame, a timely diagnosis saves lives. Just think of HIV, which today can be treated well thanks to the latest generation of drugs. However, the rule also applies to monitoring yourself in the following months and contacting your doctor in case of symptoms other than usual, such as lower abdominal pain or discharge. But some Tests show that they have long incubation times: syphilis, for example, can show signs of itself after a month.
Bacteria cause the infection.
It can be recognised through a swab or a blood test. It can easily get checked and treated, and cured with antibiotics, provided that all partners are treated well and abstain from sexual intercourse for the entire duration of the treatment. After 3-4 months from the end of the antibiotic treatment, it is a good idea to have a check-up to ensure everything is in order.
If not treated promptly and adequately, it can cause serious complications, up to and including infertility.
Unfortunately, the experts’ feedback is that even after a first infection, boys do not learn to use a condom. And in the case of Chlamydia, it is truly risky behaviour for the future health of the woman from a reproductive point of view, but not only.
Shipping and Return Policies
Appointment:
Missed appointments or cancellations less than 24 hours prior are not entitled to refunds. Rescheduling is possible but not guaranteed. Please contact the customer service prior to the appointment time to discuss cost and availability options.
Shipping & Return:
We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your item to request a return.
To Qualify for any return, the product must be in the same condition as when you received it. Not used, not opened, unworn, in its original packaging. You will also need to send it to us with the receipt or proof of purchase.
Please return to: Medicines by MailBox, 89 Falcon Rd, London. SW11 2PF
You can read our full return policy here:
https://medicinesbymailbox.co.uk/return-policy/
We offer next day delivery; however courier delivery times are out of our control. We are unable to offer refunds for any late deliveries. But you will receive courier tracking information once your order has been dispatched. And orders placed by 1pm are dispatched on the same day.
What is the Shipping and Return Policy?
Packaging Information
- Weight: 0.25kg
- Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 2.5cm
- Sample Method Swab/Urine Options
Shipping & Return:
We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your STI Kit to request a return.
To Qualify for any return, the STD product must be in the same condition as when you received it if it is not used, not opened, unworn, and in its original packaging. You will also need to send it to us with the receipt or proof of purchase.
So, please return to Medicines Online, 89 Falcon Rd, London. SW11 2PF
Also, You can read our full return policy here:
https://ascotpharmacy.co.uk/return-policy/
Note about Royal Mail and DHL Courier Service: We offer next-day delivery; however, courier delivery times are out of our control. We are also unable to offer refunds for late deliveries. However, you will receive courier tracking information once your order has been dispatched.
Orders placed by 1 pm are dispatched on the same day
Lastly, samples received at the Lab after 2 pm may be processed the next day before 5 pm.
Self-Swab/Urine sample 
Discreet package 
Great value 
Royal Mail Tracked 24/48 
Easy to use and clear 
Chlamydia PCR
Gonorrhoea PCR
Ureaplasma PCR
Grace T. –
I recommend Medicines Online to everyone! Their service and products exceeded my expectations.
Marie L. –
The testing kits were user-friendly and easy to use. Made the whole testing process convenient and accessible!
Cameron C. –
The price is very affordable
Rick Fisher –
There were some issues with royal mail, but the rest went well
Bruno –
I usually do the test once a year and I like to do it with online medicines, because I can do it from home and the results come back fast
Jonathan –
I had some questions but medicines online was quick and helpful on WhatsApp with that
Robert –
The staff is very friendly. The process is fast. I recommend medicines online!
Magda –
I like this company. They answer the phone. They are positive. got my STD Test results in 2 days. Recommended. 5 stars, guys. I’ll use you again (hopefully i won’t need to.. lol)
Jacob –
Great product and service. The best in the UK. It’s 2 times I used this company. They are good. Not arrogant. It’s not racist like some other STD STI Test companies.
Kris –
Good company. got my test kit next day and sent it back as per the instructions. Results took 2 days. I can recommend them.
Naib –
This is a nice experience and results are very fast after sending the sample .