If your screening comes back positive for an STI, you will need to navigate from the testing environment into clinical treatment. While testing can be done anonymously at community centers, receiving prescription medication requires registering your identity with a medical professional, either through the public health system or a private clinic.

🏥 Where You Are Treated

Your treatment pathway depends on where you took your initial test and whether you hold state health insurance.

If you tested at an anonymous NGO (like AATSZ): Community screening centers generally do not administer full STI treatments on-site. If you test positive, the staff will provide counseling and refer you to a formal medical clinic. In some limited cases, an affiliated doctor may write you a private paper prescription (magánrecept), but usually, you must attend a dedicated STI clinic for treatment.

The Public Route: You can seek treatment at your regionally competent public dermatology and STD clinic, known as a Bőr- és Nemibeteggondozó Intézet (or the Semmelweis STD Centrum in Budapest).

  • Cost: Treatment and consultations are free, provided you have a valid TAJ card (public health insurance).
  • Privacy: These public clinics are not anonymous. You must present your ID and TAJ card to be treated.

The Private Route: If you do not have a valid TAJ card, or if you prefer a more discreet, faster experience with English-speaking staff, you can use a private dermatology clinic.

  • Cost: You must pay out of pocket for the consultation, any confirmatory lab tests, and the medication. Expect to pay between 25,000 and 45,000 HUF for the consultation alone, plus pharmacy costs.


The TAJ Requirement: If you do not have an active TAJ card, you cannot access free public treatment. You will be required to pay for the visit and the medication out of pocket, even at a state clinic.

💉 The Treatment Formats

Medical guidelines govern how specific infections are cured, which impacts whether you can just pick up a pill or if you must attend a clinic in person.

  • Chlamydia: This is typically treated with a short course of oral antibiotics. If you are prescribed this through the public system, it will be uploaded to the cloud as an E-recept (linked to your TAJ number), which you can collect at any pharmacy with your ID.
  • Gonorrhoea: Due to antibiotic resistance, standard treatment requires an intramuscular antibiotic injection (usually in the buttocks), sometimes alongside oral pills. You cannot buy this injection at a pharmacy to administer yourself; it must be given by a healthcare professional at the clinic.
  • Syphilis: A reactive syphilis test requires a confirmatory venous blood draw to ensure it is an active infection. If active, the standard treatment is a long-acting penicillin injection. This is administered at the clinic.

💬 Partner Notification

In Hungary, the responsibility for partner notification rests entirely on you. There is no automated state system that sends anonymous text messages to your previous contacts.

You are strongly advised to inform your recent sexual partners (typically from the past three months) about the infection so they can get tested. You will need to reach out to them directly via phone, text, or the app where you met.

Finding Affirming Care: The Hungarian public healthcare system can sometimes lack sensitivity regarding LGBTQ+ sexual health. If you are anxious about facing stigma at a regional Nemibeteggondozó, contact the Háttér Society. They can provide up-to-date advice on discreet, affirming doctors and clinics in your specific area.

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