Anti Biotic And Birth Control Posted: 04-20-05 23:07pm
I am 19 years old and have been on ortho
evra for 3 months now, recently I had a
cold and my dad gave me some left over
antibiotics, I took them for about 3 days.
A friend told me that it cancels out the
birth control?? My boyfriend and I had
sex and did not use protection now I am
worried that I could be pregnant... My
periods are still not normal and I was on
my "off week" of the patch when this
happend, what should I do?? Could there
be a chance that I can get pregnant? My
period shouldnt even be coming for another
2 1/2 weeks.
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SpideyGirl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 68
Posted: 04-21-05 11:21am
I don't think every single antibiotic will
interact with birth control, but I know
that some do. The doctor/pharmacist will
tell you if that is the case, but since
you got it from your dad, that wouldn't
apply to you. Don't worry too much about
pregnancy til you know more. If I were
you, I would look up the medicine on the
internet, and see if you can find a list
of drug interactions, or call and ask your
doc. Good luck, and let us know what you
find out.
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 04-22-05 15:18pm
Be careful taking antibiotics when they
aren't prescribed to you.. Plus they do
no good for a cold, so you shouldn't have
needed to have taken them anyway. There
is some research to say that antibiotics
can lessen the effect because they reduce
how your body absorbs the hormones in the
meds, so the bc becomes unreliable. Like
it was said, this can depend on the
antibiotic and doesn't always happen.
It's always safer to be on a backup
protection method when on antibiotics.
The thing with you though, is that if you
were in the "off" week, the antibiotics
wouldn't have affected your birth control
because you weren't taking in any hormones
at the time. Therefore you would have
still been protected at the time. If
your period is still "off" next week,
maybe ask your doctor. Being sick can
sometimes mess you up too...
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