Antibiotics And Birth Control Posted: 11-17-03 14:38pm
I am scheduled to have my wisdom teeth
taken out on friday. There is a chance
i'll be prescribed antibiotics (not sure
what kind) to help with pain after the
surgery.
I'm currently taking nordette and this
week i'm taking the placebo pills. My
question is will taking antibiotics during
the placebo week effect my birth control
schedule (ie since i'm not taking active
pills there's nothing for the antibiotics
to react with an lessen the effects of)
assuming that I stop taking antibiotics
prior to starting my new pack of pills on
sunday? How long are antibiotics in your
system and able to effect birth control
pills?
Thanks for any answers!
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sparklypixie12
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 3099
Posted: 11-21-03 08:24am
Ok-im not sure about the whole placebo
pill thing but I have been told that ur
un-protected 4 the whole time ur on the
antibiotics plus one whole week after
that.B careful!
Liz
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Nikia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Wisconsin
Depends What Type Posted: 11-27-03 10:30am
The most common interfere with birth
control. A few kinds do not. You might
want to mention your concerns to the
dentist or doctor who is prescribing the
antibiotics.
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allusivepond
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 452
Posted: 12-05-03 05:39am
Im not sure but whenever I have had to
take birth control pills and antibiotics
together I always ask my gp and he has
always said im unprotected for one whole
cycle and that he tells me makes sure that
the anitbiotics have left the system and
the bc has had a chance to go back to
working effectively but I never stop
taking bc the whole time im on
antibiotics
from some one who cant wait to have a
jelly bean all of their own
