Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 251 Location: North Carolina
Menocycline & Bc Posted: 08-25-06 10:38am
My dermatologist prescribed me menocycline
100mg yesterday for my acne. She told me
that it shouldn't decrease the
effectiveness of my birth control, but..
Doesn't that sound a little strange
because I mean it is an antibiotic after
all. So when I picked up the prescription
last night, on the bottle it says clearly
- may decrease effectiveness of birth
control. Some people say to use a back up
method for a couple of weeks when first
starting an antibiotic like this one..
Some say to use a back up the whole time
you are on the antibiotic.
What should I do?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-25-06 13:55pm
Yes, you must use a back up the whole time
you are on birth control and taking an
antiobiotic , and for 7 days after
stopping the antibiotic.
It is not safe to have unprotected sex
while using antibiotics =(
is there nothing else she can give you?
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deebaby621
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Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 251 Location: North Carolina
Posted: 08-26-06 10:46am
Well I could just use topical stuff ..
But that's not enough for me. The only
other pills she'd put me on are just other
antibiotics.. I can't do accutane due to
a history of depression. She would pretty
much lose her job if she put a patient
with depression in their past on accutane
because of that chance of it coming back
much worse once off of accutane.
So yeah this really sucks. That b*tch at
the derm. Office told me no backup was
required but I knew better. I really
shouldn't have even wasted my time going
because I doubt my skin will respond to
this either. Ughh.
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deebaby621
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Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 251 Location: North Carolina
Posted: 08-26-06 10:53am
Yeah and the other day when I first got
the minocycline I took one pill that
evening .. When I took my birth
control.
I didn't use back up that night. Would
that 1 pill that night decrease the
effectiveness of the birth control I took
that night? My bf hasn't ejaculated
inside me since.. Because now I know
backup is def. Needed. Should I be
worried?
Ha because now I definitely am
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-26-06 16:47pm
It would have taken more than 1 pill to
decrease the effectivness... You need to
have it fully I n your system, whicxh
doesn't happen for a couple of days..
Have you considered an iud? It is
nonhormonal, and you could take anything
you wabted to while on it.I have this oen
=)
planned parenthood is excellent with
insertion of these, and I had them do mine
:d
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deebaby621
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Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 251 Location: North Carolina
Posted: 08-27-06 09:04am
Did it hurt? Kinda looks painful..
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-27-06 16:47pm
Okay , so I will give you my
experience....
I have had 2 iud's..One hormonal, and one
non hormonal. I have the non hormonal oe
now because the hormones in the other one
did not agree with my system.
The hormonal one I had nothing beforehand,
no medicine at all..So I felt it...
There are two big cramps, not sharp pains,
or freaky feelings..Just cramps..
First they measure you, big cramp number
one, lasts 5 seconds..Literally!
Then they put it in =) big cramp number
two! 5 seconds..You are done..
With my non hromonal iud, I took ibuprofen
=) and a vicodin I had laying around ;) I
felt nothing, except when she measired
me... And that was not too bad at
all...
It is worth the cramping..I reccomend
planned parenthood on albemarle rd in
charlotte nc , just inc ase you want to
know where it is..
