Antibiotics vs birth control
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last month was my first time of using birth control pills. I was expecting my period to come on the first week of March and on the 6th of this month i had spotting. Thought it was the beginning of my period (that would be my first period using pills) but to my surprise it lasted only for 1 day. 2 days later I started taking antibiotics (for cough) for a week . Now is the 23 and still i havnt got my period. What could possibly be the reason? Am I pregnant?
A lot of antibiotics cause birth control to be ineffective.
Also they ask if you are on birth control because antibiotics decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptives and therefore a second method of birth control is necessary while taking them.
Ok.. Thanks. I did went ahead and started my next pack of bcp.
So my babygirl is almost 8 weeks this past Sunday i started my birth control pills. i personally wanted to try the iud but hubby wasnt having it. Well im 20 years old and this is the first time ill be on birth control. i tried the pill once when i was younger but i only took em for a month cus i kept forgetting to take them. anyway, i was just wondering.. how many of you have been on the pill and did it work? for how long? what were your side effects?
t a form of birth control. I continued to take my birth control for the remainder of the pack. I take junel, only 3 weeks of active pills then a week where you don't take any pills. I don't normally have a period every month as I tend to just start the next pack immediately after I finish one. This is the first time I have tried to have a period for the month.
I've been taking birth control for about 3 months now but I started taking antibiotics about 4 days ago. I did have sex a week and half ago and I'm worried that something is wrong. My period has came a week and half early. But I'm not sure if it's my period or implantation bleeding. Before the bleeding my discharge was clear and watery 2 days before bleeding but it usuallly only does this maybe a day or less before my period.
My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex mid -month when I would have normally been ovulating but a couple days later I started taking antibiotics. The nurse told me it would void my birth control so we needed to use another method in the mean time. Is it possible that I could still get pregnant from when we had sex before I started the antibiotics now that the pill isn't really that effective for me?
Im not 100 percent sure about the injectitons but I would assume that it can effect your birth control like it does all of the others. Antibiotics have a half life that can temporarily effect birth control, but not permanetly. Ask your doctor for more advise, he/she will be able to tell you immediately.
I continued to take the birth control while i took the antibiotics, which i know antibiotics lowers the effectiveness of the BC but will a few days after you stop taking the antibiotics the birth control be effective? or how long?
Certain antibiotics can make birth control ineffective or less effective. You should definitely talk to your doctor about that!
antibiotics can reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. You should use a back up method of protection such as condoms while you are taking the antibiotics. Other than that there aren't any interactions between the two.
I heard that antibiotics interfere with birth control pills, but I’m on the birth control that gets implanted under my skin – will antibiotics interfere with that too?
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So i am now 34 weeks (monday) and am thinking about birth control methods... ive done a bit of research but would like yalls opinions and experiences. I am going to be breast feeding so i know im limited to bc options... i cant use condoms they hurt me really bad (i think im illergic or somethin). I got prego on the pill so i am so not doing that, what are other forms a breast feeding momma can use? how effective is it? did u get pregnant on it? how long does it last? side effects?
It is recommended that someone starting on the "birth control pill" waits 2 full menstrual cycles before relying solely on it for birth control. Condoms are encouraged until completion of the second cycle. And remember that the "pill" isn't 100% effective, only 98% and doesn't provide any protection against STD's. Also when taking any antibiotics with the pill, it lowers the effectiveness and so does having diarrhea or vomiting as it is not absorbed in the system.
My girlfriend had been on birth control for about two years. She always had her period on a saturday. Always. She had to stop taking the pills for a month (her prescription was messed up), but once she got her pills back, she didn't wait for her period to start before starting the pills. So my question is, would it be normal for her period to start on a saturday still? Because the period after she started the pills again started on a saturday and lasted for nine days.
hey everyone,
i have a question i just switched from the depo shot to the pill. i received the shot the day after i had my daughter april 1 2013, and three months later i switched to the pill. i took the pill on a tuesday three or four days before i had too. so that i wouldnt have a break in birth control. im on the placebo part of the pack i actually have four days left and haven't received my period. meaning i have four days til i take a new pack. im a tuesday start, if that makes sense.
Hi! Could you help me with a question on birth control pills? I was on a triphasic pill for years (Tri Sprintec). It was good for keeping acne under control (which is why I originally went on it at age 20). But in the last few years I began suffering from extreme fatigue, lots of water retention, vaginal dryness, etc, and as all my tests were normal my PCP suggested the pill was causing it.
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