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Does Antibiotics Decrease The Effectiveness Of Birth Control Pills?
Hello, I am on Loestrin Fe 24 for about six months now. I was taking an antibiotic (Amoxicillin) and I had unprotected sex (besides the birth control pill I'm taking). Well, I know that antibiotics decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. However, I was wonder if it was normal for an antibiotic to affect the pill by making me skip a period?
Wed, 24 Sep 2014
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