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What Are The Chances Of Getting Pregnant At This Time?

ive been on loestrin24 for 2 months & it adjusted to my body pretty quickly. also i am a PERFECT user, i take it at the EXACT same time every day. in the begining of my second pack i started taking clarithromycin, but continued to take my BCP. 4 days after i was done the antibiotic i had unprotected sex, but he used the withdraw method. what are my chances of being pregnant.
Tue, 22 Dec 2015
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Hi there,
It is great that you have been taking your Birth control pill regularly. And even if you took Clarithromycin, it is very effective in birth control, that is you will not get pregnant even though you did not use back up.There is a misconception that taking antibiotics makes birth control less effective, but this depends on the antibiotic, Clarithromycin is not an enzyme inducer, that means it will not effect the ability of the birth control even if taken together with birth control. So there is no chance that you could get pregnant.
Do not worry and continue the Loestrin.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
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What Are The Chances Of Getting Pregnant At This Time?

Hi there, It is great that you have been taking your Birth control pill regularly. And even if you took Clarithromycin, it is very effective in birth control, that is you will not get pregnant even though you did not use back up.There is a misconception that taking antibiotics makes birth control less effective, but this depends on the antibiotic, Clarithromycin is not an enzyme inducer, that means it will not effect the ability of the birth control even if taken together with birth control. So there is no chance that you could get pregnant. Do not worry and continue the Loestrin. Hope this helps. Regards.