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Will Purbac Affect The Effectiveness Of Contraceptive Pills?
ive been taking purbac to treat my acne and it so happened that i had unprotected sex while on this medication...bt i took the emergency contraceptive the following morning.is it possible that the purbac will affect the effectiveness of the contraceptive?
Fri, 18 Jul 2014
HELLO AND WELCOME YES PURBAC LOWERS CONTRACEPTIVE S LEVELS, THOUGH THE RISK FOR OCP FAILURE IS SMALL, IT DOES EXIST, YOU SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER DOSE OF THE EMERGENCY OCP AND CONSULT YOUR GYNAECOLOGIST ACCORDINGLY AFTER PERFORMING A PREGNANCY TEST. THANX
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