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Microgyn and antibiotics
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My dentist has prescribed me some antibiotics and on the leaflet it says it may affect some oral contraceptives. i checked my microgyn leaflet and it says that i should carry on taking the pill during the course of the anti biotics, and for seven days afterwards too, and if my packet runs out before then, i should just carry onto the next packet without a break. i dont want to do this, so will it affect the contraceptive effect of it if i have the 7 day break instead of carrying onto the next pack?
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The biggest advice would be to do what the friggin leaflet tells you to do, though. Or maybe that's just dense of me.
yes. which is why they tell you to run 2 packets together.
although i wouldn't be having sex without a condom anyway if you're on antibiotics. i have a nephew because of that.
Why not?
The antibiotics will alter the amount of pill you absorb, so you should be using another form of contraception like kaffrin says.
God I love you sometimes! :thumb:
No, David was right, don't bother your doctor with this sort of nonsense. Ring the helpline number given on the information leaflet in your pill packet or just follow the advice you're given! You've been told what to do so you need to follow those instructions in order to be protected.
Of course it will. What, do you think they just told you to run into the next pack just for fun?! The advice is there for a reason. You need to use condoms while you're taking the antibiotics AND for 7 days afterwards AND continue straight into the pack without a break. Why would you risk fucking up your contraception when it's been explicitly stated that you need to take all these precautions?
But she even said in her post that it DID answer the question she's asked. She just doesn't want to do what it advised her to do.