By Admin on Nov 13, 2009 in Medicine
I am on Yaz, I have been for a year or so now. I just got prescribed Amoxicillin for strep throat. Will the antibiotics alter the effectiveness of my birth control? I just tried to look it up, but every answer was different.
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Antibiotics DO affect your birth control pills. If you will be engaging in sex in the next few days, you must use back-up methods. You need a back-up in the meantime, and once you have finished your antibiotics, you need a back-up for 7 days afterwards.
Me | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
The long and the short: NO it will not affect your birth control
torojolt | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply
Yes, it will. I know the first one said no. Any antibiotic will affect birth control. Use a back up method for a while.
wildlifewife | Nov 13, 2009 | Reply