Birth control, antibiotics?!
Question: No, I'm not asking why I'm pregnant. Yes, I know that they cancel each other out. Right now I have a severe ear infection and sex is the farthest thing from my mind. And with two kids, right now another pregnancy and baby is also the farthest from my mind.
My question is this: should I continue taking the pill while I'm taking antibiotics or should I wait until the antibiotics course is finished?
Answers: No, I'm not asking why I'm pregnant. Yes, I know that they cancel each other out. Right now I have a severe ear infection and sex is the farthest thing from my mind. And with two kids, right now another pregnancy and baby is also the farthest from my mind.
My question is this: should I continue taking the pill while I'm taking antibiotics or should I wait until the antibiotics course is finished?
continue taking your pill while on the antibiotic, been there done that asked the doctor everytime. Once your antibiotic is finished use back up protection for 2 weeks. If you stop taking your pill it will mess up your cycle just not a fun time.
continue the pill don't stop either just make sure you use protection with sex because you could get pregnant
Keep taking the pill, yes it does cancel the pill out but this shouldn't matter :)
Sam
Antibiotics interfere with the absorption of the pill in your liver, mostly preventing it from being metabolised - which is why you should always use a back up form of contraceptive while you are taking antibiotics and for at least seven days of active pills after the last of the antibiotics. Some of the hormones can still be metabolised, and not all antibiotics will have the same effect in your liver, so it is far better to continue taking the contraceptive pill even while you are taking antibiotics - a bit of added insurance really.
Keep taking the pill. The interaction between these drugs is caused when the antibiotics wipe out the normal bacteria living in your intestine. These bacteria are responsible for metabolism of the birth control pill. This means that only the effects of the pill will be decreased when you take them both, not the effects of the antibiotic. If you stop taking the pill, it may mess up the timing of your cycle and cause you to get your period early.
The antibiotics is for the ear infection; the birth control pill regulates your menstruation cycle. There are no interactions. Continue to take both drugs for its specific purposes, then, your infection in the ear will be cured, and your period will be under control. Dropping the BCP will screw your cycles.
carry on taking the pill