Antibiotics and hormonal birth control

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Antibiotics and hormonal birth control
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 5:56pm
I just want to make sure I have this right - when taking antibiotics, I should use back up for the duration of the antibiotics plus the next 7 days, right?
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 6:46pm

Hi

      Jill

    

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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 7:13pm

Thanks :) Usually I just lurk on this board, but I have a sinus infection and have to take a round of antibiotics, so I thought I would post to double check my facts.

This is the 3rd week of my pill pack and my antibiotics are a 7 day course, so it looks like back up for this week, next week (placebo pills) and then we week after (first week of the new pack).

Ah well - 3 weeks of condoms is better than the possible alternative.