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| Fri, 07-21-2006 - 10:07am |
I will be finishing my first week of active pills from my new pack this Saturday. This morning though, I've had dull cramps, like I'm getting my period again. I was wondering if since antibiotics reduce the effectiveness of BC, could a drop in the hormones bring on my period?
I was diagnosed with a UTI on 6/26/06 and took Cipro for 10 days. Then I got another one on 7/25/06 and I was given another antibiotic for 3 days. I will finish this one today.
All that time I've taken the pill on time and have not missed a dose.
Thanks

It is possible that the antibiotic is reducing the absorption of the hormones, which could cause early bleeding.
I hope you had a urine culture with this latest UTI--sometimes when they repeat that soon it's not a new infection but a recurrance of the original infection (though 10 days of Cipro really should have taken care of it).