Decreased effectiveness

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Registered: 07-30-2004
Decreased effectiveness
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Thu, 07-27-2006 - 1:14pm
I am always very paranoid about things that may decrease the effectiveness of my pills. I have never missed a pill and always take it at exactly the same time every day. I also know that if you vomit or have diarrhea within so many hours after taking your pill that it counts as a missed pill. Also, certain medications like antibiotics can affect the pill. However, I was wondering if a few other things could affect it, such as Loraditine (allergy medication recently made over the counter), One-a-day women's multivitamin/multimineral supplement (containing calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc in addition to the normal vitamins), and fiber supplements like Metamucil, Fibersure, or the chewables??
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Registered: 07-30-2004
Thu, 07-27-2006 - 1:16pm
Also, I forgot one more thing....could Activia yogurt lower pill effectiveness?
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 07-27-2006 - 4:35pm

Hi jennyl867, welcome!


      Jill