antibiotics and the pill
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antibiotics and the pill
| Thu, 06-21-2007 - 10:25pm |
I finally gave in and went to the doctor today after feeling like crap for a few days. I was prescribed azithromycin as an antibiotic. There are only 6 pills which you take 2 the first day then 1 each day after so a total of 5 days. my question however... i am currently on my period so i am not taking active birth control pills. my period should be over in the next 3-4 days so there would only be one day of taking both the antibiotic and my pill. how does this affect the effectiveness of my bc pills? i tried looking it up on the internet but it didnt really help me any. any other time this summer i could care less but my boyfriend is coming to visit in 9 days and i need to know if we need to buy condoms or not since there is only one day overlapping with the pills?

The safest thing you can do is use backup for the first two weeks of active pills.