To anyone on birth control pills and antibiotics

[Guest guest]

Have you noticed any change in the pills effectiveness? I am afraid to

take antibiotics because they can make the pill less effective and my skin

will get a lot worse if that happens but I would like to try

clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone posted recently that they

had got hot flashes from the pill not working as well. Anyone have similar

effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics better than others as

far as interfering? Any info. is greatly appreciated.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Have you noticed any change in the pills effectiveness? I am afraid to

take antibiotics because they can make the pill less effective and my skin

will get a lot worse if that happens but I would like to try

clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone posted recently that they

had got hot flashes from the pill not working as well. Anyone have similar

effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics better than others as

far as interfering? Any info. is greatly appreciated.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

there's much disagreement about this issue (both on

this board and in the medical community). My derm

won't put me on the " cycline " antibiotics (tetra,

mono, etc.) because he feels as if they interfere wtih

the effectiveness of my birth control pills. So, he

put me on e-mycin, which may be similar to

clarithromycin (someone here can probably verify

this). According to him, this family of antibiotics

does not interfere with birth control pills.

Knock on wood, I haven't gotten pregnant, and I've

been taking the e-mycin for about two months!

Good luck.

--- wendy r wrote:

> Have you noticed any change in the pills

> effectiveness? I am afraid to

> take antibiotics because they can make the pill less

> effective and my skin

> will get a lot worse if that happens but I would

> like to try

> clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone

> posted recently that they

> had got hot flashes from the pill not working as

> well. Anyone have similar

> effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics

> better than others as

> far as interfering? Any info. is greatly

> appreciated.

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

there's much disagreement about this issue (both on

this board and in the medical community). My derm

won't put me on the " cycline " antibiotics (tetra,

mono, etc.) because he feels as if they interfere wtih

the effectiveness of my birth control pills. So, he

put me on e-mycin, which may be similar to

clarithromycin (someone here can probably verify

this). According to him, this family of antibiotics

does not interfere with birth control pills.

Knock on wood, I haven't gotten pregnant, and I've

been taking the e-mycin for about two months!

Good luck.

--- wendy r wrote:

> Have you noticed any change in the pills

> effectiveness? I am afraid to

> take antibiotics because they can make the pill less

> effective and my skin

> will get a lot worse if that happens but I would

> like to try

> clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone

> posted recently that they

> had got hot flashes from the pill not working as

> well. Anyone have similar

> effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics

> better than others as

> far as interfering? Any info. is greatly

> appreciated.

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I have read(somewhere on the net) that even mycin

antiobics interfere more or less with antiobiotics.

I have search PubMed for this issue before, and the

bottom line seems to be that antiobitics and bcp

togheter are ok.

this is from the link below:

" To date there have been few controlled studies and no

prospective randomized trials of the effects of

antibiotics on combination oral contraceptives. The

literature does not specifically delineate warnings

between intravenous and oral contraceptives;

therefore, the same warnings would apply to both. Most

of the available data do not indicate any major

reduction in the efficacy of OCPs with concurrent

common antibiotic use. However, these studies cannot

reliably exclude a small decrease in efficacy

especially in the " low-dose " (<35 µg of estrogen)

combination OCPs. With several well-known resources

suggesting alternative contraception during antibiotic

use, pragmatically it is important to inform all

female patients of the possible interaction. "

---here are some good links about this:---

# Antibiotics and Oral Contraceptive Failure:

http://archfami.ama-assn.org/issues/v9n1/ffull/fqa9001-1.html

# The effect of doxycycline on serum levels of ethinyl

estradiol, norethindrone, and endogenous progesterone:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m & form=6 & Dopt=r & uid=19924\

09

# Abut drugs interfering with bcp:

http://www.uspharmacist.com/newlook/displayarticle.cfm?item_num=61

//Kajsa.

--- esther parker skrev: >

there's much disagreement about this issue (both on

> this board and in the medical community). My derm

> won't put me on the " cycline " antibiotics (tetra,

> mono, etc.) because he feels as if they interfere

> wtih

> the effectiveness of my birth control pills. So, he

> put me on e-mycin, which may be similar to

> clarithromycin (someone here can probably verify

> this). According to him, this family of antibiotics

> does not interfere with birth control pills.

>

> Knock on wood, I haven't gotten pregnant, and I've

> been taking the e-mycin for about two months!

>

> Good luck.

>

>

> --- wendy r wrote:

> > Have you noticed any change in the pills

> > effectiveness? I am afraid to

> > take antibiotics because they can make the pill

> less

> > effective and my skin

> > will get a lot worse if that happens but I would

> > like to try

> > clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone

> > posted recently that they

> > had got hot flashes from the pill not working as

> > well. Anyone have similar

> > effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics

> > better than others as

> > far as interfering? Any info. is greatly

> > appreciated.

_____________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

I have read(somewhere on the net) that even mycin

antiobics interfere more or less with antiobiotics.

I have search PubMed for this issue before, and the

bottom line seems to be that antiobitics and bcp

togheter are ok.

this is from the link below:

" To date there have been few controlled studies and no

prospective randomized trials of the effects of

antibiotics on combination oral contraceptives. The

literature does not specifically delineate warnings

between intravenous and oral contraceptives;

therefore, the same warnings would apply to both. Most

of the available data do not indicate any major

reduction in the efficacy of OCPs with concurrent

common antibiotic use. However, these studies cannot

reliably exclude a small decrease in efficacy

especially in the " low-dose " (<35 µg of estrogen)

combination OCPs. With several well-known resources

suggesting alternative contraception during antibiotic

use, pragmatically it is important to inform all

female patients of the possible interaction. "

---here are some good links about this:---

# Antibiotics and Oral Contraceptive Failure:

http://archfami.ama-assn.org/issues/v9n1/ffull/fqa9001-1.html

# The effect of doxycycline on serum levels of ethinyl

estradiol, norethindrone, and endogenous progesterone:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m & form=6 & Dopt=r & uid=19924\

09

# Abut drugs interfering with bcp:

http://www.uspharmacist.com/newlook/displayarticle.cfm?item_num=61

//Kajsa.

--- esther parker skrev: >

there's much disagreement about this issue (both on

> this board and in the medical community). My derm

> won't put me on the " cycline " antibiotics (tetra,

> mono, etc.) because he feels as if they interfere

> wtih

> the effectiveness of my birth control pills. So, he

> put me on e-mycin, which may be similar to

> clarithromycin (someone here can probably verify

> this). According to him, this family of antibiotics

> does not interfere with birth control pills.

>

> Knock on wood, I haven't gotten pregnant, and I've

> been taking the e-mycin for about two months!

>

> Good luck.

>

>

> --- wendy r wrote:

> > Have you noticed any change in the pills

> > effectiveness? I am afraid to

> > take antibiotics because they can make the pill

> less

> > effective and my skin

> > will get a lot worse if that happens but I would

> > like to try

> > clarithromycin. Anyone on this? I know someone

> > posted recently that they

> > had got hot flashes from the pill not working as

> > well. Anyone have similar

> > effects or no effects at all? Are some antibiotics

> > better than others as

> > far as interfering? Any info. is greatly

> > appreciated.

_____________________________________________________

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