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Can prenatal vitamins affect birth control pills
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alan Pattersonanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 43 years experience
Yes: Yes u can take a prenatal or a multivitamin and it should not interfere with the effectiveness of the pill like some antibiotics can.
5.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Nikolaos Zachariasanswered
Maternal-Fetal Medicine 27 years experience
Absolutely!: That is a great idea! as most birth control pills have an up to 8% pregnancy rate annually with typical use, taking Folic Acid and pnv preconceptional... Read More
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 58 years experience
Yes if not pregnant: If you are taking prenatal vitamins and you are not pregnany you can take it with birth control pills.
4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lee Ann Robertsanswered
Gynecology 42 years experience
?upset stomach: There should not be any medical reason you can't take all three simultaneously if you can tolerate them. Since any of the three can cause nausea it m... Read More
5.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. William Leeanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 49 years experience
Nothing bad: Vitamins are vitamins.
Iron is iron
birthcontol pills are just that.
They can all mix just fine.
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Charles Gordonanswered
Specializes in Adolescent Medicine
In general, NO!: You can always ask the pharmacist and check any of a number of excellent drug interaction websites.
1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Holly Maesanswered
Pediatrics 37 years experience
No: There is no interaction between a multivitamin and how a birth control pill works. Both are safe to take together and work fine.
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Pregnancy: Yes, you can start taking prenatal vitamins now. Regarding when to stop to use of various forms of birth control, that depends on which one you are u... Read More
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Charlapanswered
Holistic Medicine 38 years experience
Yes, but why?: If you are taking them because you plan on coming off the birth control pills, then yes it's okay. Otherwise, they don't provide any known health bene... Read More
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lori Semelanswered
Pediatrics 36 years experience
Vitamins: Take 400 mcg of folic acid per day, this can be found in a good prenatal vitamin or can be taken alone in the months before pregnancy to help insure a... Read More
3.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 34 years experience
Are just vitamins: Prenatal vitamins are just vitamins. If a woman is in good health with good nutrition, the added vitamins from prenatal vitamins are not noticeable t... Read More
93 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 45 years experience
Yes: It's fine. I'm perhaps in the minority in believing that routine supplementation with inexpensive vitamin-mineral tablets is worthwhile for people wit... Read More
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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