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Do antidepressants affect birth control pills

A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wendy Askew
26 years experience
Yes: There are no interactions with those medications for most people. The birth control pills don't decrease the effectiveness of the anti-depressants. No... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sathish Philip
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Drug interactions : Reviewed medical database and was unable to find any evidence of significant drug interactions between formulations of cysteine and birth control pill... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Randy Baker
Holistic Medicine 42 years experience
NO: There are no known interactions between glutathione and any medications.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jack Rubin
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Effects of Tums (calcium carbonate): Tums (calcium carbonate) are used to reduce the acidity of the stomach and are also used to bind phosphorus in the small intestine. They would no inte... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Yash Khanna
Family Medicine 59 years experience
No: No topical antibiotics do not affect birth control pills.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Oscar Novick
Pediatrics 60 years experience
Chlamydia: Medication used in the treatment of chlamydia has no effect on birth control pills
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Finkelstein
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
No: But of course I don't recommend smoking of anything
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kevin O'neil
Urogynecology 30 years experience
Yes: Many medications, including many antibiotics and estrogen containing birth control pills, are metabolized in the liver. The end result can be that the... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Dean Giannone
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Potentially. : Over the counter medications are not subjected to the testing that prescription medications are. Therefore, I can only answer by saying that there is ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson
Pediatrics 48 years experience
No: Not at all. They mimic what happens naturally in your body.
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