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A member asked:

I'm taking birth control.last friday i got sick from taking energy shots and threw up.i always take my pill at 9.and i threw up at 1am.did i vomit it?

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Dr. Heather Pearson Chauhan answered

Unlikely: You had most likely absorbed that medication before the vomiting episode.

Answered 2/20/2014

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