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Does one night of diarrhea affect the effectiveness of your birth control?
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Likely not: A bout of diarrhea that is infrequent will not likely affect your birth control pills.If you have a medical condition that causes chronic (ongoing) diarrhea, such as inflammatory bowel disease, this may affect the absorption and effectiveness of the birth control pill.If this is the case, discuss it with your doctor.When taken consistently, the failure rate is <1%.In typical use, it's about 9%.
Answered 11/27/2017
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