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Do antibiotics make the effectiveness of copper iud lower?
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No: Antibiotics affect hormonal birth control as they are both metabolized in the iver.. The copper iud just causes a foreign body reaction in the uterus which is a different than hormones.
Answered 9/25/2018
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