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A member asked:

I use nuva ring continuously , have been on 2000mg per day of cephalexin for 6 days , on the day i changed rings i started spotting. normal wantibioti?

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See Below: Cephalexin shouldn't decrease the effectiveness of your Nuva ring. Best wishes!

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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