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Customer: i was taking an antibiotic in january that my pharmacist said would make my birth control inactive ...see details ... i was taking an antibiotic in january that my pharmacist said would make my birth control inactive and to use a backup method
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Did you?: I hope you did follow your learned pharmacist's advice. Best wishes.
Answered 12/30/2012
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