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Can antibiotics affect menstrual cycle and cause period to come earlier than expected?

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Dr. Wayne Ingram answered

Rarely: Antibiotics should not affect the menstrual cycle length unless you had an infection and the antibiotic resolved the issue.

Answered 11/14/2015

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