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Hello, i had a bad case of diarrhea last night about 45 minutes after taking my birth control pill. it lasted about and hour and i did not throw up or?
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Unlikely: to affect contraception. However, a 1 or 2 % failure rate is the usual rate of pregnancy with birth control pills. No effect from bowel function issues.
Answered 6/20/2021
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