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I am taking doxycycline once a day. my wife is on a contraceptive pill yas. will the doxycycline make the contraceptive ineffective as its an antibiotic ?
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Basics: Your taking an antibiotic will have no effect on how your wife's contraceptive pill works.
Answered 9/9/2020
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Oral Contraceptive: The antibiotic in your system, will not impact the effectiveness of the oral contraceptive that your wife is taking.
Answered 9/10/2020
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