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I have started taking qlaira tablets on 6.1.2021. about a week into taking them i started cefuroxim 500mg bd for 10 days and tomorrow is last dose (16th day of taking qlaira). for how long after antibiotic is finished should i take extra protection?

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Dr. Lauren Bickel answered

Hard to say: Probably best to use extra protection with intercourse until your period begins, & when your new pill cycle begins, you will likely be protected since you will have been off the cefuroxime antibiotic for a while by then.

Answered 1/22/2021

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A member asked:

I have started taking qlaira tablets on 6.1.2021. about a week into taking them i started cefuroxim 500mg bd for 10 days and tomorrow is last dose (16th day of taking qlaira). for how long after antibiotic is finished should i take extra protection?

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Dr. Lauren Bickel answered

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