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I have recently been prescribed hailey 24 fe birth control pills and have been taking them daily and consistently since april 3rd 2022. would they interact at all with my lexapro medication? would the bcp lose its effectiveness?

Q: i have recently been prescribed hailey 24 fe birth control pills and have been taking them daily and consistently since april 3rd 2022. would they interact at all with my lexapro medication? would the bcp lose its effectiveness?

: Lexapro will not influence the effectiveness of oral bcp's.

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Lexapro will not influence the effectiveness of oral bcp's.

Answered 4/13/2022

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A member asked:

I have recently been prescribed hailey 24 fe birth control pills and have been taking them daily and consistently since april 3rd 2022. would they interact at all with my lexapro medication? would the bcp lose its effectiveness?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Berryman answered

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