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A member asked:

What's the expert opinion, could the medicine fluoxetine cause plan b not to work?

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Absolutely not: Fluoxetine does not interfere with plan b's mechanism of action.

Dr Fowler and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 9/10/2017

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