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A 21-year-old member asked:
Was it most likely for birth control to cancel out while on axithromicin and then a few days later prednisone while having sex?
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Dr. Oscar Novickanswered
Pediatrics 60 years experience
Drugs: Tour birth control was probably not canceled out by the medications you took.
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