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Had sex on b control with azithromicin tablets and birth control.. would those increase ovulation right away, risking pregnancy?

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No: Occasionally antibiotics can decrease the absorption of the birth control pill. But not other forms of bc, normally the birth control pill prevents ovulation.

Answered 9/28/2016

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