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Can alcohol counteract birth control?
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Alcohol and BC: Maybe. For example if you are using condoms for birth control, you may forget to use them if you get drunk. Or if you are on birth control pills you may forget to take them.
Answered 9/29/2016
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No it does not: Decrease the effect of birth control pills , but it can result in nausea and vomiting and in loosing u pills.
Answered 9/28/2016
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