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Is it safe to take doxycycline and birth control at the same time?

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No: Medicines taken together can sometime interact making one or both more or less effective than they should be independent of each other. This is one such case in which Doxycycline decreases the potency of the birth control pills and you could find yourself pregnant. You will need another form of contraception while taking doxycycline.

Answered 6/25/2014

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