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Does taking garlic vitamins, or supplements, adversely affect the effectiveness of birth control. specifically, some that have 10 micro of estrogen?
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Birth control: Vitamins and particularly garlic should have no real adverse effects with birth control pills. Antibiotics are the biggest cause for interference.
Answered 4/22/2015
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