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A member asked:

I am on the depo-provera provera (medroxyprogesterone) which i get every 3 months and whenever i have sex we always use a condom how effective is having 2 contraceptives?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Ron Eaker answered

Very: The combination of these two methods should be extremely effective.

Dr Saunders and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/7/2013

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Very good. : You are doing a good thing by using a backup method becuase condoms will prevent the passage of stds like hiv, gonorrhea and chalymdia.

Answered 11/25/2013

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