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I'm on the nuvaring and also ciprofloxacin. my boyfriend and i had sex last night and did not use a condom. should i take the plan b pill?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

There are: rare Nuvaring "failures" however it's unlikely that you will conceive ....the CIPRO has no effect on Pregnancy Prevention! A major question here is what part of your cycle were you?? If high risk..Plan B would add another "preventive""layer" Hope this helps! Dr Z

Answered 9/17/2016

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