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Some doctors say alcohol affects the effectivness of the bc pill, some say it doesn't, how am i suppose to know what's true and what's not?

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Ask your doc: Unless you drink a lot or are an alcoholic recreational alcohol usually should not effect birth control pill.

Answered 4/16/2013

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