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Will my antibiotic, cefuroxime axetil, make my birth control, lo loestrin fe, less effective? my doctor said it would but many doctors online say that it wouldn't?

Q: will my antibiotic, cefuroxime axetil, make my birth control, lo loestrin fe, less effective? my doctor said it would but many doctors online say that it wouldn't?

: The Antibiotic may diminish the therapeutic effect of the Estrogen component in Lo Estrin, but that effect is very minor. Additionally it will be also short term, if at all, if the antibiotic course is only several days

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The Antibiotic may diminish the therapeutic effect of the Estrogen component in Lo Estrin, but that effect is very minor. Additionally it will be also short term, if at all, if the antibiotic course is only several days

Answered 8/7/2022

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A member asked:

Will my antibiotic, cefuroxime axetil, make my birth control, lo loestrin fe, less effective? my doctor said it would but many doctors online say that it wouldn't?

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