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A member asked:

Can the birth control shot affect the results of a pregnancy test?

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Dr. Liza Kunz answered

No: Contraceptive injections do not increase the frequency of either false positive or false negative home pregnancy tests.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 12/20/2014

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