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Do antibiotics used in treating urinary tract infections interfere with emergency contraceptive (levonorgestrel 1.5 mg?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

No.: The antibiotics for UTI do not have a direct drug interaction with levonorgestrel.

Answered 6/10/2014

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