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Good morning
I wanted to ask if I was taking an antibiotic
For 6 days and these 6 days were from 1-6 placebo pills, I additionally have to protect myself with 1 placebo pill and 6 with hormones ?
Because I read that after taking an antibiotic you need to take additional protection for the next 7 days, but it doesn't say anything if it depends on which pills you took last
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Anna Lewandowska Pharmacist, Editor
8 months ago
Yes, if you have been taking an antibiotic that could potentially affect the effectiveness of hormonal contraception, the period of 7 days of additional protection should be counted from the end of taking the antibiotic. Regardless of whether you took other medications after finishing the antibiotic.
And if after I stopped taking the antibiotic I took other medications, e.g. syrup, throat pills or gripronisine (all of them I checked and they do not interfere with hormonal contraception, should I count 7 days of additional contraception from the end of taking the antibiotic?
Angelika Talar-Śpionek Pharmacist, Editor
8 months ago
Yes, you should use additional protection prophylactically for 7 days after the end of the antibiotic treatment - i.e. for the last placebo pill and 6 days of hormone tablets.
I've attached links to helpful entries:
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/artykuly/jak-prawidlowo-stosowac-antykoncepcje
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/artykuly/jakie-leki-oslabiaja-skutecznosc-antykoncepcji