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Sexual Intercourse, Broken Condom, On Birth Control Pills, UTI Antibiotics. Effects On Pill ?

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Posted on Tue, 22 May 2012
Question: My wife and I were having sex 2 days ago and the condom i was using broke. She is on the pill and takes it every day at 6. However she was on a course of UTI antibiotics. She finished the course 5 days before this mishap but we still wanted to check and be sure how this may have affected the effectiveness of the pill??
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Answered by Dr. Mitaly (30 minutes later)
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Thanks for posting your query

Antibiotics decrease birth control pill efficacy but there are very few medications as anti tubercular,anti seizure medications which have a major effect.If she has been taking the pills regularly everyday without missing a single pill possibility of pregnancy is very rare.Also she had finished the course about 5 days back.
Ask her to continue the pills as she has been taking it.

Hope I have answered your query.I will be available for follow up if any.
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Sexual Intercourse, Broken Condom, On Birth Control Pills, UTI Antibiotics. Effects On Pill ?

Hi

Thanks for posting your query

Antibiotics decrease birth control pill efficacy but there are very few medications as anti tubercular,anti seizure medications which have a major effect.If she has been taking the pills regularly everyday without missing a single pill possibility of pregnancy is very rare.Also she had finished the course about 5 days back.
Ask her to continue the pills as she has been taking it.

Hope I have answered your query.I will be available for follow up if any.