Chlamydia

Doxycycline and my contraceptive pill

Vaguely remember being told antibiotics stop the pill working. Is that still the advice or is it out of date?

west_pier 4 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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low_ceiling 4 months ago

Largely out of date. The blanket warning about all antibiotics has been dropped in most guidance, because the interaction was only ever established for a specific class that is rarely used now.

The caveat that still holds: if the antibiotic makes you vomit or gives you severe diarrhoea, absorption of the pill can be affected, and that is handled by the usual missed pill rules.

grey_morning 4 months ago

Ask a pharmacist. Thirty seconds, no appointment, and they answer this question professionally rather than from memory of a leaflet from 2004.

kettle_on 4 months ago

Separate point but worth saying: neither the pill nor the antibiotic does anything about transmission. You still need the wait before sex, and your partner still needs treating.

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