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FAILURE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
Women who use “the Pill” should be aware that other medicines can counteract the effect of oral contraceptives. Certain anti-arthritis drugs and pain relievers, sedatives, anticonvulsants, and sleeping pills commonly do this.
Anti-infectives (sulfa drugs and antibiotics) are the most widely used medications to have this effect, Modern Medicine (55#5:189) reports. Women who take Bactrim or Septra for bladder or kidney infections, for example, are more likely to become pregnant while on such medication and should employ an additional contraceptive method (such as abstinence or a diaphragm) for so long as they continue to take the anti-infective drug. Medications reduce an oral contraceptive’s efficiency either by interfering with its absorption or by increasing its rate of destruction by the liver.
Accordingly, if one is taking “the Pill,” and the doctor orders additional medication, ask him about this possible interaction.
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