What can decrease effectiveness or cut the effect contraceptive, patch or pill are basically some medicines and anabolic, such as:
- Antibiotics: Rifampin and rifabutin, used to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and meningitis, appear to be the only antibiotics that have proven to counteract the effect of contraceptives;
- Anticonvulsants: Remedies used to treat epilepsy, such as topiramate, primidone, phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine;
- Barbiturates: They are used as antiepileptics, sedatives and sedatives. Some examples: phenobarbital, thiopental, pentobarbital, thiamylal, barbital, among others;
- Antiretrovirals: Some antiretrovirals used to treat HIV, such as efavirenz, nevirapine, nelfinavir and ritonavir may decrease or negate the contraceptive effect;
- Anabolics: They can cut off the effect of contraceptive because they are hormones (masculine), and can interfere in the metabolism of the feminine hormones present in the contraceptive, canceling its effect.
Here are the medicines that cut and do not cut the contraceptive effect.
Does vomiting cut off the effect of contraception?
Yes, throw up can cut the effect of the contraceptive pill, if vomiting occurs within 2 hours after taking the medicine. In these cases, another pill should be taken to maintain the efficacy of the contraceptive.
Since it was necessary to take an extra pill, to continue the cartouche the woman should buy another and take all the pills without skipping any.
Learn more about it in: Vomiting and Diarrhea Can Cut the Effect of Contraceptive?
Whenever it is necessary to take any of the medicines mentioned or even other remedies, talk to your gynecologist to clarify the possible drug interactions that can occur with the contraceptive.
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