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Can antibiotics Amoxicillin and Tetracyline interfere with the depo provera shot?

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No. The only drugs that I have been informed that will affect that form of birth control are Tuberculosis meds and Seizure meds.

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Does taking Amoxicillin effect the depo provera shot?
It decreases the effectiveness.
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Will the antibiotics used for shingles effect the depo provera shot?
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Where is the depo-provera shot injected?
top of your bum you just have to lower your trousers a little bit... i think it can technically go in any large area of muscle but they seem to do it there... :) the plus is you dont have to see them...