Can antibiotics interfere with the Depo shot?

In: Depo-Provera, Drug Interactions, Antibiotics [Edit categories]

[Edit]

From our video partners

Birth Control
Safe and effective options.

Answer

Antibiotics affect every type of birth control not just the pill so be very careful if you are on antibiotics.

Answer

It depends on the type of antibiotic. Contact your doctor or pharmacist to see if the antibiotic will affect the depo.

I was told by my physician that antibiotics do NOT affect the depo provera because you do not ingest Depo like you do the medicine. Your body reacts a little differently on the Depo shot than the BC pill because you do not take it orally.

Answer

According to the pamphlet that I was given with the shot, it says that antibiotics can make the shot ineffective. You may want to speak to your pharmacist and your doctor before going on ANY type of antibiotics. I have been on the Depo shot for almost 1 1/2 years.

I made the mistake of not discussing the antibiotics with my pharmacist - my doctor already knew. I was on antibiotics for almost 3 weeks straight (2 types - trying to get rid of a severe bronchial infection). The length of time and strength of the antibiotics did affect the shot. I am over 3 weeks pregnant.

Answer

INVALID: Inaccurate answer as Johns Hopkins is referring to ORAL contraception only in the article.

"Johns Hopkins disagrees that antibiotics affect chemical contraception.

http://www.jhu.edu/~shcenter/OCPinfo.html"

First answer by HappyFem. Last edit by HappyFem. Contributor trust: 65 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 99 [recommend question]

Can you answer these birth control injections questions?

Research your answer:

Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Health > Sexual and Family Health > Birth Control > Depo-Provera > Can antibiotics interfere with the Depo shot?

Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from

)

If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates.

Depo and antibiotics? Antibiotics and the depo? Do antibiotics affect depo? Can antibiotics affect depo? Do antibiotics affect the Depo? Do antibiotics change depo vera? Will augmentin interfere with depo? Do antibiotics affect the depo shot? Can antibiotics interfere with depo? Do antibiotics void a deprovera shot? Will meth interfere with depo provera? Is the depo shot effected be antibiotics? How does antibiotics bother the depo shot? Does the depo work if you take antibiotics? Can antibiotics interfere with Depo-Provera? Do antibiotics interfere with the depo shot? Does doxycilin interfere with the depo shot? Do illegal drugs interfere with depo-provera? Do antibiotics interferre with the depo shot? Will the z-pack interfere with the depo shot?