URGENT!!! can antibiotics make your birth control not work

[Ashweyy]

I am on the Yasmin birth control pill and i was wondering, i was on anitibiotics from the 27 to the 31. Do antibitoics make birth control pills not work?  Do you think its okay to have sex friday the 7th? Will my pills be working regularly then? PLease help me.
THanks
Ashley

[lillady0505]

Yes-Antibiotics can mess with bc-I would use back up protection if you don't want to chance getting prego

[jennifer63]

i have always heard and understood that antibiotics can lessen the effectiveness of birth control.

[lillady0505]

I just looked online and here it was one specialist said:

If you're on an antibiotic and on a birth control pill, the safest thing to do is to use a backup method for extra protection,"  ****** said.

*****recommends using backup contraception for the remainder of the pack of birth control pills for that month. If a patient switches to a new pack while on the antibiotics, that means the backup contraception should be used for that entire new pack

[Ashweyy]

so i should use a back up protection im on the row of active pills. and will take mt last one saturday so should i be good then u think ive been takin my pill since last friday && that will be a week of takin my pills w/o being on antibiotics.

[nicole83]

make sure you use protecting when taking an antibiotic i got pregnant that way. birthcontrol does not work with the use of antibiotics

[Tamicmt]

Yes, yes, yes

[thexy]

Don't take any chances, use a back up method.

[Ashweyy]

IM not taking antibitoics anymore ive been off them for a week