Tag: oral contraceptives

Anticonvulsants and Oral Contraceptives: How Seizure Medications Can Reduce Birth Control Effectiveness

Keith Ashcroft
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January 23
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Certain seizure medications can make birth control pills, patches, and rings ineffective by speeding up hormone breakdown. Learn which anticonvulsants interfere, which birth control methods still work, and how to prevent unintended pregnancy.