Posted by Emily Elizabeth on August 14, 2005, at 17:12:40
In reply to Need Help!!!!, posted by woolav on August 14, 2005, at 10:09:45
Okay, I'm a little frightened that your gyno hadn't heard of those meds. That aside, perhaps the best way to address this potential problem would be to use a 2nd form of birth control (i.e. condoms) in addition to the patch. Would that be possible for you? I've never been on birth control (sadly, no reason to be) but I do remember seeing similar warnings for a number of meds.
I would ask pdoc what s/he knows about your meds reducing the effectiveness of BC. If that is a sort of 1 in 1,000,000,000 kind of thing or pretty common. I would think twice about changing your psych meds if you are happy with them. It is soooo hard to find the right thing sometimes. :(
Hope that this works out for you!
Best,
EE
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