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  • lovepink2010
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2010
    • 4

    antibiotics delay period? need answer ASAP please

    I've taken antibiotics 3 times over the course of 1 month.
    First, a z-pack for a sinus infection.
    1-2 weeks after I finished the z-pack, I was given a 10 day supply of antibiotics to finish off the infection (I assume it didn't affect my birth control because I still got my period on time.)
    My period is due this week, (actually, it should be here today), but I just started bactrim on Monday (6 pills), could that have delayed my period when combined with all of the other antibiotics I've taken? My boyfriend and I did have sex while I was on the antibiotic, unprotected, but still used the "pull-out method"...I'm starting to get worried. Please help.
  • sourpuss
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2006
    • 3581

    You need to take a home pregnancy test. Antibiotics can cause your birth control to be ineffective. Pull out method DOES NOT WORK, precum has tons of sperm and it only takes one. Believe me, I know and I know others who have gotten pregnant using withdrawl.
    Anyway, take a test so you plan what the next step will be for you and in the future, use condoms while on antibiotics and for another week after.

    good luck

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    • lovepink2010
      Junior Member
      • Aug 2010
      • 4

      Thank you. I work at a doctor's office and when I had my urine tested for a UTI, I also took a pregnancy test and it was negative. Was that too soon to tell?

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      • sourpuss
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 3581

        Depends when you took the test and when your period was due.

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        • lovepink2010
          Junior Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 4

          My period usually comes toward the end of the week, so really it's due today. And I took the test on Monday.

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          • sourpuss
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2006
            • 3581

            Well, then you should wait for a week and if it still hasn't come then by that time it should register on a urine test. You can get the kind that you can test 5 days early as well. But since you haven't missed your period yet you can relax and if it's not here by Monday, take a home test.

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            • lovepink2010
              Junior Member
              • Aug 2010
              • 4

              Okay, thank you! I'm trying not to stress over it, but I also can't get my mind off of it. I called my doctor to ask her about it, too, but she has yet to call me back.
              I appreciate your answers though, thanks a lot.

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