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Enzyme-inducing medicines speed up the processing of some contraceptive hormones and therefore reduce the levels of these hormones in your bloodstream. corticosteroids acting locally ( Prednisolone, Hydrocortisone, Prednisone, Betamethasone, Tixocortol, Budesonide, Beclometasone)
If you're not sure whether your contraception interacts with other medicines, speak to your GP or pharmacist, or call NHS 111. What medicines can affect contraception? There are no data that would make a change in the dosage recommendation necessary in the case of renal insufficiency. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Unless otherwise prescribed by the doctor, the usual dose is:rifampicin-like antibiotics (see Will antibiotics stop my contraception working? for more information) If diarrhoea occurs as a side effect of a medicine, it could affect absorption of the combined pill or progestogen-only pill. An example of this is the weight loss drug orlistat. Please do not stop your treatment with Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules without talking to your doctor. Your illness might worsen by this. Antibiotics ( Neomycin, Nystatin, Natamycin, Streptomycin, Polymyxin B, Paromomycin, Amphotericin B, Kanamycin, Vancomycin, Colistin, Rifaximin)
Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules is too strong or too weak. If you become pregnant while taking hormonal contraception, it will not usually affect your health or that of your baby. But you should tell your GP if you think you may be pregnant. You may be advised to change how you take the medication or to use a different method of contraception.
Nitrofurantoin and fertility
Some hormonal contraceptives may change the effect of other medicines, such as the epilepsy treatment lamotrigine and the immunosuppressant drug ciclosporin. The patient information leaflet that comes with medicines may advise that the medicine cannot be used with certain types of contraception. This makes the contraceptive less effective. Enzyme-inducing drugs that can affect hormonal contraception include: There are certain types of medicine that can increase the enzymes in your body. This is known as being "enzyme-inducing". Adults take 1 hard capsule 4 times a day or 2 hard capsules 2 times a day (equivalent to 800 mg / day).