Can acne medication reduce birth control effectiveness?

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I just started Loestrin birth control about two weeks ago. Will taking Minocycline and Benzaclin acne medication interfere and reduce the pill’s effectiveness?

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face on July 14, 2009 | Filed Under acne medication

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jernejbastl@rocketmail.com on July 14th, 2009

I’ve had severe acne myself, try looking for more information on any acne website, like this one for example:

You’ll find some great info there, hope you can get rid of them quickly.

Heather on July 17th, 2009

Yes the minocycline can lower the effectiveness of the birth control. I don’t know of any antibiotic that does not. Benzaclin is a topical medication and is not absorbed into the blood stream so you have nothing to worry about for that one.

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