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I recently just got over a bout of strep throat, and have been on penicillin for 10 days, tomorrow. I know it is suggested that a backup method in addition to the pill be used during antibiotic regimens and for 7 days after. My boyfriend is coming to visit in about a week, the day after I normally begin the inactive pills of my pack. I was wondering if a) it would be possible for me to just take two pill packs in a row, skipping the placebo period for this month and b) if doing so would reset the cycle of protection. I know normally missed or late pills in one cycle do not affect the next cycle, and I just wanted to see if the same would be true post antibiotics doing consecutive packs. Thank you!
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You can certainly skip the placebo week if you like, but since you're still on the antibiotics now, doing so will not "reset" your protection. Whether or not you have a placebo week, you still need to use a backup method of birth control for at least a week following anything that might compromise the effectiveness of the pill.
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I end the antibiotics tomorrow, which is a little over a week before I should begin the placebo period of my pack. I will have been off for 7 days by the time I would, possibly, begin the new pack sans placebo pills.
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