ID: tis the season to remember that activated charcoal can render oral birth control ineffective

  • Hello_there
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    194 months ago

    There’s stuff out there that can just make the pill ineffective? You’d think this would be known more widely.

        • peopleproblems
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          154 months ago

          It has a chemical that is a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor - it basically turns off the enzyme that metabolizes a good chunk of medicines.

          Earl grey tea has it too.

    • 🐍🩶🐢
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      14 months ago

      Another big one is antibiotics. I can tell you that none of my doctors when I lived in Texas mentioned it. It just slips their mind…