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Oral Contraceptive Drug Interaction

  • See Also
  1. Oral Contraceptive
  2. Oral Contraceptive Side Effect Management
  1. See Antiepileptic Drug Interactions in Contraception
  2. Enzyme Inducing Drugs (e.g. Rifampin, Rifapentine, Rifabutin) signicantly reduce OCP efficacy
    1. Use backup Contraception
    2. Barrier methods or Depo Provera if <2 months of enzyme inducing drug
    3. Depo Provera or Progesterone IUD if >2 months of enzyme inducing drug
    4. (2015) Presc Lett 22(6): 31-2
  3. Other medications reduce OCP efficacy less
    1. Amoxicillin
    2. Ampicillin
    3. Erythromycin
    4. Fluconazole (Diflucan)
    5. Griseofulvin
    6. Itraconazole (Sporanox)
    7. Ketoconazole (Nizoral)
    8. Metronidazole (Flagyl)
    9. Ritonavir
    10. St. John's Wort (results in breakthrough bleeding)
    11. Tetracycline
    12. Troglitazone (Rezulin)
  • Drug Interactions
  • Drugs with decreased efficacy when taken with OCP
  1. Clofibrate (Atromid-S)
  2. Lorazepam (Ativan)
  3. Oxazepam (Serax)
  4. Salicylates
  5. Temazepam (Restoril)
  6. Ulipristal (Ella)
    1. Progestins in first 5 days of taking Ulipristal, decrease Ulipristal efficacy for Emergency Contraception
  1. Benzodiazepines
    1. Alprazolam (Xanax)
    2. Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
    3. Diazepam (Valium)
    4. Flurazepam (Dalmane)
    5. Triazolam (Halcion)
  2. Beta Blockers
  3. Caffeine
  4. Corticosteroids
    1. Hydrocortisone
    2. Methylprednisolone
    3. Prednisolone
    4. Prednisone
  5. Theophylline (monitor levels)
  6. Tricyclic Antidepressants (monitor levels)
  • References
  1. Bolt (1994) Environ Health Perspect 102(suppl 9):35-8 [PubMed]
  2. Cerel-Suhl (1999) Am Fam Physician 60(7):2073 [PubMed]
  3. Fazio (1991) South Med J 84:997-1002 [PubMed]
  4. Speroff (1993) Obstet Gynecol 81:1034-47 [PubMed]
  5. Schwartz (1999) J Gend Specif Med 2(6):26-9 [PubMed]
  6. Tatro (1996) Drug Newsletter 15:66-9
  7. Dickey (1994) Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients