WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 1998: Re: Pregnancy and antibiotics

Re: Pregnancy and antibiotics

From: Hans van der Slikke, OBGYN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:25:04 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Holly wrote: >
>I am on Ortho tri-cyclen birth control pills but I am also on
>minocycline (100 mg/day) for acne. I know of the increased chance of
>pregnancy because of the antibiotic. I am not worried about that as I
>am married and we do want another child so although I'm not planning on
>getting pregnant now, if I did it would not be a bad thing.
>
>However, I do worry about the fact that if I did get pregnant, I could
>possibly go a month using the minocycline and the bc pill before I knew
>I was pregnant. How harmful could this be to the fetus? Is minocycline
>a teratogen? Is it known to cause any problems if inadvertently taken
>during the early weeks of a pregnancy? And what about the birth control
>pill? How harmful is this if taken during the first month of pregnancy
>before you would miss a period and know you were pregnant? Thanks for
>any help you can provide.
>
>--
>Holly
>

Holly, Indeed this could be a (minor) problem. We know from minocin that it can cause problems with the forming of the bones and can cause yellow teeth in the fetus. However this are reports in later pregnancy. It is always difficult to say what problems one can expect when the minocin is taken the first month of pregancy. Probably not.

The oac is another point: all oac's are tested: because it is not very seldom that a woman continues taking the pill, because she didn't relize she was pregnant there has to be a very safe border. So it is.

However it is always better to stop the pill before getting pregnant

--
Hans van der Slikke MD PhD
Chairman International Council OBGYN-net

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