Does anyone believe that there is any truth to the rumor that St Johns Wort cancels out birth control?

Answer 1

Never heard it until you asked but I looked it up.

I had problems with antibiotics and BCPs so I take this very seriously. No, I didn't get preggers but I did end up with some truly screwed up periods b/c I was on antibiotics for months for Lyme disease and it messed up how I processed the hormones.

So for your reading pleasure from the National Institutes of Health (that's some real science stuff):
Research shows that St. John's wort interacts with some drugs. The herb affects the way the body processes or breaks down many drugs; in some cases, it may speed or slow a drug's breakdown. Drugs that can be affected include:

* Indinavir and possibly other drugs used to control HIV infection
* Irinotecan and possibly other drugs used to treat cancer
* Cyclosporine, which prevents the body from rejecting transplanted organs
* Digoxin, which strengthens heart muscle contractions
* Warfarin and related anticoagulants
* Birth control pills
* Antidepressants

Answer 2

St John's Wort genuinely will develop fertility and heavily impacts the pill, i recommend you're taking a try in case you have had intercourse because you started taking st john's wort, in case you have started taking it. BC pills could have component outcomes which includes melancholy so why no longer take a wreck from them for a mutually as and use a condom which includes your spouse particularly or something freed from hormones. Microgynon 30 is the rationalization i switched to the mini pill! it is a biatch for melancholy mutually as on the mini pill it could are available bouts of intense melancholy yet purely each now and back particularly than consistently like on Microgynon. i recommend you have a wreck from the pills and then attempt some thing distinctive when you have had 3 authentic classes, in which component you won't want to circulate back on it because of the fact no longer being on BC pills feels plenty extra desirable.