A 22-year-old woman using the desogestrel POP has been prescribed a course of erythromycin for a chest infection. What contraceptive advice is needed?...

Question

A 22-year-old woman using the desogestrel POP has been prescribed a course of erythromycin for a chest infection. What contraceptive advice is needed?

Accepted Answer

No additional precautions are needed; erythromycin is not an enzyme inducer

Answer

She needs additional precautions for 7 days as erythromycin reduces POP efficacy

Answer

She should switch to a Cu-IUD for the duration of the antibiotic

Answer

She should take double the POP dose

Answer

Erythromycin is contraindicated with the POP

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): Erythromycin Non-Enzyme-Inducer POP Safe

A 22-year-old woman using the desogestrel POP has been prescribed a course of erythromycin for a chest infection. What contraceptive advice is needed?