Can emergency contraception pills be taken together with cold medicine?

Patient's question:

Cold medicine and birth control pills taken together, do birth control pills lose their effect?

Doctor's answer:

Taking emergency contraception requires taking it within 72 hours after intercourse, and you need to be fasting for two hours before and after taking the medication to help it work quickly and enhance the effectiveness of breastfeeding. It is not recommended to take it together; instead, take it with a 2-hour interval to prevent interference with the medication's absorption. Then, carefully observe the withdrawal bleeding after taking the medication.
If you have severe cold symptoms, such as body aches, fever, or general fatigue, you can take 39 Cold Relief or Compound Aminophenylbutazone Tablets orally. Take it with a time interval from the emergency contraception.

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