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Carbamazepine and birth control dosage

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 15:53
I am hoping to get put on birth control again soon, but my doctor always says Carbamazepine lowers the effectiveness of the birth control. They say if they up the dosage of the birth control it should be fine... But how high? What do others take? Or are other methods better? Thank!

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