Rifampin, oral contraceptives, and pregnancy
- 20 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 236 (12) , 1382
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.236.12.1382
Abstract
Rifampin is a drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis. In the literature, there are reports of 7 patients who became pregnant while taking a combination of rifampin and oral contraceptives. An 8th case involving a woman who became pregnant twice on this drug combination is reported. [Rifampin ingestion is also associated with menstrual abnormalities.].This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: