Will sleeping pills affect the effectiveness of birth control pills?

　　Will taking sleeping pills affect the effectiveness of birth control pills? ? Short-acting contraceptive pills are a safe and reliable method of contraception, with a contraceptive effect of more than 99%. Unintended pregnancies are mostly caused by missing or incorrect doses, or interactions caused by taking certain drugs at the same time. Some commonly used drugs in daily life, such as antibiotic sleeping pills, etc., will affect the effectiveness of contraceptive pills and cause accidental "injury".

　　In modern society, more and more female Choose long-term oral contraceptives. At the same time, they also face many problems from social work and family, and are under tremendous physical and mental pressure. Many suffer from anxiety and insomnia and require oral sleeping pills.

　　at present clinical Commonly used sleeping pills include phenobarbital and diazepam. They are metabolized by the liver and work on the central nervous system. nerve The inhibitory effect of the system achieves the purpose of treating insomnia. Phenobarbital is also a hepatic drug enzyme inducer. Its hepatic drug enzyme induction effect can not only accelerate its own metabolism, but also accelerate the metabolism of many other drugs. Short-acting contraceptive pills are also taken every day. Patients with chronic insomnia need to take sleeping pills every day. Both are used before going to bed. The liver enzyme induction effect of sleeping pills can accelerate the metabolism of birth control pills, leading to an increase in the clearance rate of sex hormones, reducing the efficacy of birth control pills, and causing unintended pregnancy. >>>  Dietary therapy for endocrine disorders 6porridge

　　Therefore, short-acting contraceptive pills are not that safe for patients who often need to take sleeping pills. Some patients ask, can the dosage of contraceptive pills be appropriately increased to prevent contraceptive failure? This is not advisable. First of all, it is difficult to control how much to increase the dosage of the drug. At the same time, increasing the amount of hormones may affect human metabolism, especially women over 40 years old. Therefore, women of childbearing age who need to use sleeping pills for a long time are better to insert an intrauterine device or use condoms for contraception to prevent accidental injuries.