How well does the depo shot work?

Does the Depo shot work with other medication?

• My girl took that depo shot and shes worried that if she takes any other medication it will effect the depo medicine. Is it true.

• Answer:

  There are some medications that will cause Depo Provera not to work. None are commonly used. The medications that cause Depo Provera not to work well are used to treat psorasis, a particular type of cystic fibrosis, HIV, a rare type of epilepsy, and a certain type of cancer. In general, she should ALWAYS inform doctors which medications she is taking and ask if they will affect each other, if the doctor is prescribing a new medication. She can also ask the pharmacist about how the drugs she is thinking of taking may interact with each other. She can even go into google , type the names of the two drugs and type the word "interactions".