 [ Symptoms ] can you take birth control pills to reduce acne if you already have the mirena iud  i have had the mirena iud for 3 years but have suffered from very severe acne since i have had it put in before getting the iud i was on desogen birth control pills and my skin was very clear  i like the iud because it makes me not bleed when i menstruate but i like desogen because it makes my skin very clear  is there a risk to taking these together [ Disease ] its probably too late as of this time but yes it can i am anaphylaxis to penicillin and ended up in the hospital after my husband was taking amoxicillin and we had sex the reaction for me was immediate but it took me until my throat was closing to convince the e r doctor that this was the problem he later asked me to sign a consent form to get my hospital records where i spent 3 days on a respirator from my first encounter with penicillin so he could write an article for a medical journal be careful in the future