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Juvederm interaction with antibiotics?

tks17Jul 24, 2017
I have booked in to get lip fillers, but have just been put on antibiotics for a uti/kidney infections (alprim trimethoprim 300mh) are there are any known affects of this antibiotic being used with juvaderm and should I wait until I've finished the antibiotics to go ahead with the procedure?

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