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What is breakthrough bleeding? taking nortrel currently and am curious
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depends: Breakthrough bleeding is what occurs when a woman on the pill has bleeding when she is taking the active pills and should not bleed. She is said to have "break through" bleeding because the bleeding has broken through the control of the pill.
Answered 10/25/2013
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