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I have very light btb blood, not on placebo week. withdrawal bleed hasn't started heavily, though i stopped taking pills. how do i make it stop?

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Dr. Deepti Saxena answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Hormonal imbalance: There could be hormonal imbalance which need to be balanced by natural bio-identical hormones not pills.

Answered 3/5/2014

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