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I am taking birth control pills for hormone therapy. will it be okay to not take the white birth control pills, that are placebo pills.
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Yes: There are some birth control pills that have no placebo pills, such that the patient has no periods. There are also some that have placebo pills only every 3 months.
Answered 5/28/2014
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