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I have been onthe pill for 3 months and still have breast tenderness and light periods???

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Dr. Robert Grindstaff answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

On the pill: the breast tenderness and the light periods may be side effects of the pill itself.

Answered 9/29/2016

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