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Brown discharge w/ cramping for past 4 months. always at the same time (about two weeks before my period). on tri cyclen lo. is this pid?

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Dr. Dale Kristle answered

Specializes in Gynecology

No: this is not PID. sounds like breakthrough bleeding. you could try a mono phasic pill like orthocyclen (ethinyl estradiol and norgestimate)

Answered 10/3/2014

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