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A member asked:

Still spotting (brown discharge) four days after taking misoprostol. is this normal?

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Common: Common, not normal, but innocent usually.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Why taking: Its not unusual to spot but depends on why taking the misoprostol. If it was to empty the uterus from a pregnancy and u finished bleeding now spotting it is completely normal.

Answered 1/18/2013

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