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I have been on depo for 41/2 years and after a couple of months my periods totally stopped. i have had no problems with it and have felt well in myself. yesterday i noticed some brown spotting and a dark discharge, which has remained and got heavier today
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Depo-Provera: this is old blood. Even on continuous birth control like Depo there is some growth of the endometrium of the uterus which eventually outgrows its blood supply and sloughs off. This is the source of the old blood. If you were not on Depo, this would happen every month and would be your period,
Answered 3/1/2015
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