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A member asked:
Is there a correlation between the number/frequency of placebo days in a birth control regimen and the likelihood of breakthrough bleeding?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
No: Breakthrough bleeding correlates with the strength of the pills on the days you are taking them.
Answered 7/17/2015
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