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On mononessa but control , is it ok to take 3 or 4 days of sugar pills, & then start a new pack of active pills to shorten my period?
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You can try: You can try that. Consider trying a different brand of pill or an alternative method of birth control. I gave you a few options in the other version of this question that you asked earlier.
Answered 2/25/2016
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