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I started breakthrough bleeding a week before the placebo pills, and i continue to have brown spotting for a week and half, is this normal?
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Yes: The brown spotting is old blood. Continue with taking your pills, sometimes if a pill is forgotten or taken later than usual break through bleeding as you describe can occur.
Answered 7/28/2017
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