A 22-year-old female asked:
second year on nexplanon birthcontrol had a regular period now started to have brown black discharge on and off for about 2 weeks can this be normal?
1 doctor answer
Dr. Ron Eaker answered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Common: This type of irregular bleeding is common with nexplanon. As long as no additional symptoms appear you probably don't need to be concerned
Answered on Dec 15, 2018
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