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A member asked:
I got my period a week early and i'm on loestrin bc so do i finish the pack and placebos or go straight to the sugar pill?
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Please finish the pa: Pack until the end and after the last placebo pill start a new pack, if it recurs again then u need to see your gyn.
Answered 10/9/2015
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