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What leads to brown discharge on depo-provera provera (medroxyprogesterone)?

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Old blood: Many women on Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone) don't have regular menstrual periods. Sometimes there is some breakthrough bleeding that occurs in small amounts. The blood may not come out right away so it turns a brown color that you see as it seeps out slowly.

Answered 10/26/2014

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