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Can doctors prescribe the birth control pill with primary amenorrhea?

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Dr. Robert Lang answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Endocrinology

Yes: First and evaluation should be done to find the cause to see if it can be treated. Hormone replacement of some type should be used if the periods can not be started naturally.

Dr Ferguson and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 10/16/2017

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