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Can switching birth control pill brands mess with your cycle?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Yes absolutely: At least for a month or two.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 9/2/2014

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Yes: It is common to experience some spotting or breakthrough bleeding when you change birth control pills. For most women the cycle has resumed good control by the end of the third or fourth pack of pills.

Answered 11/24/2015

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