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I bled after oral sex .im on megestrol 40 mg for breakthrough bleeding . is this just left over blood from it stopping abruptly or is something wrong?

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See your PCP: Could be from stopping megestrol.Get checked by your pcp for any other pathology.

Answered 2/24/2013

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