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A member asked:

I got the depo-provera shot my first time on sept. start spotting and brown discharge was coming out of my vagina on the 29th and hasnt stopped ever since?

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This is common: Abnormal bleeding and spotting is the most common side effect of depoprovera. See your doctor if it persists.

Answered 3/14/2013

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