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Negative psychological effects from 6 days of taking gildess fe 1/20: will they go away after a while?

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Please elaborate: Gildess FE is a combination progestin and estradiol oral contraceptive with iron included. What "negative psychological effects" are you referring to?

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Answered 10/1/2015

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