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A 23-year-old female asked:
I took a morning after pill three weeks ago. then i started having spotting a week after taking a morning after pill for 4 days. my periods are on the 20th but i didnt get them yet only brown discharge. is it normal?
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Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 33 years experience
About those pills: Plan B (and other "morning after" pills) can alter the menstrual bleeding for the cycle in which Plan B was taken, and sometimes in the next cycle too. One should be sure to check a home pregnancy test about 3 weeks after sex, because emergency contraceptive pills work most of the time, but not all the time.
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