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What can happen if i change the time i take my bc pill?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

BTB: If you cary the time of taking your pill from day to day, the most frequent result is break-through bleeding.

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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