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A member asked:
On sprintec birth control. is it ok to only take 4 or 5 of the inactive "sugar" pills and start a new pack to shorten my period?
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Yes: Shortening the # of days of placebo makes scientific sense, and may result in fewer days of bleeding, and even possibly better efficacy. The traditional 21 days of hormones followed by 7 days of placebos is arbitrary, and not written in stone.
Answered 11/28/2017
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I am switching birth control brands at the end of this pack but I was wondering if I could skip the sugar pills to skip my period. Is that safe to do?
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