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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I was prescribed this drug because I was having irregular periods. Dr checked and said I wasn't going through Menopause ( I'm 52 ). Took the pills for 14 days, started period after three days after taking last pill. The first couple days I hardly bled. Then it picked up. I am now on the fourth day ( normal period lasts five days ) and I am bleeding heavy, passing clots and feel weak. I'
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Reviewer: 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I was prescribed this drug first to induce a period after several months of not having one due to PCOS. I took it for ten days and started a period around day 7-8 and it lasted 14 days. The second time I took this was for 5 days at 10mg to start a period and then take clomid, to try to conceive. My period started 3 days after finishing the prescription. Besides mild cramping, I had no side effe
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Reviewer: GreenBean12, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was prescribed this medication due to absence of my menstrual cycle. I took it for 10 days and my cycle began on day 12. I experienced hot flashes, increased appetite and swelling. Oh, and I found out that I was pregnant the next month after thinking that my cycle was messed up again.
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Reviewer: mkbeary, 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I started taking this pill for one week per month, then my period would start the following week. I was previously on a birth control pill, and realized that I was only having a cycle every 3-4 months otherwise. The BC would give me a period every 28 days on the dot! With this pill, sometimes my period starts the day after my last dose, or up to a week or two after...It's very unpredictable. I
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Reviewer: brittanygorny, 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I've been on this medication for 4 days now. My doctor prescribed it to start my periods again since my period has been absent for 4 months. I was prescribed a 10 day dose, today I am expieriencing rib pain, stomach cramps and EXTREME tiredness, also a loss of appetite. Can't wait to end this medication! I'm just hoping it brings my periods back and not too heavy.
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