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Does Norethisterone Cause Delayed Periods?
HI. Last month for 5 days I took norethesrerone tablet to delay my periods for an occasion so after stopping the tablet I got my periods after 4 days. Now my next period is late for 3 days. I have regular periods and nw I'm worried . Is this because of the tablet I took last month. And how long will my period get late?
Thu, 11 Jan 2018
yes it causes delayed period since contains estrogen and progesterone is synthetically used to change date of period toavoidimportantoccasion it isnot long lasting and after months itdoesnot act and in that way very short acting
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