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What Causes Dark Coloured Vaginal Discharge While On Contraceptive Pills?

I have been on birth control (the pill) since September of 2015, it is now July of 2016. I take the 21 day dosage, where I skip the white pills and don t have a period. I have occasionally missed pills, mainly due to complications with my pharmacy, but I haven t missed a single pill in months. I had un-protected sex in early June, hadn t missed a pill anytime recently, and used Plan B right afterwards. I ve had sex since then but we ve always used a condom. Two weeks ago I started having really dark colored discharge, earlier that day I had sex (we used a condom and he pulled out way before). The next day I had sex again (we used a condom). Then the discharge started getting heavier and turning more into a blood color. For the past two weeks I ve been going between having no discharge (usually this would only happen for a day or so tho), to a lot of brown discharge, to a lot of red blood, to some of both, to even some really dark almost black discharge that looked terrible. This has been happening for two weeks and I don t know what s wrong. I m supposed to take the white pills starting tomorrow so instead of taking my new pack of blue ones I m going to try taking my white ones. I have a gyno appointment in August but I am very worried and want to get some advise sooner.
Thu, 14 Nov 2019
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Hi,

Any times oral contraceptives of progesterone only type have tendency to cause irregular, profile / scanty or absent or scanty bleeding. Similarly a dark brown or black vaginal discharge is a side effect. Please don't worry. be specific about good genital hygiene.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Dark Coloured Vaginal Discharge While On Contraceptive Pills?

Hi, Any times oral contraceptives of progesterone only type have tendency to cause irregular, profile / scanty or absent or scanty bleeding. Similarly a dark brown or black vaginal discharge is a side effect. Please don t worry. be specific about good genital hygiene. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician