Menstrual manipulation: Options for suppressing the cycle

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • July 2010,
  • 77
  • (7)
  • 445-453;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09128

ABSTRACT

Menstrual manipulation, ie, adjusting the menstrual cycle by taking hormonal contraceptives, allows women to have their period less often or to avoid bleeding at inconvenient times. The authors review the various options, the benefits, and the disadvantages of this practice.

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