What Is The Dosage Of Regestrone To Delay Periods?

Posted on Tue, 7 Jul 2015

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Question : Hi.. I want to delay my periods by 3 days. my periods is due in 6 days
Can i take regestrone? what is the dosage ?

Answered by Dr. Richa Agarwal (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, you can take it.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
Thanks for trusting hcm about your health care.
I can understand your concerns.
Regesterone is a progesterone usually used to delay menses.
It is a prescription drug and you have to take a prescription from your treating doctor for its dosage.
We usually start the tablet 3-4 days before expected period date and continue till the date want to postpone period.
You will resume your period within a week after stopping it.
Hope it is useful, feel free to discuss more information.
Good luck.
Regards

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