What Medication Can You Take to Stop a Period?

Many forms of contraception, especially the birth control pill or the hormonal IUD, will affect your period in some way. Some patients experience heavier periods, but others find their period becomes much lighter or disappears altogether. If you aren't interested in going on birth control, but you'd like to make your period come later, Norethindrone is a safe and effective option. Norethindrone contains a form of progesterone (that is also used in birth control pills) to delay your menstrual cycle.

How Does Norethindrone Delay My Period?

Norethindrone is in a class of medications called progestins that are also common in birth control pills. Progestins play a role in regulating ovulation and menstruation. Taking the prescribed dose of norethindrone stabilizes your uterine lining so your body gets the message to hang on to it rather than shed it like you do during your period.

What Are The Side Effects of Norethindrone?

Similar to birth control, the most common side effect of any hormonal medication is sun sensitivity. Be sure to take breaks from direct sun exposure and wear SPF 50 sunscreen. You may also experience some side effects like lower mood, fluid retention, or mild acne. Everyone responds differently to changes in their hormone cycle so you may experience all of these side effects, or none at all.

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Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate Tablets)

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A daily hormonal pill to delay your period and stay in control.

Skip your period easily for a trip, event, or just because with Wisp.

Chat privately with a licensed provider online — no waiting rooms, no awkward convos.
After a quick review, your provider can prescribe medication to safely delay your period.
Most prescriptions are sent to your pharmacy within 3 hours. Just begin taking it 3 days before your period is expected to start.

FSA & HSA accepted.

Starting at$39

Delay your period for up to 20 days

Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate Tablets)

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Norethindrone Acetate FAQ

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Periods can be an inconvenience at times—Norethindrone Acetate is a safe and effective way to postpone a period so it doesn't interfere with other important events in a patient's life.

Andrea Sleeth, WHNP-BC, MSCP

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This company is the truth! I took there “Delay your period” pill for my vacation and it absolutely worked! I did not get my period until I came back in town. I love this company so much. Great price and it works!!

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TL;DR: no issues with the Delay Your Period tablets! I ordered Norethindrone Acetate for pickup at my local pharmacy on Saturday afternoon to delay my period for a huge mid-week work trip, and my prescription was approved by Wisp's provider and ready for pick-up one hour later. I took my first pill Saturday night, 3 pills a day Sunday through Wednesday, and one pill Thursday morning and did not have any side effects! Based on some reviews, I expected a more painful period once it arrived, but I got my period 3 days later and it was exactly the same as usual! This product has changed my life.

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