Period Delay Tablets

Period delay pills work by ensuring your hormone levels do not decrease, and therefore your period will not arrive until 2-3 days after you stop taking the period delay medication. Your period usually arrives when your progesterone levels drop, and the treatment stops this process from happening.

You will need to use other contraceptives e.g. condoms while taking period delay tablets as this treatment is not a form of contraception.

The treatment that we can provide is able to delay your period by a week or 17 days. It is important to take your period delay pills three days before your period is due. If you take the medication close to your period arriving, it may not work, as hormone levels will likely have started to decrease already. Your period will start around 2-3 days after you stop taking the period delay treatment.

Although it is unlikely, we cannot rule out that some people may experience side effects while taking period delay pills. The side effects will differ depending on the period delay tablets you are prescribed. The side effects can include headaches, sickness, bloating and fluid retention. If you begin to feel unwell during this treatment, you must stop taking the medication and discuss with your GP or our clinical team.

The treatment provided is safe, if you guarantee that your questionnaire is completed honestly and you have no risk factors that are flagged to our clinical team. The treatment prescribed will be at our clinical team’s discretion, and if they feel there are any risks for you on the information given to us we will let you know.