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.

Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets

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Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets

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This effective, progestin-only medication helps you delay your period for special events, competitions, or vacations. Taking Norethindrone 3 days before your period starts will delay it for up to 10 days.

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Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets

We all know periods have a tendency to crash the party. To safely delay your period, check out with Norethindrone Acetate, and if treatment is considered safe and appropriate, your prescription will be sent to a local pharmacy in just a few hours.

Norethindrone Acetate is a form of progesterone, the hormone that plays an important role in regulating ovulation and menstruation—it can stop your period fast prior to your next flow. Begin taking it 3 days before your period is supposed to start to delay your period, and you can continue to take it for up to 20 days. Once you stop the medication, your period will begin a few days later.

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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!!

Lisa - June 21, 2025

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This is my second time ordering the medication and let me tell you if you second-guessing it if it works or not, I’m here to tell you it works .. I was trying to delay my period because I had a trip coming up and it works definitely ordering from them from now on.

Sue - June 11, 2025

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Successfully (and painlessly) delayed my period!

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.

Sarah - May 25, 2025

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Very convenient and easy to use right at your fingertips to delay a cycle for a vacation with no complaints.

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So easy- I realized I was going to...

So easy- I realized I was going to start my period on day 1 of my week long cruise. Logged on to Wisp and the same day they had my prescription sent over to delay my period. Super easy, no hassle. Would definitely recommend!!!

Hayley - October 24, 2024

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So easy and quick. No need to see my provider for medication Rx. Had never heard of Wisp but saw I could delay my menstrual cycle before vacation and immediately reached out to learn more. Will definitely use Wisp again and tell more people about them

Crystal - October 16, 2024

Norethindrone 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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Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets

Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets

Delay Your Period (Norethindrone Acetate) 30 Tablets