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Why, in the combined pill, do we take the placebo phase? I understand (to a point) what it does, and I understand that skipping a placebo phase doesn't alter the effectiveness of the pill at all. So why do pills come with them? I've heard it's to "give your body a break" from the hormones the pill gives, is this true? What happens if our body never gets that break?