How soon does the pill effect your period?

I started taking birth control for the first time yesterday. I thought I got my period, but was just dark old blood and not red blood. What should be my normal period at this time is a thick clotted brown discharge. I was wondering, if I took the pill, would that change my period which is coming in the next few days? Would it be lighter or shorter?

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