DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (2471 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEPO-PROVERA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPO-PROVERA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Birth control | Intense mood swings, I was extremely irritable and my period occurred for a month straight. After it wore off my period was exteremely messed up as well as my hormones. Long story short I don't recomend this at all because of how bad it made me feel mentally. | F | 17 | 3 months Not sure | 4/3/2015 | 1 | I didn't want my period coming on | Well its my second shot third is due December 21 and I bleed back ANd fourth so im.not taking it nomore | Need to stop giving out birth control shit it messes people's bodies up | F | 17 | 3 months just the n | 12/8/2014 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | I started the shot September 21. I started my period about a month later and have been continuously bleeding for 61 days now! I will never take it again! | F | 17 | 3 months | 12/21/2014 | 1 | birth control | My step mom told me she was subscribing me depo provera birth control, no ifs, ans, or buts. The doctor did not tell me any side effects other than spotting for like four days a month or no spotting at all. I was very happy. I weighed 115 I'm 5'5. I had continuous, long deep periods that never went away a month after taking. When I went back after three months for the next shot, they weighed me and I weighed 135. I had actually eaten less in those months and I have a very high metabolism. I was unhappy about my weight. Still am. I continued bleeding heavily and gained ten more pounds. I told my step mom that this drug is evil and showed her these comments and she said to deal with it and she said I'm going to still take depo. I'm quite sure I can tell the doctor no because this is my body and this drug is evil. Mood swings, unwanted blood 24/7, absolute no sex drive, very emotional, I go to bed around ten and wake up at three in the afternoon! Horrible cramps, splitting headaches, horrible back pains and very unbalanced. Acne is 100× worse than before. Its all over my neck and I wash and care for my face regularly. Facial hair grows like weeds and body and leg hair too. Please Dont take depo provera, horrible drug. | F | 17 | 7 months | 6/25/2014 | 1 | PREVENT PREGNANCY | I HAVE BEEN BLEEDING FOR 6 MONTHS HEAVY ! IT REALLY MAKES ME HUNGRY & I FEEL PREGNANT BUT IM NOT ! I GET SHARP PAINS IN MY STOMACH I REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BUT I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP ME ! I FEEL SICK AS OF RIGHT NOW , IM ALWAYS STRESSING ON THIS DEPO ! I STOP TAKING DEPO IN JANUARY I STOP BLEEDING BUT NOW ITS A YELLOW DISCHARGE ! WHEN DOES THIS DEPO SHIT STOP I JUST WANT MY BODY BACK . | F | 17 | 6 months 6 MONTHS | 2/24/2014 | 1 | birth control | side effects; cramps in the leg, abdominal pain,weight gain, eating more often,never ending cycle | 2 doses of the shot and still have a cycle | F | 17 | 5 months | 1/3/2010 | 1 | Pregnancy Prevention | Discharge (sometimes yellow/green, sometimes brown). Spotting, loss of sex drive, mood-swings, bloating, dark spotting of my skin, abdominal pain, pain during sex. | Depo is THE ABSOLUTE WORSE method of birth control. I do not recommend it to ANY women, ANY age. If you do not have at least 5 of the side effects, you will have a couple. It can take up to a year for the drug to be completely out of your system. There is no point to get it every 3 months if it stays in your body much longer. I regret ever getting the shot! I am hoping and praying every day that these side effects go away. | F | 17 | 3 months | 9/29/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Migraines, Hair loss, Much more emotional than I have ever been, Pain during intercourse, Recurring urinary tract infections and yeast infections/vaginitis | This is really a terrible drug. It worked great for about 2 weeks before I started having problems. It really bothers me that it's so painful to have intercourse, I feel so bad for my poor boyfriend having to deal with it just as much as me. The thing that scares me the most though are these recurring UTI's, I'm scared it might really be a serious problem. Please don't get this shot. | F | 17 | 1 times | 2/9/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | The Depo-Provera shot made me incredibly emotional, irritable, impatient and depressed. I felt like a different person. My appetite was much larger and I gained a few pounds (this was during the period of three months - I only needed one dose to know this medicine is not for me). | F | 17 | 3 months | 11/19/2007 | 1 | irregular periods | it made me blled for 6 months straight and I am still bleeding the crap needs to be taken off the market | F | 17 | 1.5 years | 1/31/2005 | 1 | as birth control, terrible periods | headaches, inability to sleep, joint pains, irregular bleeding, decreased sex drive, increased appetite, weight gain, fatigue, depression, irritability, memory and concentration problems | i went from doctor to doctor, and was diagnosed with lyme disease, then mono, and even went to specialists. my gynecologist told me what i was experienceing had nothing to do with the depo. after talking to an infectious disease doctor, he did some research on side effects, and when the medication ran out, after the 3 months, my symptoms all dissappeared. | F | 17 | 3 months | 1/12/2005 | 1 | so I won't get pregnant | very bad headaches, have no energy, feel weak, always wanting to sleep. | never use Depo-Provera. i have been taking it for a year. | F | 17 | 12 months | 5/17/2005 | 1 | birth control | non-stop bleeding, loss of apetite, loss of sex drive | i have been on depo for a year.. the first month i got it i didn't bleed at all.. and ever since i have bled non-stop. it got to the point to where i got on the pill and just started it a week ago. i never wanted to have sex because i was always bleeding and i hardly ate anything. Just wanted to tell everyone that it didn't work for me at all. | F | 17 | 1 years | 4/9/2007 | 1 | Unbearable cramps. | WEIGHT GAIN | I don't know of any other side-affects other than weight gain, but that was enough to do it. First of all, the male gynecologist I went to (at age 13, so I elected not to have my mom in the room) said that I had a choice: I could have a period every month, or I could have one never. I was 13. I was dealing with cramps bad enough to keep me bedridden all day and still have to hold my breath to get any relief at all. And he tells me I can have a period never again. What 13-year-old wouldn't choose that? That doctor ended up giving me the Depo shot without my mom knowing, and having mislead me about the side-affects. My mom was furious. And what's worse, he said that the one of the side-affects was, "possible increased appetite." That's COMPLETELY different from the 30 pounds I gained the first summer and the total 65 pounds I gained before I went off of the medication a year later. 65 pounds. I'm the only 17-year-old I know who has worse stretch marks than a woman who' | F | 17 | 1 years | 6/29/2007 | 1 | No getting pregnant and period. | Painful sex, bleeding for two months straight, pain in the pelvic area, mood swings, aggression. | I don't recommend this to anyone at all. It is the worst mistake i have done and i am only seventeen. It hurt while having sex as well as bleeding every time after we were finished. I still hurts and I haven't been on the shot for almost 10 months now. DONT TAKE IT. | F | 17 | 2 months 1X M | 5/25/2010 | 1 | control my periods | severe anxiety attacks, blurred vision, already gaining..moody | my mom had gone this route because the pill made her a bitch from hell.. the pill wasnt working for me due to nausea.. so i switched.. its only been three days but last night i had a severe anxiety attack and stare3d being hysterical. scared my to death. also my boyfriend has noticed me being way moodier and also like an instant weight gain.. i got on it to avoid this.. three more months.. can i do it? anyway i thought i was alone but i see im not.. | M | 17 | 3 days not sure 1X O | 11/14/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | headaches, joint pain, stomach upset, sharp pains in head, neck, and back, itching, rashes, muscle weakness, insomnia, chest pain, shortness of breath, weight increase, dizziness, excessive bleeding for weeks, passing out, PARALYSIS!!!!! | My 17-year-old daughter took her 1st injection of Depo in early Feb 2010. Less than 6 days later, she was having "tremors" in her head/neck/arms. It started out a few here and there, lasting 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Over the course of a month, the tremors progressed to 10-12 hours a day STRAIGHT! She was unable to attend school, went to the ER multiple times, and was told to go to a psych hospital. Finally, after an ER visit, she was admitted to the medical hospital. CT scan showed nothing, so they told us it was "all in her head", that she possibly had a "conversion disorder" and needed to be admitted to a psych ward. A week later the tremors almost completely disappeared. Over the course of Feb - Dec she has complained of a multitude of side effects. The tremors returned 11/17 and she passed out very frequently. As of this past Wednesday, 12/1/10, she was unable to walk w/out assistance. As of Friday, 12/3/10, she cannot walk at all and is now in a wheel chair. CT scan with contrast, lumbar puncture, extensive blood work all came back normal. She had MRI done yesterday, EEG & more extensive blood work done Friday. I suspect it will all come back normal if the Depo Provera indeed has caused her paralysis. Today she woke up and can't swallow!!! I am probably going to have to have home health care come in to help me take care of her, as after 3 days of lifting her up from the couch, to the wheel chair, to the bathroom, has abou | F | 17 | 9 months 1X O | 12/5/2010 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | headaches, weight gain, eating a lot, mood swings, unhappy about myself | F | 17 | 26mg 1X AN | 12/12/2010 | 1 | assure my mom no prenancy soon. | Small dent in my upper right arm... Stomach issues.. wieght gain... etc. | I started DEPO when i was 15, now im 17. At first i loved it, i had nothing to remember! I barely had any side affects the first time i took it, honestly the only reason i got off was because i was too scared to get a PAP smear. With in six months i returned to depo because of a boyfriend. I still didn't notice many side affects, but i also wasn't aware of most of them! A gained some weight, and still haven't been able to lose it! I don't look overweight but it truly bothers me i cant break away from this weight gain! ANother was my period! I had a brown period, can anyone say nasty! I asked my doctor why, they said that's cause it old blood! I replied, i thought your blood didn't build up when your on depo, how can it be old? He didn't know. I couldnt break away from this! my stomach, when i would eat anything for nearly a year i would get horrible sick and couldn't go places, still kept on the weight threw that! I eventually had to deal with getting sick everywhere i went, which was very frustrating at 16! Right after my last shot i notice a small indention in my upper right arm when they would poke me with the needle.. Now that im off it i figured it would go away. I was wrong, it gotten so much worse, i have a serious indent in my arm, completely visible! People ask me what i did to do that, i showed my nurse and she nearly shit her pants she didn't have any idea! I dont either but its disgusting, its a hole under my skin where the muscle has moved apart, separated its se | F | 17 | 18 months 30 MG 1X AN | 1/4/2011 | 1 | birth control | Actually, it was my student. Two days after getting the shot, she appeared to be flying high on meth. She tested clean. By the next day, her behavior was bizarre. Her comments were completely out of context. She was taken to the doctor who thought it was from the Depo shot. She was admitted to a psychiatric facility for evaluation. She presented as bipolar and schizophrenic. She was paranoid and delusional. Doctors believe it was the depo shot that caused it. She was perfectly normal before the shot. Two days later she was completely bizarre. It is a horrible tragedy for this beautiful girl. (The age I put is hers) | Her parents would like to hear from anyone with similar experience. Please email me. | F | 17 | 2 weeks 1X day | 3/4/2011 |