DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)

Average Rating: 2.1 (2469 Ratings)

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DEPO-PROVERA  (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE):  This medication is used to treat certain types of cancer (such as uterine cancer, kidney cancer). Medroxyprogesterone is like a natural hormone called progesterone made by the body. It is usually used with or after other treatments (such as radiation, surgery). Medroxyprogesterone may prevent or slow the worsening of the cancer and decrease pain and other symptoms.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  Birth Control It's okay, it does it's job. i'm glad i don't have periods, but i do have abdominal pains and have a lot of mood swings each month. Sex drive has went down! I just need to get off it because I feel like it can cause sometime bad to happen to me when get older. F 20 3 years
3/15/2005
 4  birth control no period, no spotting, derpression, mood swings, slight weight loss, slight increase in acne, extreme decrease in sex drive initially (the first ten days on depo) i bled enormously. it was gross, and it scared me. once it stopped, i felt incredible. i began to lose weight. had a more than healthy sex drive ;) and no side effects... approx two months after i started, up thru now: i have had a bit of acne (which i never had an acne problem, so a pimple here and there was worth not having my period). i also noticed a very strong increase in mood swings, depression, and the death of my sex drive. although it is great to not have my period, im thinking of stopping. the depression and mood swings have intefered too much with my life and my work. F 20 8 months
1/31/2005
 4  birth control Moodiness for a week or two after each injection. After the first shot I had a constant period, until after I got the second shot. Now I have no period. I also have a very much lower sex drive. I like the Depo shot because I have no period and I only have to take it every 3 months. F 20 9 months
2/9/2005
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 4  Birth Control Acne, Gained 16 lbs in 2 years, Mood Swings, Pain in my knees I love not having a period, I have a stronger sex drive F 20 2 years
4/7/2004
 4  To make sure I didn't get pregnant. acne,loss of appetite,mood swings, personally i love it,other than the mood swings which my boyfriend is getting sick of....I think its a good thing and with any drug you take there are side effects i think most women who experience negative things should have read up more on the drug before putting it into their body... F 20 1 years
4/8/2004
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 4  To Stop Periods Large weight gain, decreased sexual desire I have been on Depo for about 2 - 3 years. I started it as birth control but am no longer sexually active and remained on it because it supresses periods. Unfortunately I have gained about 16 pounds and have no sexual desire at all. I will stay on Depo until another drug is created to suppress periods. F 20 2 years
3/7/2007
 4  Birth Control Acne on my back, slight weight gain I've only had my second shot so far, but I adore it. I hated taking a pill every day (I could taste the ortho-tricyclin, and it wasn't good.) I don't have to worry about remembering anything more then an appointment, and it helps that I enjoy getting shots. My only issues are that I have gained 5 lbs - though I've been inactive - and that I've started getting acne on my back (which is so not pretty... especially since I've been wanting to get a tattoo between my shoulder blades.) F 20 4 months
2/2/2009
 4  prevent pregnancy weight gain, from 100lbs. to 148lbs. acne, sex-drive and no periods. I didn't have a period which was great. I really didn't realize the side affects I had from the Depo until I decided to stop getting the shot. The reason I stopped was due to continued weight gain. F 20 4 days
3/14/2008
 4  Birth Control I was tired and moody for the first couple weeks, but any change in hormone levels is going to cause that. I experienced morning-sickness-like symptoms especially when I exercised. My cup size went up as well but I have had no other weight gain because I followed the doctors advice and continued exercising regularly. I didn't get my period regularly before so I'm not upset about it being gone, and I was dependent on sex so the lowered sex drive has really helped me. Overall it has done everything it promised to. F 20 1 months
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12/12/2011
 4  Birth Control Light-moderate irregular bleeding, dryness, lowered sex drive, hungry all the time, anti-social Depo has some side effects for me but i would still recommend it. The irregular bleeding is tolerable and an acceptable alternative to having kids in my opinion. The dryness is annoying but KY helps so that is tolerable as well. My sex drive was lowered a little but we're still quite active so no issues there. The hunger is pretty severe. I gained 10 lbs the first month on the shot but have managed not to gain anymore. I eat all the time. I'm only 140 and flucuate to 135 every couple weeks. It's not awful but just a forewarn to any girls thinking about depo. I've become very anti-social and this is probably the worst part. Friends i used to hang out with all the time i dont feel like seeing quite as often. But I'm working on it. it's hard for me to leave the house to get groceries if my husband isn't coming with me. Thankfully i havent expereinced any mood swings as of yet. F 20 90 days
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4/8/2011
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 4  Prevent pregnancy. Less periods. A lot of vaginal discharge on my 8th month. I had very light periods on my 7 months of having the depo shot. I was scared to have one of those longer periods because my friend had said she bled a lot for a couple weeks. I think I'm starting to experience it since I've had the period for a week and a half now and it's still strong. I do recommend this shot but you have to be open-minded once you have a longer period and it's strong. Be prepared for it. F 20 8 months
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3/31/2011
 4  help stop my period to soothe ibs The only side effect I had was the spotting which wasn't that bad but it did last about a month. I was happy that I found a discrete form of birth control that was easy to remember! But I decided to go in another direction because, like always, I started doing my research and its suggested that you shouldn't take it for more than 2 years.So I switched to the patch, ortho evra. It'd be nice not to have a period but I'm willing to get a lighter one! F 20 3 months
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2/19/2011
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 4  Birth Control Little to no side effects. I was EXTREMELY hungry for the first month because I had done a little research after taking the shot and was super paranoid about gaining weight because I am only 110lbs to begin with. I am 2/3 into my first shot and just beginning to be on the irritable side. I was on Seasonale for two years and started experiencing migraines every second day so my doctor advised me to go off, I took a month with no birth control then went on Lo-Estrin. Lo-Estrin did not work for me at all. It took the migraines away but I gained weight and then bled through the whole time. I could not handle being irregular so I made a rash decision one morning and called my doctor to get the shot. The week after I had the shot I started to research it on the internet and came across hundreds of bad reviews of girls saying never to get the shot, that it was the biggest mistake they could have made. Girls saying they gained 5-50lbs. that was not acceptable for me! Since I was paranoid about gaining weight I was watching what I was eating but VERY hungry. Being conscious of eating did not last long and I quickly forgot about the stories I read online. Looking back now I don’t believe I have gained anything (not including the 3 turkey dinners this holiday season) I would recommend depo, I am yet to have any spotting, no migraines, no gaining, no hair loss I guess I will see in the next couple months after my second shot if I am still satisfied but I cannot complain! F 20 2 months
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1/4/2011
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 4  shorter periods and birth control a little weight gain and occasional mood swings overall i like the medication, but the long term effects are not comforting to hear about F 20 6 years
3/13/2007
 4  get rid of my period first 3 months constant bleeding, gained weight, NO SEX DRIVE, after the 4th time i just gained excessively, im in the military so i know im healthy, im not going to take it anymore F 20 18 months
10/5/2007
 3  to prevent pregnancy inregular periods, bleeding for weeks,bloating,low sex drive,and anger i have been on depo for many years never had any side effects until after i had my son..maybe i need to swicth from the shot to the pill. F 20 6 years
1X O
2/23/2011
 3  easy bc i was like a dead person, i was super tired all the time and was very apathetic. i never experience any bleeding and gain 3 or so pounds. My boobs increased in size by a whole cup and now that im off don't seem to be decreasing. i lost my period for those 9 months and i've been off it for two months now and im starting to wonder when my period will return? i've found that taking vitamins normally can help with the tiredness, im guessing from extra iron and calcium. gave it a 3 because i didn't get preggers so it helped, somewhat. i would say that this medicine is very extreme, and that there's a number of other ways to ensure not becoming preggers that are a lot safer. im worried about what my bone density loss means for my future and what has been mutated by this drug, if there's a higher risk for cancer. Save yourself the trouble and stick with something that effects your body less. im serious, Treat your body like a temple and leave this poison out of it F 20 9 months
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2/14/2011
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 3  eliminate monthly menstrual cycle excessive weight gain, joint pain, no cycle first 5 months, no sex drive, always hungry i absoluted loved my depo provera shot up until july 1 2010. I started spottin which i eventually expected, but now 22 days later im still bleeding! I got my 3rd shot this year yesterday and i definitely know it will be my last. Never again. F 20 6 months
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7/21/2010
 3  No More Babies Sore arm Alot of people are saying that there will be weight gain, mood swings, and no periods. I was told that birth control tricks your body into thinking that your body is actually pregnant and that explains all these side effects. I just got my shot today and i was very nervous thinking about weight gain. I hope and pray that that wont happen to me because im already trying to lose this weight i gained after my daughter was born 4 months ago.. F 20
1X day
12/7/2011
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 3  Preventing pregnancy at first I was fine for the first year but the next couple of years I experienced 15 pound weight gain.. Basically if you exercise everyday you will be fine other than you will gain weight. I would had extreme stomach pains and anxiety (from college im not sure). I also noticied an increase of food appetite. I was satisfied that you only take, one shot and not a pill everyday. Did the job of not getting pregnant but with weight gain as a side effect. F 20 3 years
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12/21/2011

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