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 |
| 3 | To prevent pregnancy | Complete Loss of sex drive, extremly moody, fatigue, loss of apetite | I almost lost my marriage due to the lost of my sex drive. I've been married for 1 year yes 1 year and I have no desire at all for sex. I snap for anything. I thought something was wrong with me because I've always had a healthy sexual appetite. Until I found this site I would have never known. My doctor never told me about these side effects. I was told I wouldn't have a period little weight gain but nothing of what I'm experiencing. I'm so happy I found this info out. I'm due for another shot next month but guess I will not be getting that dose. I'll try to find another option. | F | 30 | 1 years | 9/17/2009 | 3 | Heavy bleeding, no to get pregnant | When I had my son 3years ago I got my first injection . It was gone until about a month ago. My nipples were very sore, heavy bleeding one hour then the next its gone. Been like this for 3 weeks. No cramps. Don't. Know if it's hormonal or if I'm preggers | Use at your own risk | F | 30 | 3 years | 12/9/2014 | 3 | Prevent pregnancy | Very itchy around injection site sore arm | F | 30 | 2 days 1 mg 1X day | 1/25/2022 | 2 | Not to have any more kids | Very sore after the injection spot. Next day great are very tender an feeling a warm senstaion through them. Mood swings no sex drive. When I do bleed it's super heavy. I rather be back on the pill. | F | 30 | 5 years | 2/25/2016 | 2 | Prevent pregnancy | Severe nausea and tiredness. It's awful. And I'm hungry all the time but when I eat I get sick. Never had side effects on any other birth control. | F | 30 | 2 months | 9/1/2016 | 2 | regulate periods | I wish I would have read reviews before getting the shot. I've gotten it twice so far and each time I have bled for the entire first month. Face has broken out more than it ever has in my entire life, I get nauseous all the time and my sex drive has completely left. I am always tired and my energy is gone. I've also noticed that at the times of the month when I should be getting my period, I still experience cramping, mood swings and dizziness just without the actual "release". After reading the reviews from everyone, I'm not planning on getting a 3rd shot. | F | 30 | 6 months | 2/20/2014 | 2 | Birth Control | Hard to regulate weight gain. Mood swings were more extreme after about a year(2nd time on Depo). | Getting off of Depo has been a stretch as well. My hormones seem so far out of whack that I'm experiencing insomnia and a multitude of gastrointestinal issues. I am 2 weeks past when I should have had my last shot and the insomnia is awful. I'm hoping that as my body re-adjusts that my sleep issues fade and my energy levels come back. | F | 30 | 1 years | 1/30/2009 | 2 | prevent pregnancy | minor abdominal craps, tiredness, extreme pounding headache, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, nauseau | I saw my doctor about some dizziness/vertigo I was experiencing. Before she gave me a prescriptions, she did a pregnancy test to make sure it was safe for me to take the medication. I went for a followup and she asked if I was on any kind of birth control. I told her no because I've had problems with other kinds of birth control before. She quickly goes on to tell me how great depo prevara is and that I should be on it, side effects are minimal, its the best out there for me. It was so sudden, I didn't really have time to think to really ask any important questions. Any questions I did ask, my concerns were downplayed and all I heard was how great this would be for me. So I went ahead with the shot. Now I'm having these side effects, the headache is extremely intense. I've only been on it for about a month. Has anyone else been in my shoes, will the side effects eventually calm down? If this continues, I want OFF! HELP! | F | 30 | 28 days | 2/17/2009 | 2 | Birth control alternative to pills | Non-stop bleeding, mood swings | I have been on depo for 2 months. I wanted to get an IUD but the planned parenthood wouldn't do an IUD because I haven't had children and it could rip my uterine wall? and I wouldn't be able to have children which to me was an acceptable risk. Now I can't even have intercourse because I have been bleeding non-stop for a month. I have had terrible mood swings and have recently lost my boyfriend of a year because he didn't understand why I was in such a bad mood. Of course, I didn't understand either. Now I'm upset, depressed and would have rather had an IUD and risked never having children which I don't really want anyway. I am so unhappy with this medication. | F | 30 | 62 days | 4/11/2007 | 2 | years | Anger flip outs none stop crying hair lost gained 25 pounds couldn't stop eating its all bad | F | 30 | 1 days | 3/21/2012 | 2 | contraception | Gained 20lbs in 18 months despite dieting and exercising; severe acne on my back; moderate acne on my face; hunger pains ALL the time; pain in knees (I think from the weight gain); two thick hairs growing out of my face; my Bs are now close to Ds, which would be fine if I were still 130 pounds! | I went on the shot because I have had years of bleeding during intercourse that no pill was able to cure. Shot cured this problem but I am due for a shot in two weeks and not getting it. I can't wait to go off to see if I lose weight. My dr. said I wouldn't gain weight if I just watched what I ate. I have always eaten healthy and exercised so I thought this would be easy - not so when you are hungry all the time! The pill is not hard to remember to take. Just leave your pack next to your toothpaste. I did it for 15 years and will be doing it again until menapause! | F | 30 | 18 months | 11/13/2004 | 1 | birth control | I gained over 15 pounds of weight within the first 4 months...and now having a hard time losing it. Before the depo-provera..I've been the same weight for over 10 years. Even after have children, I always maintained the same weight!!!!! I will never recomended to anyone. | 30 | 9 days | 11/10/2004 | 1 | Birth Control | Anxiety, depression, severe weight gain, non-existent sex drive | Horrible. I gained 30 lbs in three months and didn't have a period for the next year. Even better, my boyfriend dumped me (well, he dumped my answering machine) a week after I took the first shot, so it wasn't like I could reverse it. I became so depressed and miserable that I had to drop out of college for a semester. I became afraid to go outside and interact with people, and my weight ballooned. If you've any history at all of even MILD depression, this is not the drug for you. Find another alternative. | F | 30 | 1 times | 11/1/2004 | 1 | birth control | I gained 10 lbs in two months (after being on for 1 1/2 years). I had always been 106 lbs before that. I had a foul-smelling discharge every time it was time for my new shot. When I finally quit taking it, the nastiness STAYED. It's been 7 months now since my last shot, and I am still dealing with this problem. DON'T TAKE DEPO! I also have not lost the weight and had to buy all new clothes. I guess these idiots think we are made of money! | Depo Provera is POISON. It should NOT be on the market. The risks and side-effects are too great. After the thousands of horror stories I've read, I can't believe doctors aren't taking notice, BUT THEY AREN'T, so do your own research and don't let your doctor talk you into taking this drug. It's P-O-I-S-O-N! Always remember, doctors get incentives (trips, gifts, dinners, etc.) for prescribing certain drugs. Do not be fooled into thinking that your doctor is giving you drugs for your own good. Research everything you are prescribed. That's what is so great about the Internet. | F | 30 | 1.5 years | 9/7/2004 | 1 | Contraception | Loss of libido, loss of fertility | I had a single shot of depo-provera three years ago. It was 18 months before I has another period. I started our first cycle of IVF yesterday. My advice is use condoms | F | 30 | 1 times | 7/4/2005 | 1 | birth control | INSOMNIA, anxiety attacts | I started experiencing mild insomnia when I first got on Depo. My doc told me about the "new" depo and how it has less side effects. I got the "new" shot 2 weeks ago and haven't slept since. Also feel constant anxiety. I'm done putting hormones in my body. Going back to condoms. Hopefully it won't take a year to detox. | F | 30 | 1 days | 12/18/2006 | 1 | birth conrol | While on Depo, I was lucky not to have any symptoms or bleeding. But now I'm in "Depo Withdrawl" which is a whole other story... | In October of 2011, I started the Depo Shot (birth control) and my last shot was in January 2012. Starting Nov 5th, my first cycle started since the shots, 2 weeks later my 2nd cycle started. I went the doctor and he said that I'm having "depo withdrawl" and the treatment is time and water. Since then I've had 2 infections. | F | 30 | 2 times 1X M | 12/2/2012 | 1 | birth control | Depression,anxiety,body aches,Headaches,random bleeding. This shot is pure evil and made me a totally different person. I feel sick always. I would love to sue | F | 30 | 9 months 3 shots | 7/31/2012 | 1 | To Prevent Pregnacy | I had my daughter Feb.10th so March 24th 2012 I had got my 1st Depo shot and April 9th I had a perfectly fine period It lasted 5 days and May 9th came I had came on my period and been on it since and sometimes its heavy then it goes back lite then it seems as if its going to stop then I start spotting again, my hair has fallen out on my sides and the front, I've became majorly bloated,put on some more pounds,very fatigued,very Moody,lost of appetite,tender breast,achy back, painful shoulder, I've been having butterflies feeling in the lower part of my abdomen and a bit crampy but very lite . | F | 30 | 3 months 30mg | 6/19/2012 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | Havent stopped bleeding since getting it. | F | 30 | 2 months | 5/21/2012 |