DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (2470 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 |
| 4 | Birth control | Weight gain, severe depression and mood swings. Increased appetite, headaches. Sore breast, ill feeling right before shot is due. Feeling tired and body aches. No period but occasional spotting. | The side effects of Depo are the worst I've experienced on any medication. I did not rate this medication on side effects. I rated it on the effectiveness. I have been on the shot off and on for 9 years. And the majority of the time I feel like crap and almost always feel like I'm losing my mind. But I've never gotten pregnant and I don't have a period. The weight gain and effects it has on my mental state are honestly the worst part but as of now it is doing what it's intended to do. I know you shouldn't be on this long term so maybe in the future I'll stop getting it. But the benefits outweigh the bad and I think with any medication you have to decide whether the symptoms are worth it. Not for everyone though. | F | 24 | 9 years | 4/6/2016 | 1 | Birth Control | Loss of sex drive, hair loss, dramatic weight fluctuations, strange moods, anger at my partner, constant vaginal blood flow, heavy periods, severe period cramps, back ache, dry skin, passing enormous blood clots the size of a small fist, anxiety. | I have had a successful run on the pill (triphasil) for about twenty years. My sex life is very active and experimental and I found the pill perfect for my sexual lifestyle. I went off it because I have a history of heart disease in my family (though I am very healthy) and because I decided on a period of abstinance after a tricky breakup. I started dating a man a few months ago, and we decided to take steps to have unprotected sex. I was recommended the Depo Provera shot by my (male) doctor even though I later found out that it is just as dangerous for people with heart disease in the family. (Same doctor wouldn't give me the pill, but would administer Depo) I was sick right away, but put it down to adjustments etc - bad period cramps etc - but at 7 weeks my sex drive completely fell away and that has never happened to me in my life before. I was horrified and it had a terrible effect on my relationship because I assumed it was our problem, not a chemical one. I will never, ever touch this shot again. It is used to castrate sex offenders and it is outdated medical research that imagines this doesn't affect women. At 8 weeks my side effects have not subsided. My partner is being patient but I am terribly upset about this and feel that something of great value has been stolen from me. | F | 48 | 8 weeks 1X AN | 4/2/2016 | 1 | control for menstrual disorder | I went to the doctor to regulate my. Because it's been going on for years now that I've been having a mental disorder that has been causing me to have anemia due to heavy loads of blood so she told me if I smoke before going on any contraceptive to regulate my period I said I was smoking Vapors she said that she could not give me any pills that it could cause blood clots in my system mixed with nicotine that the best option would be depo shot so it's been 8 days now now that I just got to. Really heavy I feel terrible very depressed hot flashes not hungry I've been drinking gallons and gallons of water for like 9 days very dizzy I even got a blister how to tip of my lip.very sick I feel like I have a tremendous flu I've sweat the whole bed do not take this shot got out of the shower and still sweating I guess this shot is cleansing my system of all the toxins that the cigarette smoke has cost meI hope it will be for the better after all | F | 35 | 10 days 30 | 3/28/2016 | 1 | Contraception | Migraines Nausea Anxiety Depression | One week after receiving this poison I came down with the worst migraine I've ever had in my life I'm now on day 20 of this migraine and it just is not going away I was so worried I had a brain tumour my doctor sent me to hospital where I was kept in overnight for a scan! Since receiving this I'm experiencing random bouts of severe nausea and my mood is just low all the time that's when I'm not in a complete rage or crying. I've been feeling completely worthless and like I'm a bad mother all since this was put in. I was not informed of any side effects off the nurse that gave me this injection, I phoned her and told her what was happening and she tried to convince me I'm wrong and the depo injection causes none of the above however if you look on the approved medical site of our health care system it very much states it all there to which she denied knowing anything about. I'm so angry I allowed this filth to be put in my system WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN BANNED by the looks of things for every one good review on many different sites there's 100 bad! | F | 28 | 1 months 30 MG | 3/9/2016 | 2 | For periods | I have bad nausea, feel very tired, have horrible back pain and stomach pain, on my period for long amount of time, sex is very painful, low sex drive, thinning hair, saw breasts, headaches, diarrhoea, feel like I have pain in my lower part of kidneys for some reason, lost a lot of weight and hormones are all over the place. | Started off really well, had no side effects what so ever. After my second shot I started losing a lot of weight. After 6/7 months of being on it I experienced horrible back and stomach pain, constantly feel tired, mood swings are terrible, body is cracking a lot, losing a lot of hair. | F | 17 | 1 days | 3/8/2016 | 5 | I hate my period and no kids | I got really horny and headaches | F | 18 | 3 years | 2/25/2016 | 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 | 1 | To help Menstral less painf | This was the absolute worst thing I could have ever got on. I have gained weight. My mood swings are horrible. I am so depressed all the time. I have to wear panty liners everyday because I bleed not enough for a tampon or a pad. It is terrible. I always feel like I am not clean. It has been almost a month since I was supposed to get another 3 month shot and I am still bleesing the same and wearing panty liners everyday. I feel this crap should be pulled and never give to anyone! | F | 36 | 3 months 30mg | 2/25/2016 | 1 | To regulate a cyst on my ovaries | First month no bleeding. Second I bleed for 16 days. Here it is month 3 and I'm 20 days and counting. I get the constant migraines and terrible cramps which are a million times worst than I've ever experienced. I'm constantly releasing blood clots. I have back pains and Lack of sleep. The list goes on and on. | I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. | F | 29 | 3 months 30 MG | 2/24/2016 | 1 | contraceptive | Constant headaches,nausea,loss of appetite,constant bleeding. | With this shot I felt sick all the time. If it wasn't a headache I felt like I had to vomit. The last time I was on the shot before I had my daughter I got sick really bad around the time of my next shot. It was horrible. | F | 19 | 3 months | 2/22/2016 | 1 | Had A Miscarriage. | Pain nausea and uncomfortable. | F | 18 | 3 months | 2/19/2016 | 1 | Birth control | Hmm side effects? Where do I begin. It started with the constant bleeding. Not enough for a tampon but too much to not wear a pad. Then came the mood swings, my poor family. I am waaay up then waaay down. Just terrible. A couple things I'm not sure have to do with the shot BUT didn't start until after I took it.. My hair is falling out a lot more and I've been having this random eye twitch which is EMbarrasing in the middle of night class. Finally, hot flashes, headaches, and cramps. It's safe to say I will never get this shot again. | F | 23 | 3 months | 2/18/2016 | 3 | To prevent pregnancy | My period has completely stopped since I began the shot (not complaining) but I have headaches, back aches, thinning of my hair, knots in my neck, acne and I have no sex drive. I have 1 child and the shot has prevented from getting pregnant for 2 1/2 almost three years but the side effects are terrible. It is bad for you bones, skin . The only positive thing is that i dont have a period but i don't recommend it to anyone. | F | 20 | 2 years | 2/4/2016 | 1 | Hormonal balance | Horrible!!! I've been so depressed, having bad anxiety and have had my period for 5 weeks now. My sex drive is almost nonexistent and I am always mad at the world. I've also developed this eye twitch which I can't 100% contribute to the shot but I've never had this happen before in my life. Never again! | F | 37 | 3 months | 1/31/2016 | 5 | 2013 | Sore breast, and tired | F | 23 | 4 years | 1/27/2016 | 4 | contraception | Sometimes feel emotional but thats most likely when I should be on my period. Otherwise no side effects. | F | 22 | 1 days | 1/25/2016 | 1 | cant have kids right now | I am constantly sick. I have horrible migraines. It has mare me gain 100 pounds. I am always nauseous, especially when I am due for another shot. I always get these burps that taste god awful and I constantly throw up off and on until I get my next dosage. I hate it, no one ever told me these side effects when I started taking it. No one mentioned anything until it was too late. Do not get on this shot, it will make you rain weight like crazy and no matter how much you try to eat right and exercise you will keep putting pounds on. It has ruined my life. I will be switching soon, if I can't switch then I will probably just get off of it. It makes my body too sick and I cannot take it anymore. This shot honestly just needs to be taken off the market. | DO NOT GET IT!!!!!!! | F | 21 | 6 years idk | 1/24/2016 | 1 | Birth control/endometriosis | Nausea, headaches, no sex drive, prolonged bleeding, mood swings | F | 22 | 3 months 150 | 1/23/2016 | 3 | Student and dont need kids | Been taking this shot for a year. And the last six months ive been slowly getting a bigger and bigger belly. Why? | F | 21 | 1 years 1ml trimon | 1/20/2016 | 1 | Birth control method | So started out normal, no side effects such as bleeding/spotting, cramps, weight gain (except I gained 15lbs but I was also a freshman in college so idk if it was the depo or freshman 15) anyway, no moods everything was fine. My skin was even better than ever, or just normal..no issues. I was on it for 2 years, 18-19 years old. I am a highly sexual person & noticed my drive was really really low, I wasn't producing vaginal lub & I had no idea why. So I started thinking about what did I eat, wash with, drink, yadda yadda?? I knew it had to be something I put in my body causing trouble. Googled "libido & low sex drive", BOOM. It's the depo, immediately decided to stay off of it because it wasn't worth the damage. Why use it to prevent pregnancy from a good nut if I couldn't even enjoy the sex?? Pointless. So after about 6-8 months after not getting my 3 month dose is when I noticed change. I begin to have sore breasts (which I have never had sore breast, even when I was growing boobs) I never experienced the sore nips & tits thing. So I figured ok my period will come back soon... & it did, with no cramps (shocker, I'm a crampy girl), regular flow, every month, same schedule. Now the libido?? Let me tell you, I don't know if it was the age difference from now to then but it has came back a whole new system, I have no problem getting hot & heavy.. We can skip the foreplay. It is stronger than ever & getting off Depo when I did was the best d | F | 22 | 2 years | 1/7/2016 |