DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)

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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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 1  birth control DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!DON'T BELIEVE DRUG MANUFACTURERS!!! BAD DRUG!!!!! bipolar, loss of libido, hormonal imbalance, panic attacks, period yet to return, blood clot.... (could have killed me.) F 33 4 years
 11/4/2009
 1  To stop vertigo (please read on..) Severe depression, psychotic episodes, nausea, heavy bleeding, hair loss, 4 stone gained, joint pain and weakness, messed up my hormones triggering underactive thyroid. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. If I could go back over my 40 yrs on this earth and change one thing only, it would be to have never, ever, have started this evil drug. It has ruined my life - the 4 years taking it and the last 5 years since I stopped it. I have done enough research to know that it's this injection that has has caused my problems. I was the perfect picture of health, apart from vertigo, when my Gynaecologist decided that the vertigo was due to a hormone imbalance. As it turned out I had MS. This is now so much worse than it was all those years ago and I now have the effects of this drug to deal with too. F 40 4 years
 10/28/2009
 1  No Periods 40 LBS WEIGHT GAIN, HAIR LOSS, NO SEX DRIVE, MENTALLY UNSTABLE, MIGRAINES, JOINT PAIN, FATIGUE, INSOMNIA THANK GOD I AM 15 MONTHS FREE OF THIS POISON IT ALMOST RUINED MY LIFE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I DIDNT COMMIT SUICIDE WHILE ON IT BECAUSE MY MOOD WAS SO UNSTABLE. I WENT ON IT WHILE I WAS YOUNG AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN NOT TO HAVE A PERIOD...WRONG!!!! I STILL DONT HAVE A REGULAR PERIOD TO THIS DAY.... DO NOT TAKE THIS IF YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE HOW IT IS NOW!!!!! F 24 4 years
 9/26/2008
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 1  birth control, heavy painful period depression, anxiety, panic attacks, paranoia, but NO period i had no idea that depo could mess with your head.ive just come off it coz my partner an i want to have a baby. my depression and self esteem levels are out of control and i really do think im going crazy! also, i had no idea that it would mess with my body so badly. i havnt bled for 4 yrz. how can that be healthy? i was young when i started taking it and im stil young now and im not impressed with how little info i was given F 18 4 years
 3/22/2008
 1  NO PERIODS BIRTH CONTROL Mood Swings, Anxiety, WEIGHT GAIN. I gained 40 pounds in the 4 1/2 years taking the depo shot with out of control eating and suffered from terrible anxiety and moodswings. M 21 4 years
 12/18/2008
 1  Birth Control Weight Gain,Depression, Mood Swings I STARTED TO TAKE DEPO BECAUSEE I WAS STARTING COLLEGE AND DID NOT WANT TO GET PREGNANT. FOUR YEARS LATER I GAINED 30 POUNDS. I DONT ENJOY SEX AS MUCH AS I USE TO. I DONT GET WET LIKE BEFORE. IT IS DISGUSTING. I AM LUCKY THAT MY BOYFRIEND UNDERSTANDS OR ELSE I WOULD PROBABLY BE ALONE. I WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN SO I HOPE THAT WHEN I START TO TRY I AM ABLE TO. TO ALL THOSE WHO DONT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS NOW......... JUST THE THOUGHT ALONE OF SUFFERING WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SHOULD TURN YOU OFF FROM THIS PRODUCT. I WISH WE COULD SUE BECAUSE DEPO ALMOST DESTROYED MY LIFE F 25 4 years
 5/5/2008
 1  birth control I was fine when I was taking it but when I stop I have all the side effects from depo and I still have them. I don't know how long I will have them and it already damaged my body. I am planning to have a baby soon but I heard that some people can't have them for as long as 5 years or more and many miscarriages. Please DO NOT take it, it will mess up your body and life!!!!!!!! F 24 4 years
 6/6/2005
 1  To prevent pregnancy Extreme irritability, mood swing, cravings, 30 lb weight gain, severe gastrointestinal problems such as: Gastritis and IBS. I developed kidneys stones for some reason. Lowered immune system. To anyone thinking about going on this shot beware. I was on the shot for a total of 4 years. I started taking it in 2002 after I had my daughter. The first two years were ok, looking back in retrospect I def. had some mild GI symptoms and irritabiliy, plus I couldn't loose any weight. On the 3rd year, I developed kidney stones, then SEVERE IBS. I ended up in the hospital to destroy the kidney stones and had to see a specialist for my stomach problems (which cost thousands of dollars even with insurance). I would have panic attacks (prob. due to the IBS) and get nervous, and I was always hungry. This is the worse shot invented, and shame on the doctors who inject this into women!!! Never ever again will I put anything synthetic into my body. Women do your research before using any type of contreception. Some women can take this shot and never have a problem, while others like me, have devestating side effects. I have know been off the shot for about a year and am slowly start F 26 4 years
 6/15/2007
 1  birth control severe mood swings, paranoia, weight - went from size 8-10 to a 14-16 in 16 months almost THREE stone) loss of sex drive completely, depression (although i have a history this really didnt help matters)constant tiredness & lack of energy, i have also noticed i have contracted more colds/viruses since i have been on this, awful stomach pains during sex - at one point i thought about going to hospital When i was first offered this method of contraception i was over the moon - no periods! Great! I was 17 and the idea of not having to worry about taking a pill everyday was very attrctive. I was on the Depo for around 2 years with none of these sypmtoms when i decided to have 2 months back on the pill just to make sure everything was in working order as my peroids had stopped. Since I have been back on the depo for 16 months and i have not regretted anything more in my life. Since reading these comments I have finally managed to put two and two together and have seen that all these awful problems I am having are not due to 'growing up' as my GP put - but to the crap that they have been injecting me with for the past 16 months. I feel let down by my GP for not highlighting these side effects and let down with myself for not researching this first (bear in mind how many countries this poison is banned in)I would strongly advise anyone thinking about taking this to consider the problems t F 21 4 years
 7/26/2007
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 1  Prevent Pregnancy Constant spotting since 3 days from taking shot w/blood smell (gross!),mood/anger swings,joint pain,slight cramping,headaches,sugar cravings which Im sure will lead to weight gain! Took Depo for 4 years in the early 80's.After 3 kids & at 6 wk postpartum (hemoraged during c-section) wanted a secure b/c.Couldnt do IUD due to uterus position so Doc said try Depo its safe for BreastFeeding.Well when your bleeding with foul blood smell,3 showers aday with a headache.Not feeling too sexy! so who needs b/c.Didnt have symptoms in the 80's (I was young) but I will not take another shot.The anger/mood issues are to extreme for a mother of 3 yound boys. Not fair to the kids.Its a shame that in 2007 there is not a safe easy birth control that you can breast feed on and doesnt mess with your body. F 38 4 years
 9/20/2007
 1  birth control at the time it was great. but now tring to have a child. been off of it for 5 yrs. and at first couldn't get prenant and then had 4 miscariages. it does something to your progesterone with out progesterone you can't carry a baby don't use it if you want more kids F 26 4 years
 3/29/2005
 1  Birth Control Weight Gain from the beginning, loss of sex drive and dryness, tiredness, terrible moodswings and depression, possibly- joint pain, memory loss and trouble with speaking (using the right words etc.)Breast soreness since stopping - 2 periods so far this month. I was due for my last shot in September and did not go. I never had a period while on the shots. I got my period about 6 1/2 months after my last shot. That was 2 weeks ago. Now I am having another period - don't know how long it will last. I was just checking on line to see if this was normal when stopping. I am freaked out by all of the entries. My doctor always reassured me my problems were not related to depo. In fact he has stressed how much weight gain I have had and that I had to do something about it. I told him every shot I got I gained 10 pounds that week and it would take the 3 months to get most of that off then it was time for the next shot. I gained about 50 pounds total in the nearly 5 years I was on it. He said it was not becasue of the shot. One time I even went to him (after I had been really dieting and lossing and the weight) and I had gained it all back. He asked what the problem was and I said I got so depressed I just gave up and he never once mentioned that was a side effect. I have been moody (to put it nicely) to my kids and my husband... I am lucky they are still here. Of course I had no sex drive.. in fact I would pull away when my husband tried to touch me. I was always dry and never initiated sex. I thought that had changed after my second child instead of being caused by the medicine. 5 months after my last shot -dryness was no longer a problem. 7 months after depo my attitude is better - I am much more patient and less stressed- I am not screaming. Joints still hurt, memory still sucks etc. But the weight is beginning to come off. 10 pounds this month. I also was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on the depo. Now sugar is well within the normal range without meds. BAD STUFF! No periods while on it but who knows when they will straighten out afterwords. NOT WORTH IT.! F 30 4 years
 1/26/2005
 1  Birth Control Within a 4 year time frame of taking Depo-Provera I gained a total of 30 lbs. I did not have a menstral cycle for 4 years. This birth control did not work for me, but I know people that did not have the weight gain side effect. I switched to Ortho-Tricyclen and have now lost the weight gained from Depo-Provera. F 25 4 years
 8/14/2002
 1  pregnancy prevention weight gain (about 10lbs per year), decrease in sex drive, hair loss, acne, chronic neck and back pain This drug definitely served it's purpose - I was not going to get pregnant while on the shot! I quit ovulating all together. At first, I thought it was neat to not have periods. Now I think it's a little distrubing what the drug does to your body. I was initially placed on the shot because oral contreceptives had a tendency to increase my blood pressure. Depo did not increase my blood pressure, but there are so many other things that started to go wrong over time. My physician paid little to no attention to all my weight gain and continued me on the drug for 4 years. She brushed my side effect off and said it was't caused from the shot. I changed drugs, and doctors. F 24 4 years
 3/19/2006
 1  PAINFUL AND IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION I was on Depo for 4 yrs. The worst thing that ever happened to me. I had severe mood swings, depression, anxiety, anger, extreme vaginal dryness to the point of sex being painful, headaches, lethargy, and 60!!! pound weight gain. It took me TWO YEARs after getting off of it to get a normal cycle, and here I am five years later and been trying to get pregnant for two and NOTHING! I am somewhat convinced it made me sterile. My new gyno tells me that basically one of my ovaries is not ovulating any more and my periods are worse then they were before I went on it. I was also told when I got off of it that the weight should fall off and I never lost any of it, and have been trying off and on for five years and can't get past 15 pounds off. DO not take it! F 29 4 years
 11/30/2006
 1  birth control I m no longer able to have children without a very expensive surgery due to the depo shot. My eggs are all stuck and will not release without surgery that I cannot afford, I have been off the shot for 4 years. I no longer am a happy person, and I cry everytime one of my friends get preg or have a baby. I m so lost, I don't know what to do. This is poison, DO NOT GET the depo shot if you want children in your future. F 27 4 years
 3/17/2012
 1  Birth Control I was an extremely fit athlete when I started Depo. Within days of my first shot, I experienced constant asthma attacks, hives, weakened immune system, diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. I didn't link this to the shot, kept taking them, and those symptoms worsened, adding to them chronic exhaustion, irritability, bone loss, loose teeth, histamine intolerance, gluten intolerance, painful sex, low sex drive, difficulty breathing, weight gain of 25 pounds (despite the fact that I eat app. 1700 calories/day and am 5"10" and was running 80 miles/week), brain fog, anxiety, depression, digestive issues, intense lower back pain, intestinal damage, hemorrhoids, nipple discharge, abdominal swelling, pruritis, amenorrhea, inability to concentrate, chest tightness, constant throat clearing, inability to lose weight, night sweats and constant nightmares. My last shot was 2 weeks ago and I only recently linked my debilitating, sudden-onset illnesses to Depo. Waiting for this drug to come M 34 4 years
1X O		 8/25/2013
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 1  Regulate Unexplained Bleeding Got Injection Once Every 3 Months And Here Are Some Of The Side Effects :Back Pain, Hair Loss, Hair Growing On Face & On Chest, Worsening Depression & Anxiety, Fatigue, Spotting During Stress, Break Through Bleeding After A Month Of Coming Off The Shot For Many Many Months (Took Two Years I Believe To Fully Come Out Of My System) Should be banned! F 29 4 years
? 1X AN		 6/27/2013
 1  To prevent pregnancy as a teen. Weight loss. If you plan on ttc (trying to concieve) right after getting off birth control, Do Not Take Depo. Im having a hard time trying to concieve after quitting depo back in 08'......Every woman body is different. I still had periods. Other than that if your not worried abouy getting prego, I would say this shot will most def help you to not get prego. F 25 4 years
1X O		 10/22/2011
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 1  Help With periods, Contraception Weight gain/fluctuation, Headaches, Nausea, Severely emotional (happy one minute, Crying over breakfast the next) Always hungry/severe food cravings, Sore breasts/nipples, Lactation, Fluttering feeling in womb (some form of cramp maybe?), Severe acne, Hair falling out, Vaginal dryness, loss of libido, Unable to stay 'turned on', Depression. Only good thing is my periods stopped and cramps were very light. Great for the first 3 years, until I got horrendous side effects. Could NOT handle the pregnancy symptoms that this gave me - extremely emotional, craving foods like crazy, Lactating on various occasions, Weird fluttering feeling in womb, Sore nipples and breasts and Nausea. Seriously not what I want from a contraceptive - Made me question if I was actually pregnant (thankfully not but irritating as hell!). I'm going back on the pill an cannot wait for the side effects to go away. * I also knew a girl who has struggled with fertility problems all because of Depo-Provera, despite being off it for well over a year* STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND. F 19 4 years
1x3months 1X O		 7/31/2011

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