DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)

Average Rating: 2.1 (2471 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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 1  Painful Periods While on it i became depresses and was always very moody. Pains in my arms and legs, numbness, cramps. Most of the side effects did not happen until I stopped taking the shot. This is a horrible shot, I have never felt so miserable in my life, I gained 10 pounds, my breast got bigger and are sore. I get very depressed, I am always worrying about everything. I am tired all the time and just feel so helpless. DO NOT take this shot, I wish I would of seen this web site before I took my first shot. F 19 6 months
 4/27/2009
 1  Taking it to prevent pregnancy HUGE loss of sex drive, huge appetite but can be controlled by a bossy b/f, terrible mood change as me and him used to get along but now experience fights EVERY night especially over the sex drive, I feel like crashing into a wall sometimes, very depressed, definately not acting like my usual spunky exciting self. Be careful girls as this can change your life after just one shot. Also heavy bleeding and spurts of spotting. I've been on Depo since April of 08 and I'm writing this on Sep. 29. 3 injections total and my boyfriend and I have come to the conclusion to discontinue its use as it has become detramental to my health and our relationship. Being smart about our sex habits and excercising safe sex has become the smarter option. If you want to talk about it then email me at [email protected] and remind me where you're from because I'll totally forget that I even posted on this site. F 20 6 months
 9/29/2008
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 1  pre-essure procedure I've had 2 shots. I had 3 weeks of horrible spotting and shortly after the first shot, severe joint pain. I couldn't sleep at nite, kept waking up due to the pain in my shoulder. Went to physical therapy, and 2 weeks later, the other shoulder began waking me up at night. Now my hip has begun. Also, lack of sex drive and dryness. Birth control works well when it makes you uninterested in having sex with your husband. I hate depo. My doctor told me she was giving me the shot to thin my uterus prior to the Essure procedure. She gave me nothing to read, no choice. No information on any possible side effects. I had been on the pill for 10 years. The procedure didn't work, she couldn't get the coils in my tubes. So, my husband had a vasectomy, and I had to take another shot to last until he was clear. At the time, I didn't realize joint pain was a side effect. Had I known, I would have demanded that I stay on the pill. I thought I had twisted my shoulder somehow. I hadn't. I am very angry, and I feel like I've been ambushed by my doctor and the FDA and the company that makes this poison. My joints had better heal when this wears off. There had just better not be any permanent damage. F 31 6 months
 4/7/2009
 1  Prevent Pregnancy Weight gain, depression, NAUSEA, back pains, tender breasts, pregnancy symptoms, cramping, dizziness, aggression, mood swings NOT worth it. F 19 6 months
1X O		 2/13/2015
 1  Endometriosis got 1st shot in May. no side effects. Friends warned me about this drug and I also read bad reviews but still decided to get it. After 1-2 month I started having severe headaches & heart palpitations. low self esteem depression and A LOT of breakouts - on my back & all over my chin and jaw line. I was mortified. I read more reviews about symptoms eventually clear up so I decided to give the shot another try when the 3 month mark came around (August). After my 2nd shot, no improvements and it just kept getting worse. I decided not to go for my 3rd shot that would have been in November. It's now January, my face and back are finally clearing up. No palpitations or headaches. I feel much better. Can't wait for this to be 100% out of my system! F 23 6 months
 1/5/2015
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 1  No Periods I really want a baby but its like every since I took that shot I dont know if im able to conceive. What should I do? F 16 6 months
 12/17/2014
 1  prevent preg The worst birth control I have every came in contact with this shot gave me dry patches on my face made my hair come out I think it also destroyed my insides F 21 6 months
 12/27/2015
 1  birth control Too much weight gain and low sex drive F 24 6 months
 4/20/2016
 1  Menstrual cycle Headaches, nausea, anxiety, severe bleeding with large clots This is absolutely awful. I've been to the er and I'm currently taking iron infusions because I've lost so much blood due to bleeding from this injection and I'm currently on hormones to stop the bleeding. I don't recommend this shot to anyone. It needs to be taken off of the market! F 27 6 months
 4/21/2016
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 1  Birth Control ****WARNING POISON**** Will ruin your life!!! Been on the Depo shot for 6 months as of 4/14/14 I will not return for my next dosage! I have spotted non stop after the third week of my first shot 4.5 months ago and for the last 5 weeks heavy bleeding every single day to date! I have breakouts in my face along with severe headaches, sleepless nights, anger and mood swings and fatigue. Every time I call my OBGYN to voice my concern the nurse tells me its NORMAL! DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON...IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE! I will soon begin to look for legal counsel that can represent all of us on an attempt to hold the manufacturer of this poison liable for all the harm it has cost. F 42 6 months
 3/25/2014
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 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
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 1  Prevent pregnancy It caused headaches (which I never had much of before ever),Moodiness, some nausea while on my periods (which lasted abnormally long as I can recall, like even 2 weeks), anxiety, stomach pain, weight loss, bloated stomach, dry skin/loss in sex drive.., I had a much better reaction to the pill, which I was on for almost a year, so if anything I would recomend the pill if you are truly dedicated to remember taking them daily, but I suppose everyones different too and maybe the shot would react better with you, although I wouldn't risk it like I did. I only took the shot twice before I decided it wasn't worth all these uncomfortable side effects and I had my last shot 5 months ago, When I got off it and the symtoms lightened up a for bit but are back again and im starting to wonder when its going to stop. So exhasuting, its also hard on my boyfriend as well with me being so moody and in pain and I can rarely have sex with him ever since I had started (which was the reason I took birth control to begin with so it was pointless) , definitely has caused some issues and stress, I'd seriously reconsider taking this if you plan on it. F 18 6 months
 7/11/2014
 1  birth control DO NOT get on this horrible drug!!!! It has ruined my life and caused so much pain and agony. Depression,panic attacks,extreme fits of crying,and anger. Sore breasts and cramping. Spotting but never a normal period. Can not stress enough how horrible this is to not only your body but your emotional well being as well. F 31 6 months
 6/12/2014
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 1  birth control Major weight gain! 25 lbs in 6 months!! I am hungry all the time, have had very low energy, mood swings, depression etc. It has prevented pregnancy, but at a cost of no sex drive, and due to the fact that 2 weeks after my last shot, I have been spotting for a month, and now I've been bleeding light-to moderate while experiencing other period symptoms for 3 weeks! Therefore, not been able to have sex for almost 2 months now. No wonder it has such high % of effectiveness!! This drug has completely ruined my sex life, including my self esteem (weight gain). I am very grateful that I have a very understanding, considerate husband!!! Who has since had a vasectomy, because this drug is SO TERRIBLE!!! F 26 6 months
 10/9/2013
 1  birth control diarrhea, tingly hands and feet, no sex drive, did not like to be touched whatsever, heart palpatations, every pregnancy symptom (all negative), no period..period returned right away then nothing, ovarian pain, extremely swollen and super painful breasts(more severe than pregnancy breats), increased appetite, HUGE WEIGHT GAIN (kept on my gestational diabetic diet 150 carbs per day gained 30 lbs in 3 months... hard to keep weight on when on this diet during pregnancy but while on this shot decreased carb diet from 200 per day to 150 STARVING ALL THE TIME yet weight kept packing on) started depo march '09till august '09. had first post depo period oct16-31 '09. the extremely light one nov 18-21 '09. now feel pregnant but 3 negative tests. more than 55 days late. i spoke with my doctor and she wants me to do i pERIOD DIARY to track my cycles for 3 months. um.... how can i do that when im not gettin......g my period and every symptom of pregnancy??? she didnt even offer or tell me to come in for a blood test to confirm whetther i am or not. they never tested for pregnancy when i first recieved the shot or during my second and final shot. im calling in for a new doctor. this is my body and if somethings really wrong waiting can actually hurt me more.... thanks for listening. i still think im crazy and this is all in my head but at least i know that there are many many other women in the same boat as me going crazy and waiting. F 27 6 months
 1/10/2010
 5   Emotional sleepy hungry F 17 7 months
 1/5/2012
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 5  I can't take the birth control pill gained 5-10 pounds, and back acne, spotting This was the only choice for me, I had really bad cramps before, and I cannot go on the pill because i have a condition where i am at a 30% chance of getting blood clots and the pill increases it by 10% so they did not want to take the risk. I think it is wonderful. I have had three shots and at first i spotted alot, but know i just get the odd day where i spot and it is so little. F 16 7 months
 12/13/2005
 4  prevent pregnancy A little moody at first but other than that no side effects didnt gain weight no bleeding only bad thing was when i tried to get off my period lasted a month before it was normal F 19 7 months
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 3  Contraceptive for the first four months, i had a heavy period for three weeks and then stopped a week before it would start up again. It has since gotten to light spotting here and there. I've had a decrease in libido, crying over a comercial or something stupid, intense mood swings and anger, tender breasts, severe weight gain, constantly hungry, anxiety, and persistant fatigue no matter how much or how little sleep. I know that part of the cause of a few of these are due to my job, (I am currently on 12 hour shifts) but i've never had this much fatigue or anger and I've never weighed this much even when i was pregnant! I plan on talking to my doctor about a different b/c I gave this a 3 due to the fact it did it's job in keeping me from getting pregnant again F 26 7 months
90 MG 1X O		 4/14/2014
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 3  breaking a family pregnancy chain a lot of weight loss,lot's of pain during intercourse, no acne, mood swings, paranoid alot ive been on depo for 7 months and when i first got the shot my period lasted for about a month and a half. i've heard rumors saying that it will mess up your fertility and im 16 i dont plan on having kids until the next 3 years but i dont want to be on depo if its going to mess up my fertilty but then my mom wants me to be on depo because she got pregnant at a young age as well as all my aunt's and cousins. i dont know what to do i have very bad cramps -not like period cramps -worse im scared to tell my mom because she might get mad is their any other b/c i can get on...but i dont want to take the pill because i will not remember to take it everyday and sometimes condoms just dont work CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME???? F 16 7 months
 3/1/2009
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