ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE)

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ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN  (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE):  This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones: a progestin and an estrogen. It works mainly by preventing the release of an egg (ovulation) during your menstrual cycle. It also makes vaginal fluid thicker to help prevent sperm from reaching an egg (fertilization) and changes the lining of the uterus (womb) to prevent attachment of a fertilized egg. If a fertilized egg does not attach to the uterus, it passes out of the body. Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills may make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods, decrease your risk of ovarian cysts, and also treat acne. Using this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia).   FDA Approval Date: 1992-07-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 3  to prevent ovary cysts bad swimg moods every day at the same time. That swimmg moods always happen around 9 pm. This having happen for the last 4 months. Every night I pick up fights with my teeanager kids for stupid reasons. Also I have low sex drive, I feel sad, tired burning down,. I am very irritable in my job. I liked because I dont have the crampy periods, my periods are shorter but I dont know if worth to take it anymore because I dont like my terrible mood at night. F 48 6 months
30 1X day
11/13/2010
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 3  pregnancy prevention fatigue, lack of motivation, irritable, moody. I can get up and go straight to work no problem, but on days that i don't work or go in later i find it difficult to get out of bed before 11am, this has been happening for about 3 months now, I also am easily irritated by people, I work in retail which isn't easy but the people are really getting under my skin and i am picking fights with my husband for no reason and interpret everything he does in a negative way. I have an appointment with my ob/gyn to get me off this crazy pill. maybe i will go back to yaz, only one crazy day per cycle with that drug... F 27 6 months
lo 1X day
11/10/2010
 3  Birth Control reduced sex drive I had been on this medication for about 2 years without any real complaints. While on a trip in Europe I lost my only package of birth control and decided to just continue for a week without it. Wow I had forgotten what a sex drive felt like! I suffer from anxiety and constant fatigue and am unsure if these symptoms may also be related to my birth control pills. Now I'm planning on switching to another birth control but would be really happy if I didn't have to be on any birth control at all. F 22 2 years
1X day
11/10/2010
 1  Prevent Pregnancy, Clear skin, Breast tenderness, night sweats, emotional, depressed, headaches, lack of motivation/energy, mood swings. I will discontinue the use of Ortho tri-cylcen! I have only been on this pill for 6 days and have noticed several side effects that consist of breast tenderness, major mood swings (I feel sooo bad for my boyfriend), depression, lack of motivation/energy, headaches. I do not think i will continue taking this birth control. I can't imagine feeling like this on a daily basis. F 27 6 days
1X day
11/9/2010
 5  prevent pregnancy extremely regular periods, shorter periods. less cramping, not pregnant! face cleared a bit, high sex drive all 3 years. no weight gain, actually loss, have yet to gain. my skin is always clear, high sex drive, does what is supposed to. easy to follow daily taking. no mood swings or sadness/depression. 3 years of daily successful birth control. F 17 3 years
1X day
11/7/2010
 4  birth control, acne decrease in acne blemishes, mild weight loss, mood swings F 19 8 months
1X day
11/7/2010
 5  prevent pregnancy None to really complain about I am taking the Lo version. I have had 2 painful pimples but I have had them before haven't gained any weight,I do have increased sex drive,I am on antidepresents so I don't get mood swings I was on them before the pills.uhh my appetite is the same I spotted maybe 1 or 2 times during the first week. Next week I start my first round of blue ones so far so good I have 2 under 18 months so ya no matter what I am staying on this F 20 7 days
1X day
11/6/2010
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 3  birth control Moody, longer & more frequent periods, worse cramps, acne, breast growth I like this pill purely for the fact it helps me from getting pregnant. Other than that I am now a total bitch all the time, I get two periods every month, and one breast grew, while the other didn't! I'm so getting and IUD... F 22 3 months
1X day
11/5/2010
 1  Birth Control severe headaches, nausea At first I thought I was just sick with the flu or something. But the headaches and nausea persist everyday. I looked up the side effects, but I wasn't convinced. But after weeks of feeling sick I am. F 20 5 months
1X day
10/27/2010
 4  Birth control & Acne Weight gain, increase in appetite. I haven't had any problems with this bc. I gain about 5 lbs, but lose it around when i get my period. Then gain it back when i start a new month. Doesn't bother me though. Period has been normal and on time. Still get acne but not as bad. Slowly clearing up. No mood swings or crazy side effects. nothing has really changed. I don't see how so many people get bad effects from it. F 18 35 days
1X day
10/26/2010
 2  Cramps, Headaches, Mood Swings Depression Anxiety I have mixed emotions about Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. While it did eliminate my cramps, heavy flow and keep my skin clear, I went into a deep depression after 3 months of use. I am normally a very happy-go-lucky person without any history of depression or prolonged sadness but I ultimately had to take an anti-depressant (I still take it) and see a therapist. I also experienced comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and the anti-depressant is used to treat this as well. As soon as my doctor made the correlation and stopped the birth control, my depression cleared. I regret not recognizing the side effects sooner and would caution women to carefully monitor their mental health while taking this drug. F 21 8 months
30 MG 1X day
10/26/2010
 3  Heavy Periods and Contraceptive Extremely tender and sore breasts. Crazy mood swings. Nausea. Constant headaches, stabbing stomach pains. It has cleared up my acne quite well. But im not sure if its going to help my periods. I havent had one since starting it about a month ago so i guess we will see. F 17 3 weeks
1X day
10/25/2010
 2  Regulation of Period Anxiety, Anxiety attacks, severe depression, loss of interest in everything, excessive tiredness, cleared up acne I had increasingly bad anxiety as I started taking OTC to the point where I started having panic attacks and it has slowly developed over the years to the severe experience I'm having with depression now almost 3 years later. I have not felt like myself since I started taking this pills, but I just thought it was me and not the pills, but over the years and especially as my depression is getting worse for no reason their are the only possible culprit. I look permanently tired no matter how much I sleep, I hate being around people for more than 10 mins, I feel like the only thing I can concentrate on is television shows and only because they have commercials, plus I am feel like I could I could fall asleep no matter where I am. But it did clear up my acne. Not worth it though. F 21 2.5 years
1X day
10/25/2010
 1  prevent pregnancy major mood swings, raging temper, pretty much anything the opposite of what a balanced, happy person would feel NOTE: I was a day late, so I took the first two pills today Have you ever flown into a full-on emotional rage, deliberately and viciously assaulting your boyfriend's feelings, twice, two months in a row - make him think you are CRAZY!, but he still loves you and forgives you, all the same? Neither have I - until I started taking this poison. We just started to recover from my last bout of hormone-induced insanity and were cuddled up tonight after an awesome dinner that we cooked together, watching our favorite show, when something triggered me. I started tearing up, all the while thinking, "There is no REAL reason to be sad right now - stop...before it's too late..." Knowing it was senseless, I kept it under control until we went to bed. There we were, him holding me like the loving boyfriend he is, and all I could think was, "He doesn't even care - he is just pretending not to notice how sad I am - I wish he would just move to the other side of the bed and STOP touching me!" Needless to say, here I am, out of bed, already done with the bottle of wine I started at dinner, but at a happy conclusion after reading these posts! ---Thankful that I now know how to stop destroying the best relationship of my life. F 36 2 months
? 1X day
10/25/2010
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 2  Contraceptive Weight gain, inability to orgasm, high sex drive, depression, anxiety, vomiting, fever, headaches. It sucks. I wanted to do it all the time, but I never orgasmed. And I've been sleeping in weird patterns, throwing up a lot, eating a lot. My period was super late. F 17 1 months
30 MG 1X day
10/22/2010
 2  Pregnancy Prevention Weight gain, constipation, loss of sex drive, inability to orgasm, constant drowsiness. I began taking this as a birth control shortly after becoming sexually active. A girlfriend of mine told me that she had terrible side affects from it, but I felt that mine would be different. I was so wrong. Switching birth controls as soon as possible. F 17 4 months
1X day
10/21/2010
 2  Regularity/Heavy Bleedig Nausea, mood swings, breast tenderness, depression I started taking this pill 4 months ago to regulate my periods & help with heavy bleeding. I had nausea for 4 months. I was hoping it would go away after the 3rd month. My periods and cramping did get lighter. BUT, I started feeling depressed & started to cry over nothing. My mood swings were horrible. By the end of my 4th pack I got a kidney infection, which the dr told me was most likely from the pills. It's not worth the side effects for me. Before I started taking these pills I was very healthy, let's hope I cam get back that way. I know some people can take these with no problems, but they are not for me. F 31 4 months
1X day
10/19/2010
 2  PRegnancy, allergy to condoms, acne weight gain, boob size got bigger, loss of motivation, sadness, emotional roller coasters, apathetic attitude I started taking this as a form of preventing pregnancy, it was the first kind I tried so I was happy with it at first. The side effects come on slowly and sometimes you don't even realize it. I wouldn't have thought it was this until recently but a month or so after I Started taking it, i realized I had no motivation for anything. No motivation for school, no motivation to look good, no motivation for anyhting. I was sad and emotional about a lot of things and I was thought it was just me. I didn't start thinking it was the pill until recently and I just finished a cycle and I'm going to stop now. I wish I had found this out earlier but it's never too late. F 20 7 months
lo 1X day
10/16/2010
 1  pregnancy prevention no sex drive, constant crying, night sweats, depression My dr. prescribed otc lo after I had my baby. I had taken pc pills for 10 years without any negative side effects. But with otc lo I have been miserable. I never want sex, wake up every night soaking wet from sweat, cry at the drop of a hat and for no reason. I am experiencing depression and just don't feel like myself. I am going back to the dr. to change pills. I would never reccomend otc lo to anyone. F 30 3 months
1X day
10/16/2010
 3  Prevent pregnancy sweating, nausea, stomach pain, terrible mood swings, lethargic, depressed, breast growth, dark patches on my face, wanting to cry all the time over nothing, etc. I was really happy with this pill at first. I had previously tried about 5 other pills and this one seemed to be the one. Then everything slowly went downhill. After about 6 months I am tired, wake up nauseated during the night, wake up drenched in sweat, have to keep Tums on me all the time, and feel generally sad about everything when I used to have such a positive outlook on my future and my future with my boyfriend. Around the 3rd week of pills tends to be the worst time. I get extremely angry/sad/suicidal and it lasts for about 2 days. Then I get all happy and manic but it's fake. This has put a strain on our relationship because I have turned into this venomous person. I am finishing this last pack and I plan to stop them. This isn't worth my life and happiness. F 31 6 months
1X day
10/14/2010

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