ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (1491 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ORTHO TRI-CYCLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Contraceptive and Acne | Terrible red eyes which resulted in fatigue, morning nausea, sugar cravings | I'm not pregnant so it did it's job and it definitely helped with my acne but this one was just not the right one for me. | F | 24 | 3 months 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 1 | regulate periods, | Extreme nausea, exhaustion, mood swings | I started taking this to regulate my periods. I feel like I am pregnant again, I am EXTREMELY nauseated all day long, no appetite everything makes me sick to my stomach. I am exhausted, took a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day and still tired enough to go to sleep at 8pm. I have depression and anxiety anyways and this does not help that at all, my moods have been up and down constantly like I am pmsing all the time. I am not taking this anymore the side affects outweigh the gain. | F | 27 | 8 days 1X day | 7/6/2012 | 2 | I gained 10lbs in the first two weeks , i've been craving everything, my sex drive went down, and i've had bipolar disorder, and I was severly moody when I was PMS-ing, but since i started taking it, it just makes me tierd and kind of depressed. | F | 14 | 2 months 25 1X day | 7/1/2012 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | insomnia. nausea. emotional wreck. loss of appetite. would not recommend this. the side effects are worse than the positive point of taking it. even after stopping taking it i still experienced side effects for weeks after. | F | 20 | 1 months 1x daily | 6/30/2012 | 1 | Birth control | No, i didn't get pregnant while on the pill, but I am an active athlete, always have had an extremely high metabolism. After going on the pill, my face which rarely broke out, has stayed continually broken out over these 8 months. I kept thinking it would become better but it never did, I experience MOOD SWINGS like crazy. I argue over the siliest stuff with my boyfriend, and get so angry over nothing. I have experienced bloating that is horrendous, and makes me look overweight, add that to water retention. I also experienced some weight gain, and my breasts increased a cup size(which I didn't mind that). Bigger breasts are not worth everything else though... | Would NOT Recommend, wish I would have stopped taking them sooner but after this pack they are all trash! | F | 19 | 8 months 1X day | 6/28/2012 | 2 | Pregnancy prevention | After about a year of taking ortho Lo I decided I didn't need the pill anymore so I quite taking it. Later on after a lot of thinking I decided to get back on the pill. Ortho Lo was amazing for me, no breakouts, weight gain etc. But for some reason my doctor decided to let me try out ortho tri cyclen, and only ten days after taking it I have noticed many unfortunate side effects. I have gained a little weight, and have water retention both of which are minimal and I can live with. The thing about the pill that I can not live with is the way it effects my emotions! I feel like crying for no reason and break down at the drop of a hat. I really do not like this! I will probably finish out this pack and then talk to my doc about swiching back because im not even acting like myself!!!! Also, I don't know if this has anything at all to do with the pill, but lately I have been having some super crazy vivid dreams/nightmares. | F | 25 | 10 days | 6/25/2012 | 5 | Pregnancy prevention | Breast tenderness and slight weight gain but overall I love it | F | 20 | 1 months | 6/20/2012 | 2 | prevent pregnancy | I've had horrible acne and more seriously, I've had pain when breathing, shortness of breath and i haven't gotten my period yet. | F | 22 | 3 weeks 1 | 6/14/2012 | 1 | Birth control | The worst bcp I experienced. Every week I get really bad cramps due to taking different hormones each week. Just when I thought it went away it comes back ever week. I'm also having depression which I never experienced before started the pills. I don't recommend this brand to anyone. | F | 36 | 4 months | 6/13/2012 | 2 | prevent pregnancy | i got acne, depressed, reduced libido, headaches, nauseous, dizzy and a hot flash. | i will finish this pack and then get off it. | F | 27 | 7 days 1X day | 6/8/2012 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | My girlfriend took this and within 3 days her mood swings got so serious it almost ended our relationship... i beg all of your women out hter to stay away from this product, your man will thank you, we can take pms and we can even settle for using condoms all the time. seeing my girl depressed was the worse thing ever, and seeing her flip out was even worse. | M | 27 | 8 days 30mg 1X day | 5/25/2012 | 3 | prevent pregnancy | headaches, nausea, dizziness, breast enlargement with tenderness, loss of conrtol of emotions. | I don't mind most of the side effects I have been experiencing like the nausea, dizziness, or the heachaches but my emotions have gone haywire! Also, my breasts have been a 34 B since I ended puberty now I am a 34 D!! Now most of my tops and bikini tops do not fit me. | F | 22 | 20 days 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | I had issues with depression that began when I was taking the pill (I hadn't ever had any problems before) I was able to deal with it for the first two years, but in my third year it became difficult to cope and I was no longer sexually active so I stopped taking it which caused the depression to worsen intensely to the point that I was suicidal. I experienced no other side effects. | F | 17 | 3 years 1 pill 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 1 | prevent pregnacy | i have really bad migraines, very moody, dont want to have sex, and constant yeast infections | ortho tri-cyclen birth control pills is not a good birth control to take i had to be put on pills to stop sevre migraines which i hate. I dont like to be bothered because evrything makes me upset. I have pretty much loss control of my sex life it is no longer fun because every time i have sex i start to burn inside which is not fun at all i hate it because i use to love having sex with my spouse and know its like i cant satisfy him anymore. and last is the yeast infection from the time i have been on the pill i had to get medicated to take away a yeast infection that i get constantly before and after my periods which is not cute and fun........ know that i been off of the pill for 2 months i noticed i dont get a period which scares me.....!!!!!!! | F | 20 | 1 days 30 1X day | 5/7/2012 | 4 | Pregnancy Prevention, Acne | Moody around period time (who isn't?), Bloating which I get whether I take BC pills or not | I asked to be put on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo back in December due to the rave reviews for skin/acne as I have slightly oily skin and figured it would help me save on my skin care regime. I took it for three months with not a single complaint or issue. Everything was great! No real weight gain, my face was clearer than ever. Oddly enough, during the 4th month, I started spotting on day 15 of my pack. I went to see my doctor and explained my spotting issue and she changed me over to Ortho Cyclen the monophastic version of OTC.. which I am not ridiculously nervous about after reading everyone's terrible reviews. I figure, though, most people don't log on and rate/review unless they have issues with something. I'm upset I spotted on OTC-Lo, I really really liked it. Just started my new pack of Ortho Cyclen, so fingers crossed!!! | F | 24 | 4 months 1X day | 4/26/2012 | 1 | heavy periods | Dizzyness, dry mouth, slight headaches, nausea. | I was prescribed this bcp due to heavy periods. I started taking this pill every evening before bed and noticed during sleep shifting from positions that I would be extremely dizzy. In the morning I would wake up slightly nauseated but nonetheless didnt think it was due to the pill till I started reading all the comments. I thought maybe taking the pill during the day after a meal would make a difference, but instead made me nauseous again and dizzy and want to just lay down for the symptoms to subside which im still feeling into the evening. I would rather deal with my heavy flow than experience these symptoms that make me feel aweful! I cannot get pregnant due to tubal ligation, so this was to help regulate periods. I am discontinuing use of this pill tomo and cant wait to flush out all the chemical from my body and return to my normal self again. I will look for other alternatives to handle my heavy periods as I enter perimenopause. Maybe it works for others, but in my case no. Maybe I didnt give it enough time, but Im not willing to put up with the side effects. | F | 47 | 10 days 1X day | 4/25/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Depression, Mood Swings, Weight Gain, Anger | Soon after starting this pill, I began to have horrible mood swings. I was constantly angry, picking fights.. this pill almost destroyed my marriage. I decided to come off and now my moods are back to normal again. My marriage is fine now... I can't believe one pill could do all this. I will NEVER take this pill again and would not recommend it to anyone who wants to have a relationship. | F | 24 | 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention | Drepession, crying for no reason, no desire to work, sex and even my relationship. I feel nausea at night, massive headaches. It was horrible and I will not longer continue this BC. | F | 26 | 1 months | 4/16/2012 | 1 | Regulate periods | Mood swings. Vomiting. Depression. Weight gain; 10 pounds in two months! | I would not recommend it. | F | 17 | 2 months 1X day | 4/2/2012 | 1 | Birth control, acne | This medicine made me want to blow my brains how. Have never been so depressed in my life. Started with one or two acne cysts and have up to twenty on my face now. My face just exploded, it's awful. I barely made it through the first month. Was crying all the time, was angry, felt hopeless, couldn't sleep. Felt like the light had gone out of my life. New acne severely effected my self-esteem. I didn't even want to leave the house | Please think twice before you take this. | F | 20 | 28 days 1X day | 3/29/2012 |