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 |
| 1 | Birth control | Blood clot almost killed me. Never smoked in my life. Massive weight gain. Face breaking out. I am never able to take any kind of birth control again. | F | 23 | 4 years | 5/23/2013 | 1 | Acne | Ever side effect imaginable, Swelling/slightly/leaking,/tender breasts, Weight Gain, Emotional Outbreaks: Anger and Sadness, Increased appetite, Severe abdominal pains, Headaches, Nausea, YOU Name The Effect and I Had it. | I took this stupid pill for 2 weeks. And 2 months later I am still dealing with effects. My doc said it can take 4 months to completely get out of my system. This pill is a nightmare. I felt 8 months pregnant after taking it for 2 weeks and I wasn't pregnant. This pill messes with your body and your mind TERRIBLY. | F | 36 | 2 weeks 1X day | 5/23/2013 | 1 | I know everyone reacts differently on different meds. This is not the right birth control for me. I have headaches, serious mood swings, depression, yeast problems..this is not me at all. I have no patients with anything, I feel like I'm going crazy. I remember feeling this way before and it just hit me that it was the birth control the whole time. Most def getting off of this before it destroys relationships. :( | F | 28 | 1 months | 5/22/2013 | 1 | birth control | I have experienced major depression, mood swings, a non existent sex drive as well as feeling lathargic ALL the time!! My marriage has been falling apart since I started this bc!! My husband has been telling me for awhile now that I haven't been myself! I started noticing it but chalked it up to stress, until I was about 2 weeks late to pick up my pills. In that 2 weeks, I felt so much more happy and alive! Not glued to the couch feeling tired every minute of every day! And not just tired but extremely exhausted! It was difficult for me to walk through Walmart and not need to sit down and rest! I'm 24!! Not an elderly or over weight lady!! I shouldn't feel like this!! Don't take this pill!! | F | 24 | 1 years 30 | 4/22/2013 | 1 | birth control | I started talking this birth control after the birth of my daughter. I am experiancing so many side effects. Mood swings, irritability, anxiety, depressin, extreme hairloss. No sex drive. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me till I just randomly googled my bc. This pill is ripping my marriage apart. My heart is constantly racing and chest is always hurting. I plan on calling my ob this week and seeing if I can switch. I feel like I am going crazy, cause this is not me. :( | F | 22 | 2 years | 3/16/2013 | 1 | endometriosis | Breast and thigh swelling and increased size, long painful periods. I should have quit this pill after the 3 month trial; I really don’t know what I was thinking staying on it past that. My periods *before* OTC- while painful- were very short, and the intense pain lasted only through the first day. OTC made my period a long drawn out affair where I could barely function for 5 days due to pain (though it was slightly less intense than before), and my period was unusually heavy and 7 days long compared to my usual 3-4 days. I finally quit OTC (too late) when at the 5 months my breasts and thighs became terribly swollen. My diet is restricted due to a medical condition, so it wasn't something I ate. It’s been one month since I quit and my breasts/thighs have not improved yet. I went through a breast reduction surgery several years back, so this breast size thing is quit literally my nightmare! I specifically asked if this could happen and was told no, I should have done mor | I will try to update if/when symptoms recede | F | 32 | 5 months 1X day | 3/4/2013 Patient History | 1 | Pregnancy prevention | This is the pill for you if you want to ruin your relationship/marriage. My fiancé and I were constantly fighting. Over nothing. And yes, the problem was me because I would FREAK OUT over nothing and at the stupidest things. I would be completely fine, and next thing I know im yelling, screaming and threatening to move out. I'm not bi-polar, I've went to the doctor for that. I honestly thought I was crazy. After I stopped taking this bc pill I went back to normal and my relationship is so much better now. I would also cry all the time. Alllll the time. No I didn't get pregnant while taking this pill but I'd rather have a baby than deal with that again!!!!! Do not take this pill!!!! | F | 20 | 1 years | 2/18/2013 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | I wsnt to the hospital yesterday. I was on Ortho tri cyclen lo for a year no problem, in november I had a BAD PERIOD heavy bleading, and clots galore. well around the 13th of december I had another period like that but heavier, and I passed skme weird fleshy clot, so I went to hospital. They told me I was having breaththrougj bleeding, and I needed to switch to the regular Ortho tri cyclen (higher dose) went to planned parenthood and got it the nex day. I took it for about 3 weeks, and stopped cuz I all of a sudden could'nt breathe and it hurt. Ever since which has been about twoand a half weeks I have it all day long every day. So I went to the urgent care and that doctor gave me a xray, and it was clear. But that doctor said that doesnt rule out clots, and so he said I need to go to the the hospital and get blood work, an a CT. So they called the ER to let them know I was coming. And they did was listen to me with the stethoscope. And check my blood. And said if the blood came back okay then they wont do the CT, and if it came back with clots then they would give me the CT. Well the blood came back okay, and I was thinking if I stopped taking this birth control for about 2 weeks now would there not be blood clots in my blood? but still be some in my lungs cause they don't really go away? Well they diagnosed me with apparently " Asthma wih Accute exacerbation." Tney gave me breathing treatment, which I still couldnt breath and it hurt, and they gave me a sterio | F | 18 | 3 weeks | 1/28/2013 | 1 | Contraceptive | Extreme moodiness, larger breast, depressed, lack of motivation, nausea, headaches Pill has made me feel very sick and tired all the time. Very unmotivated, don't care about much of anything. Snap at husband and kids for stupid reasons that I normally wouldn't get mad over. Breast very sore. Constant headaches. Very bloated. Probably gained like 5 lbs or more. Only taken close to three weeks worth of pills. Stopping tonight after reading all the reviews. Wouldn't recommend at all!! | F | 30 | 3 weeks | 1/22/2013 | 1 | Pregnancy Prevention | I have been extremely tired, nauseous, breast tenderness, I started taking this pill on the Sunday my period started, and I am still on my period. I have never had a ten day period! I cannot wear my contact lenses anymore (which is a side effect). I am stopping this pill today and calling my doctor, this is not normal. I advise everyone to read that pamphlet before taking one of those pills. | 10 days 1X day | 12/18/2012 | 1 | birth control | I was on this pill twice. The first time I was on it was for about 3-4 days and I experienced by far the most irrational anxiety attacks. I do not have a history of them. I started it up again last week after 2 years of that thinking maybe I would give it another chance. Day one after taking the pill, I woke up in the middle of the night, unable to go back to sleep, my mind just racing about the dumbest things possible. NOTHING I could say to myself could calm me down. Finally, I feel back asleep. I know it takes time for your body to get used to birth control but sometimes you have to know yourself better than the doctors. If you think it's not right for you, don't continue to take it! I certainly cannot not function with a racing mind, nervousness, a feeling of floating, and whatever else would come with the pill in the next 3 months! Yikes. Your mental being is by far more important than birth control. | F | 26 | 1 days average 1X day | 11/26/2012 | 1 | Birth control, regulate and cyst pr | Weight gain, mood swings, acne, breakthrough bleeding, increase in appetite, headaches and fatigue. I cannot believe the horrible side effects I experienced with this pill. I was on Yaz for 4 years and it NEVER did this! I have gained 12 pounds in the last few months. I eat healthy and workout regularly so there is no other explanation for this gain. I have had horrendous mood swings, becoming a total bitch at times which is not like me! My face had broken out like I'm 16 again. I could go on and on about all the horrible things this pill has done to me! Stay away from it ladies!!! | F | 31 | 6 months | 10/25/2012 | 1 | Avoid pregnancy | I have only taken the pill 5 times now, today I should be taking the 6th and I refuse. The past few days I have been dizzy, nauseous, and completely insane. I can't stop crying, I feel entirely hopeless, and I didn't feel this way at all before I started it! I woke up this morning and nearly fell from how dizzy I was, I was fighting the urge to vomit, and this past week I have hardly been able to stay awake! I am 20 years old and I slept from 8:30pm to 6:30am and had taken a 3 hour nap yesterday afternoon. This is ridiculous, I don't recommend it to anyone. | F | 20 | 5 days 1X day | 10/12/2012 | 1 | Birth control | Breast tenderness, mood swings, body acne from shoulders to thighs, yeast infection/BV that lasted months after going off the pill, psoriasis of the scalp. | Maybe I was just unlucky, but this pill was absolute torture for me. I was completely healthy/ had no health issues and had a normal cycle before going on this pill. The side affects lasted months after I stopped taking it. Although it was an effective enough preventative, I cannot recommend Ortho Tri-Cyclen to anyone. | F | 22 | 3 months 1X day | 10/1/2012 | 1 | Period Regulation | Horrid cramps. I would sit in a ball crying. headaches. nausea. 3-4 week ling periods | F | 15 | 1 years | 9/11/2012 | 1 | loss of weight | I just got the pill today reading every message make me not wont to take it | F | 21 | 1 days 1 | 8/13/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Moody, Acne | It was a terrible experience. I was so Moody and easily irritable while taking this medication. I experienced Acne for the first time in my life. I was constantly hungry and gained weight. | F | 25 | 2 months 1X day | 8/7/2012 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | For the first month everything seemed normal except when i went to get a check up and noticed i gained 5 pounds. Im always hungry. The littlest things upset me. I fight with my boyfriend about the smallest things. Although my acne has gotten better and periods are regular the nausea alone is not worth taking this pill. | F | 20 | 3 months | 8/6/2012 | 1 | Horomone Regulation | Weight gain (15 pounds), extreme moodiness | I was placed on Trinessa, its generic, because I have PCOS and I need to regulate my horomone levels. I was fine for the first month. By the second month I became more moody. Now I am extremely moody. Everyone close to me told me I have gone nuts, lost my personality, and Im extremely moody. Example, I busted out crying at work and couldnt stop the whole day. Im pretty sure I was a few days short of being locked in the psych ward. I wouldnt even screw around and try its non-generic at this point. I'd rather go back to Kariva and lack the want to have sex- which they make great pills to combat that anyway. | M | 24 | 7 months 1X day | 8/5/2012 | 1 | contraceptive | i just finished month 2 ,side effects have been taking over so I decided to check out some reviews . So happy I found this site which made my decision to get of this pill easier. Side effects included weight gain between 8 to 10 lbs which made me buy new pants. Mooody very easy to irritate,breast untouchably sore, angryyyyy about stupid things my poor hubby!!!!breakouts not alot but didn't have any before. Light bleeding during the mth.Stay away from it is my recommendation!!!! | F | 28 | 2 months | 7/25/2012 |