DESOGEN Reviews (DESOGESTREL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 2.6 (572 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DESOGEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DESOGEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Birth control | Nausea, diarrhea, increased eating, slight mood swings, very light (almost non-existant) period (in place of a moderate-heavy flow). | I've just finished my first month's supply of Desogen, had no symptoms until I started the placebo pills. No decrease in sex drive. | F | 21 | 4 weeks | 3/26/2007 | 4 | Birth Control | None really i have had maybe two nights where i sweated a little but i could have just been hot! | My boobs have gotten bigger. I have had no problem with emotional spells. I was on ortho tri lo before this and since switching i feel great. No dizziness, no tiredness, I think that many women just do not deal well with hormones in their body. Any birth control is going to make you feel different. You are adding something to your body that isn't normally there anybody will react. Life is great i don't feel sick or anxious! I do reccomend this BC pill compared to the others i have tried.(about 4 others) | F | 21 | | 12/4/2007 | 4 | Prevent pregnancy | Sore boobs, cramps,itchy nipples | I'm writing because this site has so many bad reviews and in my case I really have no complaints about this BC. This is my first time ever going on BC and I was a bit nervous at first from the reviews. I have experienced sore breasts but that's because they have grown,quite quickly. I have minor cramps and nausea the first week but nothing bad. I take my pill at night after dinner which I heard decreases nausea and so far I've been fine. Every body will react differently so don't think all the bad reviews will be the same for you. | F | 21 | 2 months 1X day | 1/6/2015 | 4 | To prevent pregnancy | Intense stomache pain. Slightly worse acne than before I took this birth control. | Besides the occasional (intense)stomache pain Desogen has been working great for me! I have lost almost 10 lbs on it. It has kind of made me less hungry all the time, but then I only eat when I am actually hungry! So I do not think that is a bad thing. One thing though, it did not help my acne and I wish it did. My breasts did get a bit bigger. | F | 21 | 4 months | 12/4/2008 | 3 | Pregnancy Preventive | Tender swollen breasts; bloating; no period at all really and NO weight gain | Week 1: 4 days of depression Weeks 1-3: spotting for 15 days straight! Week 4: a period that was 1-2 days of only spotting. Week 5-7: Tender Swollen breasts, bloated look but it doesn't feel bloated, no weight gain. I've also been a little more tired and clumsy the last two weeks, and I guess I feel as if I'm always pmsing? | F | 21 | 7 weeks | 7/24/2007 | 3 | clear up acne, prevent pregnancy | nausea about a half-hour of taking the pills, moddiness | I am going into my 8th pack of this pill and i really liked it but it seems as though the side affects are slowly showing through, i was fine the first couple months of taking this pill and today i have cried all day uncontrollably, people ask me whats wrong and i really have no idea. i started to become like this a few weeks ago, just start crying for no reason. i have suddenly started to be become extremely moody. about a half hour after i take the pill, whether i take it with food or not, it still makes me feel sick, like i could throw up (never have though). I was hoping that i would finally find a pill that i am comfortable with because this is my 3rd brand of pill, but i think i will be switching yet again because i cannot stand all this crying, my boyfriend cannot either.other than that, thats the only problem i have had. no loss of sex drive and no weight gain. | F | 21 | 8 months | 9/29/2007 | 3 | Birth Control | -Moodiness -Decreased sex drive (vaginal driness etc.) | Desogen was the first birth control pill I was put on at age 18 & I didn't really know what to expect because I had never aken birth control pills before. I have been on Desogen for 3 years now and even though it has prevented pregnancy...I know spot a week before my period & I seem to get really bad PMS symptoms. I know your body can't really "get used" to a birth control pill but honestly I feel like the pill isn't as effetive as before...I am going to try Mircette, hopefully it gets better. | F | 21 | 3 years | 4/2/2006 | 3 | periods were too heavy on Ortho | Gained 15 pounds in 2 months. Loss of sex drive. Breakout spotting EVERY month for 3-4 days. Always feeling either tired and hungry. | my docter recommended Desogen because my periods were too heavy on ortho-tricyclen (8-10 days). Besides the long periods I was happy with Ortho and took it for 3 years. Desogen has made my periods shorter, but has many other irritating side effects. I'm trying to decide whether to go back to Ortho, or to try something else. | F | 21 | 7 months | 2/21/2006 | 3 | some acne, shorter and lighter periods, | I didn't gain any weight at all and I did not have any mood swings, if anything it made me feel more balanced emotionally. The only problem I have with it is that I started getting acne on my chest.. which I never did before. I switched to this off of another BC to give me lighter periods, which it definitely did. I sometimes only have it 2 days. My libido stayed the same and didn't have any 'dryness' at all. My doctor gave me enough for a year so I can't really change now. Other than the acne I'm overall happy with it. | F | 21 | 6 months 1X day | 11/8/2011 | 2 | birth control | Very painful cramping, constant breast tenderness, moodiness, weight gain, nausea, occasional heart racing, vaginal dryness | This is my first try at birth control and my body is not reacting well at all | F | 21 | 3 months | 2/21/2006 | 2 | birth control, acne | headaches, decreased appetite, nausea, increased acne, spotting | This is my first time using the pill and I'm going to give it more time, but so far I'm not happy with it. I've experienced some sort of side effects every day since I started taking it three weeks ago. Starting with headaches, spotting, decreased appetite, and nausea. My acne has increased recently, which is normal this time of the month, but it is a different kind of acne- larger and more painful. I am a big fan of food, but now I get sick when I even think about eating. Before the pill I never got nauseous, now it's almost daily. | F | 21 | 19 days | 11/30/2006 | 2 | birth control/regulate menstruation | nausea, extreme diarrhea, vomitting | Although I've only been on Desogen for two weeks, I am feeling horrible. I switched from OrthoTricyclen Low because I needed a higher dosage of hormones. I have barely been able to go to classes and I'm a college athlete so having these symptoms is extremely frustrating. I have 3 more packs of pills, so I'm going to try to stick it out for a few months and see if it gets better, but it's not looking so good. | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 2/2/2006 | 2 | irregular periods + birth control | Unpredictable periods, diminished sex drive, acne explosion | Huge decrease is sex drive, just the thought of it has made me sick at points, and I was never like that before. I actually broke up with a guy of 1 yr only 3 months after starting the pill thinking I fell out of love with him because the thought of him began to repulse me. Now I think it was all this pills falt. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 12/11/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Weight gain of 10-15lbs after 10 months, Loss of sex drive | I switched to Desogen after being on Ortho-TriCyclen for 3 years because Ortho was giving me breakthrough bleeding. Desogen has left me with no Sexual urges after 3 months and weight gain after 7. I am very unhappy with it and just switched to Cyclessa. | F | 21 | 10 months | 1/11/2005 | 2 | prevent pregnancy | nausea after taking the pills, moodiness, crying spells | i just started my 11th pack of pills for this brand, and like the girl who reviewed this a few below me, i'm having the same problems she's now having. a few months ago i never had a single side effect with this pill... i wasn't moody at all, no weight gain, no loss in sex drive. the past 2 months i find myself freaking out about simple things with my boyfriend of 6 years, we're suffering because of my crying and freaking out. the side effects are slowly peaking their way through to me on this pill and i cry about once a week now for no aparent reason. i have had NO weight gain on this pill, no loss of sex drive, i actually have had an INCREASE of sex drive, has no cleared up acne but has not made it worse, and my stomach does feel sick about 30-60 mins after taking the pill. this is my 4th brand of pill i hate switching to another one i just cannot stand crying and getting mad at my boyfriend for nothing. i get irritated and annoyed rather quickly now and cannot hold my temper. this p | F | 21 | 10 months | 11/4/2007 | 2 | Prevent pregnancy | Severe mood swings, depression, no sex drive whatsoever, no energy, tired all the time | Desogen made me feel really sad everyday, I woke up in a bad and depressed feeling mood everyday. I was always tired and never had energy to do anything. I took it for about 3 weeks, but that was long enough for me to realize how terrible it made me feel. I know that it may effect woman differently but I do not recommend Desogen as a form of Birth Control. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 5/4/2008 | 2 | Birth control | It's made me super sleepy and emotional. I feel as though I'm always tired and on the brink of crying of anything/anyone gets under my skin. Not to mention I'm started to become really bloated with no change to my diet since before taking it. Deff gonna be changed as soon as I go back to my dr. | F | 21 | 1 months | 10/11/2013 | 2 | pregnancy prevention | increased appetite, worse pms, worse acne, lots of weight gain, increase in breast size | horrible pill. i started off weighing a 105 and gained thirteen pounds in three months! half of it was the increase in appetite and i think the rest was the pill. | F | 21 | 4 months | 10/6/2009 | 2 | Help regulate menstral cycle | Migraine headaches, anti-social, stomach cramping, increased sex drive | I had the worst headaches ever on this medication. I was also anti-social, not wanting to talk to my friends or family. My cramps were much worse during my cycle. | F | 21 | 2 months | 10/27/2009 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | I dont recommend this birth control to anyone. I had severe depression. I felt like i was going to throw up all the time, I ate all the time and still wasnt full and had to continue eating even when I didnt even want to eat. I wasnt myself and cried all the time, no one could say anything to me without me busting into tears. This birthcontrol makes you not be yourself. | F | 21 | 6 months | 12/17/2009 |