NUVARING Reviews (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.3 (852 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUVARING with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NUVARING | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Birth Control/PMDD | Increased discharge, increased libido, mild alleviation of PMDD symptoms. | I have been on a few different forms of birth control, and so far I like the NuvaRing the best. It doesn't alleviate my PMDD symptoms as much as YAZ did, but is far more effective in the alleviation it gives, because it is more consistently delivered than when I was trying to remember to take a pill daily. I have noticed that I have increased discharge, and increased sexual desire, and that it has changed my natural odor a bit. I have headaches, but those were present before I started on the Ring. As with all medical care and treatment one size does not fit all. Just because it does or doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it will or will not work for you. Best to consult your doctor. | F | 30 | 1X day | 3/11/2010 Patient History | 5 | Forgetting to take the pill | None? | I have been taking nuvaring for 7 months now. I dont really understand what everyone is complaining about. Me and my boyfriend have tons of sex and I still love it. AND YES im still able to get super wet. Before I used to get severely heavy periods and now my periods are light and almost non existent by comparison. I was always pretty much a moody grumpy person and I dont really feel like nuvaring has intensified any of these aspects of my personality. If anything it helped me probably calm down. I never gained any weight off nuvaring other then from my own doing of eating too much junk food. It helps to clear my acne and makes me feel confident about having sex and not getting pregnant. The only negative side effect I have had from nuvaring is that sometimes i have ALOT of discharge and its pretty gross. Pretty much it only lasts a couple of days and then everything goes back to normal but it doesnt smell weird or bad or at all. Nuvaring does put more estrogen into the system which is why I could understand a woman being more emotional but weight gain and mood swings are all up to the individual how they control them. I can control opening my mouth and lashing out at someone its common sense. And i can control not sitting around and eating alot of fatty foods and never exercising. As you get older your metabolism naturally slows down. Therefore it takes more dilligence and exercising the older you get to maintain the same body weight as you did even three years ago. I would | F | 23 | 1X AN | 1/4/2011 | 5 | Period Regulation / Birth Control | I'm shocked that people have had negative side effects...After reading these reviews, I now know just how vastly different birth control effects us all... I've NEVER had any side affects from the nuvaring. I get a little bloated during me period and mild cramps, but thats it! I've only felt major side effects from testing different pills (weight gain, extreme psycoticness, depression, etc.) | I've been using the Nuvaring for about 3 years. | F | 25 | 1X M | 9/22/2014 | 4 | Birth Control | Severe bloating, excessive vaginal discharge and consequential itching | Severe to moderate bloating in the first few months of putting in a new ring. Excessive discharge is EXTREMELY ANNOYING AND ITCHY!!!! And no I do not have an infection!! That all being said, Nuvaring does its job and it's not expensive, and its easy. | F | 1X M | 8/25/2017 | 3 | Endo | OK i havent actually started using the nuva ring, but i have taken ortho tri cyclin, Loveral, yasmine, ortho novum, and the list goes on. i am 23 years old and have advanced endometriosis symptoms. I read all these rating and there are negative for every single one! Does anyone have anything positive to say because every 3-6 months i try a new one and i read these for feedback and all you do is scare me. Im glad people post warnings but can SOMEONE post some hope for me because if i dont find something soon, they want to induse a chemical menopause and i just dont want to have to go through that. PLEASE HELP! | F | 23 | | 4/25/2008 | 3 | weight gain, night sweats, very drastic mood swings, low sex drive, ALWAYS hungry. I've gained 20 lbs in the 2 years I've taken it and cannot lose the weight (which is unusual...usually with diet and exercise I lose weight relatively quickly) Never thought it could be the RING until after doing some research. Took it out 2 weeks ago and am feeling much more grounded now. Most of the symptoms are slowly disappearing. | F | 28 | 1X M | 10/4/2011 | 3 | Pregnancy prevention | Breast tenderness and swelling, fatigue, cramping, acne, mouth ulcers, headache | Used NuvaRing for 5.5 years. After initially getting used to hormonal birth control (which took about 3 months), everything was great. Regular, predictable periods; no pregnancies; limited side effects (occasional headaches and cramping with my period). Then out of the blue, severe breast tenderness and fatigue with headache followed by formation of mouth ulcers and acne. Basically PMS symptoms on DAY 14 of my cycle!!! Experiencing PMS for 3 out of 4 weeks a month is not something that I want to deal with, so I switched off of hormonal birth control. | F | 26 | 1 ring 1X M | 1/19/2012 | 3 | Birth Control | Acne Improvement, vaginal wetness, depression/ emotional anxiety. | I noticed the wetness within a couple weeks of using the drug. It was inconvenient and uncomfortable but at the time better then forgetting pills. Within a couple months my skin cleared up like I've never seen. I never connected the drug with my depression but it started about the same time/a little before my skin started clearing up. I went off the drug for a few months- the wetness was driving me crazy. My skin got worse but my emotions improved (I thought I was just less stressed). I've been back on it for a few months now to help my skin. I've started to become depressed and emotional all over again. It's effecting my performance in gradschool. I'm going to stop taking it and try to find something else to help my skin. | F | 24 | 1X M | 12/15/2012 | 2 | Prevent pregnancy, control period | Terrible knee pain, thick brownish-red discharge, nightly sweats... I'm talking soaked sheets & pillows. | I had a surgical abortion in dec 2011 n needed something to regulate my hormones again. I was having a 3-week-long period n decided to see my doctor about it. She recommended nuva ring. 2 days after insertion, my never-ending period stopped, n a week later, I was able to fiiiiinally have sex with my bf. I was in loooove with the NR. 2 days after having sex with him, while the NR was still inside me, I started having this nasty, thick brownish-red discharge. I figured oookay, this must be the 'spotting' they were talking about... 9 days later... Here I am... still oozing nasty brown discharge. To top it off, I noticed that my left knee has been swollen for about a week now. I am having a hard time walking up stairs and even just getting out of my car after a short drive. The nightly sweats started the VERY SAME night I inserted the ring, and last night it was so bad that I had to put a layer of towels between me and my wet linens, in order to go back to sleep comfortably. I'm scheduled to take my NR out for the first time tomorrow... Maybe the 2nd ring will prove to be more effective? .... I doubt it.... but I'll still try it and see. | F | 21 | 1X AN | 3/1/2012 | 2 | birth control | painful burning during sex that lasted at least 20-30 mins extra discharge | Everything was fine until I had sex once using the nuvaring where I experienced extreme burning like my vaginal cannal was on fire! did not change with or without condoms and only happened during sex once I began using the nuva ring. Im going to have to stop and I am disappointed because it was good otherwise. I dealt with the extremem vaginal discharge and after 4 months it went away.. however the burning never did.. I didn't have sex too often while I was using it or I'm sure I would have stopped sooner. | F | 26 | 1X day | 7/18/2011 | 2 | Birth control | vaginal irration, constant UTI's, drying quickly during sex, and nausea. | I've been on Nuvaring for three weeks and I feel so crappy. Constant headaches! | F | 28 | 1X day | 4/13/2011 | 2 | contraceptive | breast tenderness/soreness, decreased sex drive, mood swings/irritability, vaginal dryness | I am only on my second cycle with the Nuvaring, but so far I am not satisfied. For the first several days, I was very nauseous and had cramps. Those symptoms went away, but I am still dealing with the other symptoms listed. My doctor has advised giving it a couple more months, but I'm not sure I'll stick it out. I have NEVER had vaginal dryness and am now dealing with that. I've been dealing with some personal issues, so I'm sure some of the moodiness can be attributed to that. However, I still feel that my emotions are more heighthened than normal. I've cried every couple of days, and little things set me off. The worse part is that I have barely been interested in sex. My sex drive plummeted fast. | F | 26 | 1X day | 6/25/2011 | 2 | to prevent pregnancy | Put my nuvaring in YESTERDAY. Already having horrible pain and burning when I urinate. I am 23 and have only had one other UTI after having sex in a busy lake. Ouch! | F | 23 | 1X M | 1/21/2011 | 2 | easy form of birth control | Dizzyness, terrible mood swings | I've been on the ring for about 2 years and up until the last few months everything has been fine. Recently i have been having the worst mood swings you could imagine and within only a few hours of removing the ring. I was getting disy spells and have recently realized my sex drive is much lower. I'm looking into switching because i can't handle thr mood swings. I can usualy keep my self calm around family and friends but I'm going to end up telling a customer off one time to many because of this.. | F | 24 | 1X M | 11/15/2010 | 2 | Pregnancy Prevention | discharge. Cramping. nausea. leg cramps. vaginal dryness. | First of all I love the Convenience of this Birth control. I have never used BC in my life until after the birth of my first child in march. First I was on the shot and the side effects were awful. So i switched to Nuvaring and at first i really liked it. Now in month four i am noticing A LOT of weird things going on with my body. First I started having brown hersheys syrup type discharge. If thats not birth control in and of itself i dont know what is. I have cramps and nausea. I got my first period since my baby 8 months ago after the third month of nuvaring and it was horrifying. very heavy and suddenly I can no longer wear tampons??!! I had a 4 day migraine. I called to have it renewed and started it 4 days late. in the mean time i got my period AGAIN! I have no idea whats going on. | F | 28 | 1X M | 11/15/2010 | 2 | birth control | Extreme moodiness and depression, weight gain, overall feeling 'off' or not like myself. Comes out during sex sometimes, not really a big deal, but made me feel like I always had to check if it was still in place after sex. | This is my second cycle on it and at first, I thought it was great. No breakthrough bleeding (which has been a problem with every other pill I've tried since having my first child) and even after being overly moody a few days after putting it in the first time, I seemed to even out by the second week. Got my period as planned, 2 days after taking it out and all seemed fine. I did feel like I'd gained weight in my midsection (which is SO unlike how I gain weight, it's usually in my thights/butt) but thought maybe it was from holiday goodies. This second cycle, just as before, about 3 days after inserting the new ring, I was totally moody and it's only gotten worse with each passing day. I've been crying over everything, at the drop of a hat! I do not feel like myself AT ALL. I'm pissy at every one for no reason at all. I've noticed little headaches as well, and I never get headaches. I can't seem to lose a pound of weight to save my life and I work out 5 days a week! Even if I eat less, | F | 28 | | 1/9/2009 | 2 | birth control | extreme decrease in sex drive | It was really conveinent to put in and leave in. I loved it at first but I started experiencing NO sex drive...I called my gyno and she said I was "the first to complain of that". I felt like a failure to my husband. We are newly married and I didn't even want to be touched...I was almost disgusted at the fact of it (so unlike me...poor him). My gyno said I could switch so I just went off it. I thought maybe something was wrong with me...I started using it again and I am back to the NO sex drive. I will never use it again. Also I am having breast tenderness....this I can handle but no sex drive I can't! | F | 23 | | 11/18/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | Reading these reviews, it's very disappointing. I recently had a bad pregnancy scare, which has left me with no confidence in condoms alone. I wanted to get on some form of birth control, along with still using condoms. But I have a type of kidney disease, so that rules out almost all forms of birth control. I felt relieved when I was first reading about the Nuvaring, seeing how great it was, and seeing how I could use it even with my kidney problem. After reading these reviews, I'm so disappointed.I could see if one or two people had problems, but the majority of everybody here... Definitely won't be going on the Nuvaring. | F | 15 | | 6/13/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Fatigue, cramping, moodswings, breast tenderness, weight gain | I Just started NR a week ago on the 1st day of my period, I have already gained 5lbs, have constant cramping (not severe but noticeable) my boobs hurt, and I have constant lethargy. Went for a walk today with my BF and could hardly stand it. Just wanted to lie down... We then got in a huge fight because I was freaking out about every little thing. I was crying and screaming at him, and we almost broke up. I am normally not like this. So I just took it out. Im sure my OBGYN would say to give my body a chance to adjust but I can't take another day! So Im probably messing up my Menstrual cycle but I'll take that chance especially after reading all the experiences of you other poor ladies. I had tried to get an IUD after many of my friends recommended it. I chose Mirena although I am usually anti hormone, but my doctor says that the hormones in Mirena do not go into your blood stream but stay locally in your uterus. My friends who have Mirena love it, less periods, no cramping, no side effects. My one friend who had the non hormone one had terrible heavy bleeding, severe cramps etc. So after TWO TERRIBLY painful attempts at inserting the Mirena, ( I had to come back a second time on Valium, Vicodin, and a pill to dilate my cervix) I was told I am not a candidate because my uterus is TOO SMALL! The U.S only has two IUD's. Europe, Canada, even Mexico has smaller sizes available. Sooooooo, long story short, I either have to fly to one of these countries, | F | 32 | | 4/12/2009 | 1 | contraception | I will not recommend Nuvaring to anyone-I personally almost died from it. I had Pulmonary embolism caused by huge blood clot that travelled from my right leg to lungs. Please do not use! This contraceptive is extremely dangerous-there have been reported large number of deaths from it, and also terrible side effects-including strokes, amputated legs/arms due to blood clots stopping and blocking blood flow. | F | 42 | 1X day | 4/27/2021 |
NUVARING (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL): This product is a vaginal ring containing combination hormone medication and is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones: a progestin (etonogestrel) and an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol). 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. Using this product does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia). FDA Approval Date: 2001-10-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)