YAZ Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 2.2 (250 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare YAZ with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR YAZ | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Perimenopause | Fatigue, adrenaline crashes with extreme fatigue, panic attacks, muscle weakness | I do not recommend this pill to anyone. The diuretic is what causes most of the problems with YAZ. If you are taking YAZ and do not feel well and cannot live your normal daily life, please consider switching to another pill. | F | 48 | 1 years | 2/9/2009 | 4 | monthly migraines. pms | none | no headaches anymore. I take continously with no break for periods. | F | 47 | 5 years | 11/1/2009 | 2 | PMDD | Itching, headache, weeping, anxiety, heart palpitations, nausea, PMS-like food cravings, sore throat. | After living with PMDD for many years and zoloft no longer helped, I thought it was finally time to try OC. I had hoped Yaz would work but after only 5 days I'm quite scared and not sure that it's worth it. I've called my gyno and will probably stop. | F | 47 | 6 days | 8/26/2009 | 4 | Heavy periods. | When I first went on Yaz my period went for a whole month, but then it stopped and Yaz has been working well for me ever since. I have lost three kilos and no longer have a sweet tooth. The only bad side effects I seem to get are calf cramps upon waking in the morning, very slight breast tenderness and maybe some mood swings. I also can't stomach deep fried foods anymore, which is a good thing. | Overall I am happy with Yaz. Other pills gave me very bad breast soreness, but Yaz doesn't. I worry that Yaz may be more risky in terms of increased blood clot risks, but I will be going off it next year. | F | 46 | 3 months 1X day | 7/21/2020 | 5 | period regulation | None. | Now that docs are not allowed to perscribe it, i have had to switch to another drug, which I am not as happy with. | F | 44 | 2 years 1X day | 1/20/2012 | 3 | Perimenopausal mood swings | Breakthrough bleeding for two full weeks before my period, very annoying | It was a great help with my mood swings. | F | 44 | 5 months | 9/13/2008 | 2 | Perimenopause, acne, heavy periods | Cysts on chin, increased anxiety, hair loss, weight loss, dry skin | I am very indifferent with this BC. I expected better from a pill that is supposed to be the best of the best for acne. I still get painful cysts on my chin. I take the pill continuously to try and combat them from forming every month, but they still persist regularly. I started losing hair during the second month. I attributed it to switching hormones, but almost 2 years later my hair is still fragile and thin. I have now lost almost half of my hair, which was once very thick and gorgeous. My skin is also extremely dry and makes it very hard to use acne medications. I experienced weight loss, which most people would be excited about, but the amount I lost was quite a bit to the point I'm now underweight. I believe this pill also is making my anxiety worse. I didn't want to believe it at first, but I'm now coming to terms (albeit a little late) that it may not be for me. | F | 44 | 2 years 1X day | 8/15/2021 | 1 | PMDD/irregular mentral cycle | It did regulate my cycle. Cons: I started having severe depression and could not figure out why. | After taking yaz I needed to take a antidepressant and finally figured out what the problem was. After stopping Yaz I noticed an immediate change and stopped the anti-depressant also. What a nightmare!!! | F | 44 | 1 years | 2/4/2009 | 1 | endometrial cyst treatment | severe bloating, blood clots, pressure in head, blurry vision, breast pain-tenderness and swelling, depression, severe emotional swings, tiredness, temporary loss of coordination/motor skills, headaches, severe discomfort due to overall swelling | Even if many are helped, more have suffered. this drug operates on a hit and miss ratio. This is not morally right. People should not subject their precious lives at the risk of such consequences...nor risk the health of others on a hit or miss basis. Doctors should get their facts straight before they prescribe. Before anything, people must be well informed . People perish for the lack of proper knowledge. | F | 44 | 2 weeks 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 5 | Perimenopause, heavy monthly flow | Breast tenderness and enlargement (not a good thing for me) | So far I am very satisfied with this Pill. 25 years ago I was prescribed Ortho 1/35, which I took for 3 years and ended up with a 20 lbs weight gain and breast so big that I had to have a breast reduction surgery. As soon as I stopped the Ortho I lost most of the weight and I swore to myself that I would never be on the pill again. A few years later, after a doctor insisted that the pills were less strong than they used to be, I was prescribed Desogen....I took this pill for 2 months and had to stop because the weight gain was back and I became totally unstable emotionally. In the past few years I have started to experience some severe PMS (PMDD) and my menstrual flow has became very heavy to the point that I became anemic. Lately, I have been having night sweats, feeling fatigued, forgetful and totally unstable and irritable. My new doctor thought it would be time for me to consider taking some hormones because I am in perimenopause so I decided to give YAZ a try. I have no nausea because I take the pill before I go to bed at night.I also try to take it at exactly the same time to avoid break through bleeding. I sleep better (no night sweats except when I am on the sugar pills), my emotions are stable (no more weird behavior that might create problems at work or with the hubby), my skin glows and I did not gain weight. | F | 43 | 5 weeks | 8/8/2009 | 4 | birth control, endometriosis | Getting migraines more often +/- 1/month now. Have noticed a litle hair loss. Lowered libido. No weight gain. No periods, cramps or spotting. Love that part. | Had to go back onto b/c for cramps from endometriosis. Like this pill - less side effects than most for me. Feel pretty good, but the headaches are starting to get old and interfere with my life. Couldn't handle Yasmin - felt like I had morning sickness all of the time. May have to find another to try but really like this one. | F | 43 | 4 years | 1/3/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | Painful sex; complete loss of sex drive | It took me four years to find a doctor who could tell me why sex was so painful--two gyns simply said "it happens." Finally, I found a doc who did blood tests and told me that my birth control pills had caused hormone levels to drop to frighteningly low levels, leading to a complete lack of sex drive, as well as changes to the vaginal tissues and nerves that made sex all but impossible. This was not "vaginal dryness" although other gyns thought so. It is not just Yaz, but all low-dose or "lighter" bc pills have the potential to cause these side-effects. These side effects are underreported because the average gyn doesn't know about them, and/or they don't take female sexual complaints seriously. If you have symptoms such as this, don't take your doctor's word for it. It doesn't "just happen" and its not "in your head." Do some research and find a doc who can help. | F | 43 | 4 years 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 1 | Thickened uterine lining | Anxiety, heart palpitations, unable to sleep, extreme blood clotting leading to TIA (stroke). These side effects were felt in someone who does not smoke and has low blood pressure and cholesterol. | This stuff is bad, bad news. | F | 42 | 8 months | 12/22/2009 | 1 | Peri-menopausal issues | Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism after 6 months on Yaz. | 42 year old competitive athlete. Thin, non-smoker, had 3 successful pregnancies, very active, no predisposing medical conditions for clotting. Yaz is bad stuff. | F | 42 | 6 months | 8/23/2008 | 5 | HEAVY periods, mood swings | very light to non-existent periods, no moodiness | I was on it for a year - for very heay bleeding, mood, etc(symptoms of PMDD) and it definitely helped. I had no complaints. When I went for my annual check up in November 08, the nurse practioner said that I could skip my periods all together by starting the next pack when I should take the white, inert tablets. She said that I could do this for three months and then let myself have a period. I thought this was great. I started this and had my first period in late January 09 and it is the usual light kind I was used to. So I stared my next pack after the 4 white pills and the next 24 days were fine. As I stared the next pack, I started to have lite bleeding. I thought it was normal, just break through. But it kept up all month. I skipped the white pills again and just started the next pack on 4/9/09 - and I am now having heavy bleesding ( clotting, etc) like before Yaz. The moodiness has returned as well. There has been a noticable change in me in the last month. I am very bothered by this, since the only recent change was to let my body have a period. After reading some comments here, I am also realizing that the depression I have been dealing with over the last year, may now be related to this pill. But that I am not sure about. I will be seeing my doctor this week. This pill worked wonders for me until this last month - so I am worried about taking something else. I just don't want to go back the periods etc I had before Yaz. | F | 41 | 18 months | 4/12/2009 | 5 | birth control | none | Yaz is the best birth control pill I ever have used. I use it continuously without menstruation breaks per doctors recommendation. It keeps my mood stable, no water retention, no acne, no breast sensitivity. It works wonderfully for me. | F | 41 | 2 years | 12/8/2008 | 1 | endometriosis & PMDD | Weight gain, major bloating, constant water retention, increase in breast pain/swelling, insomnia. | Great stuff for the mood issues and acne (those were cleared up) but I've put on almost 10 lbs in the past year while on it, and I bloat to where it looks like I'm 7 months pregnant. Also, water retention just never goes away while on this, not even during your period. Periods are heavier, crampier, and longer. Now I'm cramping on and off all month long (but that's also due to endometriosis.) I hate this drug and am going off it. Sick of having a double chin when I never used to. | F | 41 | 1 years 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 1 | saw this on a news show | I personally did not take this; however, it was on the news recently in Dallas, TX a woman who does not drink, smoke nor use any other drugs whatsover used Yaz for 6 months. She was a completely normal person. Later, Yaz caused a severe blood clot, and now she cannot speak, cannot eat without assistance, and she cannot walk. | Be forwarned and forearmed about this horrific drug. Also, Depo-Provera and bio identical progesterone carry the same dangerous risks... NOT worth it. | F | 41 | 6 months 1X day | 7/16/2010 | 1 | birth control | severe constipation, irregular periods lasting 2 weeks, breakthrough bleeding. | I was so constipated that I had a colonoscopy for fear I had a blockage. I ate very healthy foods and exercised regularly. Still no explanation for the constipation. For about the last 6 months I was on Yaz, I was bleeding over 50 percent of each month. I finally went off of BCP about 5 months ago. Now I have regular, light periods, usually lasting 4-5 days. I always thought BCP caused lighter regular periods. That sure wsn't the case for me. | F | 41 | 2 years 1X day | 4/14/2011 | 1 | pmdd | I had breakthrough bleeding everytime I started a new pack and after about 8 months I developed a blood clot in my leg and several in each lung. Not a smoker and was in great health. | F | 41 | 8 months | 3/17/2009 |
YAZ (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL): This medication is a combination of 2 hormones: an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol) and a progestin (drospirenone). This product is used to prevent pregnancy. 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. This medication also may be used to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) or moderate acne if you have chosen to use birth control pills as your method of pregnancy prevention. Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills may make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods, and decrease your risk of ovarian cysts. Using this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia). FDA Approval Date: 2006-03-16 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)