YAZ Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)

Average Rating: 2.2 (250 Ratings)

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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)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR YAZCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 4  Contraceptive, menses supression No side effects. I have been on numerous b/c pills over the span of the past 20 years. I've had problems with all of them until this. Clearly, by reading the other comments, everyone has a different experience. Hormone pills are tricky - and work differently with everyone. My skin looks great, my mood is good, my sex drive is great, no issues with lubrication, and best of all...no periods! The only downfall is that it's expensive with my medical insurance. M 37 18 months
7/27/2009
 2  B/C Extreme mood swings I took Yaz for two months. It regulated my periods just great, but it turned me into an emotional mess (constantly sad, crying if someone so much as looked at me wrong, etc). All the symptoms stopped when I quit taking it. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this drug. M 20 2 months
10/3/2008
 1  birth control extreme moodiness, severe migraines, breast tenderness, fatigue, breakthrough bleeding and just feeling depressed and crying all the time. Did not gain any weight. M 17 3 months
11/26/2008
 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
 5  control bleeding/cramping/pms full breast i have had a wonderful experience, went from having 14 day periods to about 2-3 days. My skin does look better and my pms gone. Weight gain not an issue. My husband is so HAPPY!!! ME Too!! F 29 8 months
10/7/2008
 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
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 5  I'm taking yaz for pmdd I don't have any side effects! Yaz has saved my life! I was literally incapacitated every month, and for over 6 years, I haven't had anything. At 1st, when you start it, don't get upset. It takes up to a month to work. What seems like a side effect, is just you're body adjusting. I'm allergic to over 50 meds, so I know difference between side effects and adjusting. Try it before you listen to the bad stuff! F 37 6 years
1 a day
3/22/2012
 5  BC, PMDD, Cramps, Acne After a couple months my face cleared up and my mood stablized which was a life-saver. I nearly lost my job after going off on my co-workers every other day (10-14 days before my period would start). My periods are basically non-existant and I experience no cramps. F 27 1.2 years
12/15/2008
 5  Birth Control/ Pmdd Nausea I've been on Yaz for 4+ years. After trying more BCPs that I can even remember, this was the only to help with all my pmdd symptoms. I was nauseas the first few days of taking it if I remember correctly. But other than that it has been great My periods are regular and last only 2-3 days. I have recently started getting bad cramping again which I plan on addressing with my doctor. I used to get yeast infections every month on orto and ortho lo dose, also on desogen, since changing to yaz this doesn't happen anymore either. F 24 4 years
1/6/2009
 5  awful PMS and BC none I LOVED Yaz. I have tremendous PMS/PMDD - become aggressive, depressed, irrational, etc. Yaz took care of it within 2 months. I was much happier and more pleasant to be around. I had to go off of it after 7 months b/c I had my first migraine (very scary with TIA/stroke symptoms - look into stroke risk for Yaz). I was very upset to go off Yaz and and will miss the relief it provided. F 33 7 months
1/19/2009
 5  regulate periods After taking Yaz for a year I started having really heavy and long periods which was the reason I was put on the pill in the first place. I took Yaz for about a year and a half. During the first year it was great. It was the only pill I had taken where I didn't gain weight. I only had a light period that lasted 5 days each month and I knew exactly when to expect it. Then after a year my periods became heavy and started lasting twice as long. My doctor then told me to take it continuously with out any placebo pills. For about 3 months this was great because I didn't have to worry about a period at all. Then I started bleeding in the middle of a pack and it didn't stop for a month. My doctor put me on Ovcon to stop the bleeding but I've had really uncomfortable bloating and I'm gaining weight like I did on other pills. I really wish I could go back on Yaz. F 21 1.5 years
2/7/2009
 5  PMDD large increase in breast size (I consider this a negative), some anxiety, some weight gain Despite the small side effects I experienced, this pill saved my life-no question. I had severe depresssion, muscle aches, fatigue, debilitating migraines. Doctors had put me on every medication imaginable and I never noticed a thing. Within a week of starting YAZ I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world. F 36 2 years
3/29/2009
 5  Prevent pregnancy I had breakthrough bleeding towards the end of my first pack of pills, and nothing since then. I thought my breasts were getting a little fuller, but that may have gone away, and I'm very small to begin with anyways. It's supposed to help your face clear up and make your periods lighter. However, for me, my face didn't really clear up all the way, but has gotten better. Periods fluctuate, some I don't feel any cramps and it comes as a "surprise" (a good one though :)), and others I get a little crampy, but they're better than the other bc's I've taken - nordette and levora. F 25 4 months
8/28/2008
 5  Birth control No side effects. I love yaz. It cleared up my skin. I didn't gain any weight and I have never had break through bleeding. I am a little worried about all the lawsuits but I don't smoke, drink, take any medication and I am a dancer so I am in shape. So I am going to keep taking it because it works so well. I am watching my diet now and trying to eat low K foods just in case. The first 2 months that I took it I did get moody and feel sick but once my body was use to it I was back to my old self. F 22 1.5 years
20 1X day
3/1/2010
 5  PCOS, amenorrhea, skin, energy, etc This tablet is the best that I have tried so far, of any BC pill or progesterone therapy for my PCOS. Progesterone and its synthetic forms is VERY BAD FOR ME so I was surprised how easily I tolerated and actually liked taking the drospirenone, instead. Not surprising since it is a very different compound. This is the first tablet I have tried which has actually relieved my constnat sense of thirst and dry mouth, which also comes together with urinary retention/water retention and weight gain from fluids. I am super happy about this bkz normally I have this all the time regardless whether or what I take. This prevents the major fatigue I usually have, but not to any impressive extent,. I am functional, but not my best still. But thats an improvement! I have supple, elastic skin which I have not had in years. I feel some pains in my ovaries when taking this, but its due to my condition and not the pill, I say. I havent taken it long enough to know if it brings a cycle, nor long enough to maybe see the full results. IE I havent lost any weight with this yet, which I really want to bkz I am 30 lbs heavier than I used to be. But I am really happy with this, byfar, for it brings me relief that no other pill has and no side effects! Best for women with high androgen caused PCOS, and not a bc of choice for 'normal' women or PCOS caused by insulin disturbances. As for libido, I have always had nearly none physically (tho mentally yes) so Yaz hasnt changed anythign for me LOL Beyond that.... I am very glad I found this, I feel alot better with it than without, although I still have quite a lot of progress until Im as good as I once was (before pcos). I will come back and write mroe info again as time goes on, so you can watch my progress (or lack thereof) while being on this. ;) F 26 2 weeks
1x daily 1X day
6/3/2010
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 5  birth control This was the first birth control I have taken and I did so to regulate my periods/flow which had interferred with my school attendance. I loved this pill, no bad side effects, but my mom has made me switch pills due to all the bad press Yaz is receiving. I switched to Low-Ogestrel and within 5 months had acquired an insatiable appetite and gained 20 pounds. I intend to meet with my physician today and I will be discontinuing Low-Ogestral. I wish I could take Yaz again, but I will respect my mom's concerns and seek yet another option. F 18 1 years
1X day
7/7/2010
 5  BC Weight loss, clear skin, NO moodiness! I LOVE YAZ!! It has worked in my favor every which way possible, clear skin, weight loss, little to no moodiness, control of appetite. This is the wonder BC for me, not a single bad thing to say about it. I took the dosage with the lowest amount of hormones too:) F 23 2 years
1X day
10/27/2010
 5  birth control no weight gain and easy to lose weight; extremely short and sometimes light periods (last about 3 days); relatively few cramps; total acne control (especially of deep cysts) unlike when I was on other birth control pills; and helps relieve some of the cravings, irritability, sadness, etc that I had previously come to accept as part of my menstrual cycle I love it--I feel sane and stable on it F 20 3 years
1X day
10/28/2010
 5  PMDD, Acne, Dysmenorrhea Nausea at some point during the day, however it is starting to disappear. Also breast enlargement. It's taken away almost all my PMDD symptoms completely. No bloating, no insomnia, very little mood swings, no cramps, little back pain, no break outs. F 18 30 days
1X day
4/11/2011
 5  moderate acne weight gain-then-loss-then-gain, breast size increase, moodiness, alternating hunger and nausea I went on about 2 1/2 months ago for the second time after about a year off it. The first time I took it, I wasn't a responsible med-taker, and always took it at different times when I even remembered to take it at all. Then it was to treat irregular periods. This time, it's for the moderate acne that's been wreaking havoc on my skin lately. I was put on it in conjunction with doxycycline and retin-a micro, but I began the Yaz about a month before the latter two. It's helped to dramatically clear my skin, but with a couple pleasant and unpleasant side effects. My weight has been fluctuating from week to week, due to an increase and then decrease in appetite. I've been having mood swings, that range from absolute fury to mild irritation to deep sadness to mild contentment, but I rarely ever am very happy any longer. I hope that will improve soon, because it's doing such a bang-up job on my skin, has been useful as a form of birth control, and has increased my breast size. Unfortunately, it now puts me smack dab between bra sizes, which means I either wear a half-size too big, which gaps, or a half-size too small which gives such an unattractive muffin top effect. Still, it's an entertaining improvement, and my boyfriend is not unhappy (save about the mood swings). Overall, worth it. F 20 10 weeks
1X day
7/26/2011
  

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)

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