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 | Acne | Helped calm down my acne for sure, but after 6 months I have finalized that it caused me to gain weight. I am healthy and have never had an issue with what I eat, and I work out daily. I gained about 10 lbs and I had been blaming other things for the past few months, but the only thing that really makes sense is this birth control. In addition, I have zero sex drive with this pill. | F | 22 | 6 months 1X day | 4/24/2023 | 1 | Endometriosis | Vomiting, headache and high blood pressure | I had these side effects from the very first time I took it until the last time. I haven't sleep much this 10 days but the first night without everything was fine again... | F | 27 | 10 days 30mg 1X day | 11/12/2020 | 1 | Amennorhia | Extreme hair loss that lessened but never stopped. | F | 24 | 14 days 20 1X day | 11/1/2020 | 1 | Birth control | Vaginal itchiness and infections. I am not a fan of taking chemicals so when I experienced the changes I immediately stopped. 3 days later I feel amazing although I have a brownish discharge. | Please stop taking it the moment you notice there is something going on with your body. | F | 35 | 1 months 1X day | 7/20/2020 | 1 | Pmdd/endometriosis | This medication is AWFUL! First three months I broke out terribly in my chest and had severe headaches. Figured I needed time to adjust. Then last month I started getting bad pain in my ovaries- yaz had caused a huge cyst- never had it before. Required surgical intervention. Not to mention my periods came whenever, wasn't even a period though, just bloody discharge and HORRIBLE cramps that sent me to the ER once because they made me vomit for 4 days straight. Obgyn pulled me off of it ASAP! | F | 34 | 6 months 1 pill | 6/28/2020 | 1 | Don't want to get pregnant | Vaginal Dryness, Pain during intercourse, Loss of sex drive, painful and itchy vagina .headaches | So I've been having all these symptoms for a long time now . I ASSUMED it was just my body needing time to heal from giving birth. NOW I realize that it is all because of YAZ. I had no idea what was causing all this to keep happening and it's never happened before . I am extremely pissed and took my last pill today. I hope my withdraw isn't bad but f it if it is. I just really don't want to get pregnant anytime soon and I'm married and allergic to condoms . I pray my body returns to normal ASAP. | F | 21 | 8 months Idk | 5/12/2020 | 1 | Birth control | Gave me a horrible yeast infection (I never had one before) that lead to chronic painful sex and vaginal atrophy. It’s been two years and I still have to go to physical therapy once a week and use vaginal dilators every day. Stay away, they should make it illegal! | F | 23 | 60 days | 1/4/2020 | 1 | Skip periods | Hospitalized twice for severe cramping, vomiting, and leg cramps | Never take this birth control | F | 39 | 45 days 3mg | 12/13/2019 | 1 | Skip period for holiday | Shortness of breath every day, it was like i couldnt take a full satisfying breath, extreme fatigue, i would need to stop evrry few steps to catch my breath, low motivation, i guess my mood mellowed out but it made me “numb”.. i was not sad but there was also no excitement in my life. I had severe anxiety about developing blood clots with every chest pain, headache, or leg numbness i felt. Also had frequent urination, decreased libido, and prolonged brown spotting throughout the entire time. Decided to stop mid pack 2 days ago bc the difficulty breathing got so bad and within one day, i could breathe normally again. However, last night i had the worst insomnia and night terror of my life. I woke up feeling panicked, dread and doom and unlike myself. I had suicidal ideation and found it hard to discern dream and reality. I felt out of control and had such scary panicked thoughts that i had to wake my SO to watch me so i wouldnt do anything stupid. I regret ever taking Yaz in the first place, it was a horrible experience. The research done on Yaz will not tell you much but reading reviews and anecdotes will tell you that this drug dangerous. With so many lawsuits, i cant believe its still allowed on the market. | F | 25 | 18 days | 12/12/2019 | 1 | Stop pregnancy, irregular periods | Horrible cystic acne, recurrent bv/yeast infections | Yaz has honestly got to be the WORST birth control pill I’ve taken to date. I started taking OrthoTriCyclenLo when I was 15. But I had to switch from that because my insurance no longer covered the brand name (and all the generics would make me feel so nauseous). My doctor recommended that I try Yaz and about 3 months in I got my first yeast/bv infection. I’ve had recurring infections since then. Not to mention, my skin down there is extremely dry and almost hurts to touch. I’ve also started getting horrible cystic acne in my chin. They almost never come up to the surface! And now on top of everything I’m starting to feel depressed and moody. It’s like I cry over just about everything and I can’t imagine that the recurrent trips to the doctor for my yeast and bv makes it any better. | F | 22 | 5 months | 11/24/2019 | 1 | PMDD, acne | weight gain, depression, anxiety, tiredness | would not recommend this drug. Used it for PMDD and acne (not sexually active) and I've heard good reviews about it. Ended up being always tired, had constant depression, gained weight + constant bloat, and made my periods irregular and heavier. | F | 3 days 1X day | 10/18/2016 | 1 | PMDD | I am on day 5 of Yaz and this is my last day. It has given me horrible acne and my stomach hurts so bad I am contemplating a trip to the ER. | F | 38 | 5 days | 10/7/2016 | 1 | Birth control | I decided to research the side effects on YAZ, and instead i found a bunch of news articles about how there have been over 8,000 lawsuits from people getting blood clots and having strokes and all kinds of other health problems. 8,000 lawsuits!!! And those are the people who were lucky and lived, there have been over 200 women who died after taking it. There has never been this many lawsuits against any other birth control. The progestin they use in YAZ is the newest kind not used in any other birth control, and clearly its really dangerous. I would stay so far away from this pill its not even funny. | F | 21 | 1X day | 10/9/2015 | 1 | birth control | Frequent leg cramps, severely low libido, vaginal dryness, tender breasts, PCOS, Hypothyroidism, Hormonal imbalance, pituitary problems, lactation, chronic yeast infections, painful intercourse. | Yaz ruined my life because it caused all the problems I have. I was only on it for three years and I had to stop. I gained 50 pounds and my body is a hormonal mess because it upped the testosterone production, among other things. It made me hyperthyroid, which no one has in my family. I had SEVERE LEG CRAMPS while on YAZ and felt so depressed. Then I started to get chronic yeast infections, which to this day doctors can't explain and said it was all in my head when I mentioned that sex was severely painful. I felt like someone was literally stabbing the inside of my vagina | F | 25 | 3 years 1X day | 9/2/2013 | 1 | birth control | Fainting, Constantly Getting Sick, Stomach Problems, Losing my Hair, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Heart Palpitations.... just to name a few. | I truly believe this pill almost killed me. Took me 2 years to figure out it had slowly begun to cause ALL of my health problems. This pill has already been linked to the death of 200 women in the US. I would NEVER recommend this pill to any women. Please don't put yourself through what I went through. It is a very, very dangerous drug. Sadly, I am still recovering almost 3 years later. | F | 28 | 1X day | 12/19/2012 | 1 | PMDD | Breasts swelled an entire cup size in a WEEK and were extremely tender. Ravenous hunger, spotty period | The hunger began when I started Yaz. I discontinued 10 days later because of the hunger, and I am STILL feeling the effects! It has now been three weeks since I have been off of it, and the side effects are still here. My breast size is still a full cup size larger. I hate this med!!!! Never going on oral contraceptives again. | F | 22 | 10 days one pill 1X day | 10/19/2012 | 1 | baby stopper | No libido, mood swings, weight gain | I was taking Yasmin for about 5 years but decided to switch to Yaz so I would get shorter periods. Worst. Idea. Ever. I'm extremely moody, I feel like I'm bipolar, & I have no libido. I stopped drinking alcohol for 2 months & started going to the gym but the weight that I've gained in my stomach from this pill won't go away. | F | 26 | 4 months 1X day | 7/30/2012 | 1 | irregular periods | Anxiety, panic, dizzy, short of breath, head pains | Moms do not let your daughter take this pill. We spent lots of money trying to find out what was "wrong" with my daughter she was so anxious all the time. She is a new person after being off BEYAZ for a month. | F | 16 | 1.5 years 1X day | 7/25/2012 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | severe mood swings, slight weight gain | The slight weight gain doesn't bother me. You're going to get that with any birth control. But this pill made me crazy. I'm not a very emotional person and it made me want to cry all the time, yell at someone, etc. It got to the point that I couldn't take it anymore and just threw them away. I'd rather be on nothing at all then be on yaz. | F | 23 | 7 months 1X day | 7/25/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | WHILE ON YAZ... no sex drive, vaginal dryness, irregular periods WITHDRAWALS AFTER STOPPING... shortness of breath, chest pressure, heartburn, burning/numbing sensation in ears/chest/back of neck, fatigue, sometimes dizzy, emotional, anxiety & panic attacks | I was on yaz for 2-3 years. My sex drive was been greatly reduced while being on this pill, although I never associated that with Yaz until reading these reviews. My period was never regular on Yaz either. Then in May 2012 my gyno took me off of Yaz (she is taking all her patients off, if that tells you anything.) I have since had severe withdrawal symptoms starting with persistent shortness of breath, despite my o2 levels being 100%. I also have severe anxiety and have had to go on anti-depressants. I am very emotional. My body is so fatigued. My body would shake and I had pressure in my chest. I developed acid reflux, which I had never had before. I experienced a strange numb/cold sensation in my ears/chest/back of neck. I have been to the ER 2x, a cardiologist, a family Dr, a homeopathic Dr, had a EKG, stress test, echo, blood work, and CT. All of which came back fine. I used to be athletic and love running- now I do good to make it around the block. After almost a month all symptoms have went away, except for bizarre chest discomfort & the persistent shortness of breath. DO NOT TAKE YAZ- I would take acne anyday over this torture. After this, I will never put another synthetic hormone in my body. | F | 24 | 3 years 1X day | 6/27/2012 |
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)