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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Help balance out my hormones | Some cramping the last week before the placebo week. Get pretty bloated during my period. Keeps my skin clear. | Periods are almost non-existant. I don't have to use regular pad or tampons anymore. Pantylines are more than enough. I don't get my period until I finish the placebo pills...I get it the first week of the next pack. | F | 31 | 4 months | 9/7/2008 | 4 | pregnancy prevention | darkened skin under lip | I was on this pill twice for app. a year each time, with a year off in between. Good things were light (and short) periods, no cramps, no depression like other pills have given me. Bad things included frequent yeast infections and this dark spot on my lip that looked like a 5 o'clock shadow. It got to the point where I waxed it every 3-4 days thinking it was hair, but it wasn't. The dark shadow always remained, and makeup only made it look worse. I discussed it with my doctor and he said this pill was possibly too strong for me. He switched me to Mircette without explaining why it would be better for me (other than that it was lighter), so I ended up on this site researching others' opinions on it........needless to say it sounds horrible, and I'm now wondering if I'm better off walking around with an optical illusion of a mustache instead! | F | 28 | 2 years | 9/10/2008 | 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 | 1 | Endometriosis | Meniere's disease, vision prescription change | I had been taking Yaz for only 1.5 weeks when I developed a roaring, ringing, echoing, and fullness sensation in my left ear with extreme sensitivity to sound. After stopping the pill and spending two mornings incapacitated in bed with vertigo, a week passed and my symptoms declined right before I started my period. I saw an ENT approx 1 week from when my symptoms started and was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, a build up of pressure/fluids in the inner ear, probably caused by Yaz. During this time, I started getting eye strain so I went in to get my eyes rechecked (yearly exam was in August) and my astigmatism had changed for the first time in 3 years in BOTH eyes! Yaz is an awful, awful drug. | F | 31 | 10 days | 9/20/2008 | 3 | birth control | I also got a mustache-looking shadow due to using Yaz. I hate it. I'm taking a prescription bleaching cream to see if that helps. | It helped make my periods a lot lighter and clear my skin. My PMS symptoms of moodiness and being overly emotional did get better with Yaz. BUT I didn' feel like myself during non-PMS days. I can't describe it, but I felt like I couldn't concentrate or focus as well on school work while on the pill...I was on edge. I'm naturally a high strung person, and Yaz seemed to make me more high strung than I cared to be. | F | 31 | 6 times | 10/3/2008 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Birth control | weight gain | I switched from Yasmin to Yaz because I noticed that Yasmin caused me to be very moody and depressed. I mentally feel wonderful on Yaz. I have gained 15 pounds while on Yaz and I cannot lose the weight - even after exercising 5x a week and meeting with a nutritionist to make sure that I am eating correctly. Having to change from Yaz because I can't lose the weight. | F | 25 | 11 months | 10/8/2008 | 1 | regulate periods, birth control | emotional, breasts huge, periods irregular in a new way, dryness, dizziness, exhausted all the time | extremely tired all the time, cried way more than usual, very emotional, anxious, a little dizzy... regarding period: first 3 months it came the last day of the placebo pills and usually lasted for the first week of the new pack. 4th and final month, it finally came on time. also felt itchy and dry, like i now need a lubricant. also, initial breast tenderness, and breasts huge throughout. really looking forward to being off of this one! | F | 36 | 4 months | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Birth control | Inappropriate and hideous mood swings. Slight improvement in acne and weight but urinated a lot so that was probably why. | I can't imagine that anyone could be on this drug without being on an antidepressant or mood stabilizer. I alternated between happy, irritated/nasty and then I would well up and cry for no reason and feel depressed. Had to go off - I was afraid I would lose my job and friends for yelling at them. I could not control it and normally I can control bad moods - which are rare for me. Many Yaz reviews are embedded in Yasmin and many complaints were exactly the same as mine and in fact, the drug, within the Yasmin platform, rates 2.2. | F | 34 | 1 months | 10/13/2008 | 3 | regulate pms/acne | moderate tiredness, slight weight gain | Overall seems to help with acne, and pms syptoms. Seems to work better when taken in the morning vs later in the day. | F | 21 | 5 weeks | 10/26/2008 | 4 | BC and Mood Swings | F | 38 | 1 years | 10/27/2008 | 2 | Contraception | Positive: reduced acne, shorter periods, no weight gain Negative: Breakthrough bleeding and nausea for the first month and a half, no sex drive at all | For the most part the breakthrough bleeding and nausea only lasted a month. The nausea stopped after I started taking the pill at night. I stopped it because the pill was taking a toll on my sex drive. I was disgusted with sex, had extreme vaginal dryness which provoked pain during sex and infections. I could deal with all side effects except loss all libido. What's the point of birth control if you don't want to have sex? | F | 23 | 8 months | 10/29/2008 | 1 | devastating fatigue, absolutely horrible mood swings, constant period for three months, migraines | Although I actually lost about eight pounds in the three months that I took Yaz, it definitely wasn't worth the side effects. I started spotting after a week of first taking the pill, and my period didn't go away for the entire three months I was taking the pill! I even got a UTI from wearing tampons for that long! I also felt so crazy and irritable, and always felt like I was on the verge of falling asleep. This is the worst birth control I have ever taken. | F | 20 | 90 days | 11/8/2008 | 2 | Regulate Period | Moodiness, Cramps worsened, worse acne, slight depression | At first I really liked Yaz because my period was regulated, however after being on it for 4 months I have experienced worse cramps, have gotten acne which I never had, and am moody and depressed a lot! | F | 18 | 4 months | 11/11/2008 | 2 | birth control | none, at least that can be traced to yaz, BUT i havent gotten my period in 2 months and i know i'm not pregnant | I switched to yaz from the Mirena IUD (which was causing some serious problems) - i didnt get my period while on Mirena, and i have been on yaz for 2 months and STILL havent gotten it. I have 2 kids and was always very regular in my cycle previously. It did NOT help my skin problems as promised. | F | 31 | 2 months | 11/12/2008 | 1 | Acne, shorter lighter periods | weight gain, cellulite | Yaz made my periods shorter and cramp free. It also improved my acne at first I thought that it was a miracle drug. After about 2 months of taking yaz I gained 8 lbs and a ton of cellulite! I spent 3 months trying to lose the weight and reduce the cellulite but nothing worked until i stopped taking it!! | F | 22 | 5 months | 11/12/2008 | 1 | birth control | Double to triple period length | Maybe it's just my body that can't handle it, but the first month I took Yaz, my period was 11 days and the next month it was 15 days. I immediately switched back to Yasmin after this and haven't had any problems since. | F | 23 | 2 months | 11/17/2008 |
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)