SEASONIQUE Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.7 (88 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEASONIQUE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEASONIQUE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Acne | Nausea, stomach pain, hot flashes, no appetite. | F | 17 | 1 weeks 1X day | 9/1/2023 | 1 | Regulate periods | Pregnancy type nausea all day, severe cramping that would not let up even with ibuprofen, and bleeding. | F | 47 | 7 days 1X day | 9/15/2020 | 1 | Debilitating menstrual cramps | Poison to my body! It seemed to help at first but cramps and bleeding came back with a vengeance and wouldn't go away until I stopped the pill. Weight gain, depression and anxiety, nausea and exhaustion and weakness. I hate this pill Absolute garbage | F | 45 | 7 months 1X day | 7/26/2020 | 1 | Heavy Bleeding | I started taking the pill April 12, 2020. I didn't get a period in May so I was super excited. I was scheduled to get period July 5. June 1 I started spotting every single day. Towards the end of June, the spotting turned into bleeding, by July 4th it was super heavy bleeding, headaches, and depression. I stopped taking the pill July 12. I continued bleeding until I had to take a medication to lighten it up. Today is July 18, and tonight for the first time since June 1, I am not bleeding. | Do not get on seasonique, it is not worth it! I had to wear depends because I was bleeding so heavy which caused depression, headaches and neck aches. | F | 40 | 47 days 30 mg 1X day | 7/18/2020 | 1 | Due to heavy and irregular periods | I experienced a lot of side effects such as yeast infections, cervical ectropion, more severe migraine attacks and during every cycle I passed a decidual cast which was very painful. | NOT recommended | F | 28 | 91 days 30 mg | 2/4/2020 | 1 | For the 4 periods a mont | Completely losing my mind, weight gain, can't wear contacts, severe headaches, nausea, bleeding, vivid nightmares leading to sleep disturbance and constant tiredness. ! | In a nutshell I feel as though I'm losing touch of reality and control of my body. WORST BC | F | 25 | 6 days | 8/12/2016 | 1 | Withdrawal bleeding | Gain Weight, headaches , skin tone darker than usual | F | 46 | 6 days 30 | 4/9/2016 | 1 | Dysmenorrhea | BREAST LUMP :( | F | 27 | 5 weeks | 2/3/2016 | 1 | To help with PMDD | Continuously bleeding. Haven't stopped since my first day of the pill. Ridiculous amount of water weight gain. Super high anxiety. Completely not worth the water weight, the anxiety and the endless bleeding. Last day of putting this drug in my body. | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 8/16/2015 | 1 | Acne control, prevention of pregnan | Acne, break through bleeding, lower back pain, breast tenderness, depressed mood, cramping, chest pain | Obviously, every woman's body is different. However, I switched to amethia (a generic seasonique) from years of reclipisen. I had no side effects with the reclipisen other than a mild breakout during my period week. I asked my gyno if there was a way to prevent these breakouts and she put me on this. My acne was mild but annoying. The first three months of amethia nothing seemed to change, my acne stayed about the same. But then after about 5 months I had awful breakthrough bleeding and my skin was the worst it's been since my early teens. I'm also super depressed. I would think twice before taking this pill, especially if you want to treat your acne. As I said everyone is different but after I finish my 6th month I'm switching! | F | 21 | 6 months 30 | 7/6/2015 | 1 | regulate periods | Horrible nausea and vomiting cramping and breast tenderness. The vomiting and nausea was like morning sickness. Horrible drug!! | I would never use this ever again..so awful | F | 36 | 2 days | 1/1/2015 | 1 | lighter periods | Spotting(sometimes heavy), intense and extremely painful cramps not during my period, headaches, stomach issues(diarrhea, gas, etc.), SEVERE depression and anxiety(which I never suffered from before) | The anxiety symptoms started only a month after beginning this pill but I thought it was just stress from life doing it however I continued on all the way into the third pill pack and it only got worse and worse. I had to go to the ER once for a panic attack. I'm off the pill right now, it's been ten days and I'm struggling through everyday waiting to get this horrible pill out of my systom. It could take anywhere from one to two months for my body to get back to its natural balance. I'm also currently taking xanax to help me through the days. If I would've known I would've reacted like this I would've never takin is pill. It was a horrible experience and I would never recommend this to anyone. | F | 17 | 7 months unsure 1X day | 9/28/2014 | 1 | Lighter Periods/Contraceptive | Headaches/Migraines, nausea and diarrhea/irritable bowels, depression worsened, extremely moody, still have random spotting/brown discharge and horrible cramps while taking the regular pills and not the sugar pill. Bipolar symptoms as well. I gained 20+ pounds in 3 years while on this, mostly all in my stomach, thighs and butt. Breasts just about doubled in size which was the only plus on the medication. Not sure if I need a stronger dose or if this medication just sucks. | F | 21 | 3 years .15 MG | 8/13/2014 | 1 | not tp get pregnant | Fevers night sweats made me depressed they made my life a living hell never could be happy on them had my skin turn in to rashes I got no help by the doctor that gave them to me bleed for 2 months I'm still bleeding an all I can say is help this medication is the worse | F | 27 | 2 months | 3/15/2013 | 1 | Horrible periods | I took seasonique because I had terrible cramps and heavy bleeding. I never got to experience the "4 periods a year". After the first pack, as I was warned, I bled for 3 weeks straight and it would have gone on for longer if I'd continued. But that's not why I stopped taking it. I've never had acne in my life, and I had horrendous acne all over. It covered my face, chest, back, and shoulders. I was disgusted since I never even had acne while I was going through puberty. | F | 20 | 7 weeks | 2/18/2013 | 1 | birth control | I suffered from a miscarriage in September. The pregnancy had been unplanned. A week after my miscarriage my midwife asked if I would like to try additional birth control. After talking we decided Seasonique would be best for me. Wrong. The first four weeks were continuous "pregnancy symptoms." I peed all the time, had no energy, my face broke out, my breast hurt. After that I gained about 10lbs in a week...turns out it was water weight. After seeing about three different doctors I decided to quit taking it half way through my second month. And that was the best choice I ever made. I'd rather have periods and run the risk of getting pregnant than be on Seasonique. | F | 23 | 1 months | 12/4/2012 | 1 | Lessen PMS symptoms & fewer periods | Didn't have a good experience- tried to wait it out & let my body adjust. It's not a matter of "IF" you will experience any of the discussed side effects, but WHEN & HOW BAD the side effects will be. In my case, the effects were severe- starting with nausea, cramps, headaches, then after about 30days, it was overshadowed by continuous heavy bleeding, moodiness, decreased sex drive, etc. I finally stopped after 4 months, and within a week, the change has been dramatically for the better. This pill is given out without the emphasis that it probably WON'T work for you, unless you're amongst a small percentage. | F | 28 | 4 months 1x D | 11/29/2012 | 1 | birth control | ive gained 20 lbs withing the most month, decreased sex drive.if you want your boobs and butt to grow this is the bc for you. for me it has made me look like im pregnant. i wouldn't recommend it if you are a small framed female like i am. | F | 24 | 3 months 1X day | 11/21/2012 | 1 | Polycystic Ovaries and Extreme PMS | Brown sporting for first 2 weeks and then heavy red breakthrough bleeding for the remaining 3 weeks with cramps. Sometimes I feel light headed and very low energy. Still have PMS but now it last 6 weeks instead of 1-2 weeks. | F | 37 | 2 months 90 | 8/12/2012 | 1 | control endometriosis, stop getting | Palpitations, high blood pressure, Elevated heart rate, | F | 29 | 10 months | 8/8/2012 |
SEASONIQUE (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL): This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones: a progestin (levonorgestrel) 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. Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills may make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods, decrease your risk of ovarian cysts, and also treat acne. Using this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia). FDA Approval Date: 2006-05-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)