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 |
| 5 | Heavy cycles | It was wonderful. The only side effect was angood one. My hair was manageable and was immune to humidity and rain. NO longer on it and my hair is horrible! | F | 55 | 2 years | 5/21/2017 | 5 | Heavy cycles | It was wonderful. The only side effect was angood one. My hair was manageable and was immune to humidity and rain. NO longer on it and my hair is horrible! | F | 55 | 2 years | 5/21/2017 | 5 | Heavy cycles | It was wonderful. The only side effect was angood one. My hair was manageable and was immune to humidity and rain. NO longer on it and my hair is horrible! | F | 55 | 2 years | 5/21/2017 | 2 | Perimenopause symptom control | Thought this would give me a rest from symptoms during perimenopause by regulating hormones. Have bled for 16 weeks, servere cramps (which i never had before) and now migraines. In a dilemma whether to stop and continue for the last 5 weeks, advised by GP with this OCP and another I tried to carry on but based on other reviews here and my own experience I have decided to stop taking. | Don't try and carry on with bleeding, cramps and headaches. Just stop the medication and speak with your physician. | F | 52 | 16 weeks 1X day | 3/27/2022 | 4 | endometrosis | No sex drive, weight gain?, lethargic | However, this medication has been a godsend! No more montly cramping, bloating, intense pain or PMS symptoms. Only get my period 4 times a year. My husband said I am a different person since being on Seasonique. I basically have a life again. And when I get my period, it is bearable. | F | 47 | 5 years | 11/4/2009 | 1 | symptoms of menopause | I had a full blown stroke. | F | 47 | 2 days | 7/25/2012 | 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 | Withdrawal bleeding | Gain Weight, headaches , skin tone darker than usual | F | 46 | 6 days 30 | 4/9/2016 | 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 | 3 | Endometriosis | I have absolutely NO SEX DRIVE!!!! I'm emotionally detached from my partner. It's killing my relationship. If I come off of the medication I will experience terrible cycles!!!! I'm at a standstill. I've had the Lupron injections and they worked but were very expensive (and I was pre-menopausal). It's tough on me right now. | It's good if you need to lessen your cycle but it may kill your libido!!!! Wish there was a happy medium for this problem. | F | 38 | 3 years 15mg 1X day | 8/4/2011 | 5 | Migraines, Heavy periods | I started Seasonique as an attempt to help with my severe migraines. Heavy periods helped bring on these migraines(whether it was from so much blood loss or hormonal changes). This med helped tremendously. 1st few months had odd spotting/etc as others complain about. Since then haven't actually had a single period at all. Was concerned at first about this but gyn said it was fine. Stopped taking once during the past years due to cost and migraines almost immediately began severity again. Hope to NEVER need to stop this med again. It has been a lifesaver! I have gained weight/ decreased libido but it is worth it a million times over. Migraines stop my entire life so the trade off is just gotta happen. | F | 37 | 3 years | 9/30/2013 | 5 | Less periods | I haven’t experienced any side effects..I love them and enjoy only having 4 periods a year | F | 37 | 6 years | 10/24/2017 | 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 | 5 | Bad periods | When I first started taking it my period lasted for three weeks, I gained 5 pounds, and my breasts were very tender. After those first three weeks I feel great. 2 pounds have come off, my mood swings have vastly improved, and I no longer have headaches every day. I also have more energy! This has really helped "even me out." | F | 36 | 2 months | 9/10/2016 | 2 | birth control, abnormal periods | no sex drive, hair loss, heavy break-thru bleeding | although this do get rid of my PMS symptoms, it wasn't worth the loss of hair and sex drive. | F | 36 | 4 months | 7/20/2009 | 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 | Birth Control | Moodiness, acne, breast tenderness, headaches, irritability, feeling very lethargic. | F | 34 | 7 weeks | 1/8/2010 | 1 | regulate periods | weight gain 10-15 pounds, water weight gain, tender breasts, still having period every 28 days even though taking pill, unable to lose weight gain even with excessive excercise and healthy eating habits. | Completely unhappy. Going to ask dr. for a pill with lower level estrogen to see if that helps. | F | 34 | 8 months | 11/15/2009 | 2 | Ovarian cyst | Bleeding for a month Acne Insomnia Fatigue | I don't understand why I have been bleeding for a month!! It's confusing. And I'm not sure but my bipolar seems worse? | F | 33 | 0 months 0.15 1X day | 12/3/2020 |
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)