DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (2474 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEPO-PROVERA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPO-PROVERA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Birth control/convenience | Severe acne, mood swings, crazy suicidal thoughts, weight gain, low self esteem. | My acne was unbelievable, a new pimple EVERYDAY. I gained FIVE lbs and didn't change anything. I hate it. Yes it's convenient, but not if it drives you crazy and puts your loved ones through hell! | F | 21 | 90 days 1X O | 3/16/2011 | 1 | birth control, no periods | fatigue, lack of libido, feeling flat, no periods | (by injection every 3 months) I stopped other BC as it seemed to increase heavy bleeding but the depo has a whole other set of side effects. The worse is the fatigue and effect on sex drive. I have never had the dryness before and I am greiving for the lost intimacy I usually love with my husband. Now it is just a mechanical act. This feels like menopause. I can't wait for this 3 month Depo injection to wear off as I will never have it again. It is not worth it. Fatigue has slowly crept up and is really bad now. My iron seems good so it is not that and yet I wanted to cry last night as I had to make the bed. That is not right. Can't wait to get the depo out of my system and try to heal from the damage it has done to my hormones, possible thyroid? | F | 39 | 9 months 3X AN | 3/14/2011 | 4 | Prevent pregnancy | Breast tenderness, hair thinning, acne, and nausea. | I started taking Depo cause I always forgot to take my pills. I don't have many issues with it which I am surprised I don't. I'm already overweight but I haven't gain any weight since being on Depo and recently I've started to eat healthier and I lost 10lbs. in two weeks. My only issues with it is my hair falls out more than normal and my acne gets really bad. The doctor told me it was because Depo doesn't give the body estrogen like the pill does, so the acne and the hair thinning is more of a hormone issue than a Depo issue. Other than that I'm quite satisfied with my Depo shot. | F | 24 | 6 months 1X AN | 3/12/2011 | 1 | stop bleeding from fibroids | PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ALL OF YOU WOMEN, REPORT THESE SIDE EFFECTS TO THE FDA. THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN TAKE THE HORRIABLE DRUG OFF THE MARKET!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 54 | 1 days 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | simple birth control | I hated depo. I was on pill when I got pregnant, so I wanted something more reliable. I was told it would be given in my abdomen. I agreed but that was my mistake. The six months I was on it I did not quit spotting\bleeding. The baby weight refused to leave no matter my efforts, my weight only grew heavier. I was serevely depressed and mean. I had no energy or sex drive. I had constant!! pain in my abdomen, which felt like cutting knives. The bone density in my spinal cord has decreased and I still have chronic back pain and abdomen pain a year later! I got back on the pill but I do believe the depo has messed up my body for life! | Never even try it! Especially not in your stomach! I can still feel the injection sight a year later! | F | 20 | 6 months 30 1X AN | 3/9/2011 | 3 | Birth Control | Weight Gain, inability to loose weight, moody, no patience, lots of Acne, really dry scalp during all times of year, very tired all the time. | I have been on Depo before this 5 month spurt, and before children I was able to be on it and gain about 10 lbs. Then loose it. After being on it after having 3 children its has stopped all periods which is a plus but, I have become really irritable, I have such oily hair now that I take small little pieces out of my hair, horrrible dry scalp, and no shampoo helps.. even the medicated doesn't help. I also have horrrible acne all the time, its as if I start to get a cleared up face, its time for the following shot and it starts all over again. I have also noticed that my libido has fallen a lot and I am always exhausted. Even on the days I do nothing. I have had a strict diet 1200 calories and I have still gained 25lbs in the last 5 months. I have now plateaued and still can not get below where I am. I have since gotten the Essure implantations put in and I am now only to be on it until June/July. Thank goodness. As a birth control it works wonders but the side effects are not worth it. | F | 29 | 5 months 1shot/3mon 1X O | 3/4/2011 | 1 | birth control | Actually, it was my student. Two days after getting the shot, she appeared to be flying high on meth. She tested clean. By the next day, her behavior was bizarre. Her comments were completely out of context. She was taken to the doctor who thought it was from the Depo shot. She was admitted to a psychiatric facility for evaluation. She presented as bipolar and schizophrenic. She was paranoid and delusional. Doctors believe it was the depo shot that caused it. She was perfectly normal before the shot. Two days later she was completely bizarre. It is a horrible tragedy for this beautiful girl. (The age I put is hers) | Her parents would like to hear from anyone with similar experience. Please email me. | F | 17 | 2 weeks 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 1 | regulate period, prevent pregnancy | Weight gain, inability to lose weight even with extreme exercise and diet, headaches, nausea, depression, fatigue, changes in appetite (some days more some days less), spotting EVERYDAY, long light period or no period, totally absent sex drive, painful sex, acne, dizziness. | I've tried my best to stay free of putting meds in my body but my very heavy period and extremely painful cramps made me disparate to regulate it. I didn't want the pill because I was working two jobs and going to school & knew I would not remember. My doc recomm Depo & I went for it not thinking much about the side-effects. Now I wish I had researched before getting my injection. Not a nice experience. I have been wondering why I was feeling all these things, why no sex drive, why painful sex for the first time in my life! Also feeling so sad and down if I have no reason to and why can't I lose weight if I am exercising like I'm in the military (not a single pound!!!!!) I know its because of this drug. This is why I didn't want to put anything in my body. This is a horrible medication and wish I could get it out of my body NOW! BUT I have to wait until its time for my next appointment so I can change my prescription. | F | 28 | 3 months 1X AN | 3/3/2011 | 2 | To prevent pregnancy | Inability to lose weight, even after diet and exercise-Extreme aggitation and irritability, decreased sex drive | I got the Depo shot about 6 weeks ago after having a baby. I noticed at first, it was a little difficult to shed the baby weight. I didnt really have any other side effects until about a week ago. I, out of nowhere, have turned into a monster. I have no patience, Im very irritable, I cry over almost anything, and I become extremely aggitated very easily. I at first couldnt figure out where these feeling were coming from. I thought I had a new onset of depression, and did a little research and realized, after reading several different articles, that it might be the depo. I'm hoping it is the depo shot b/c I know soon it will be out of my system. I dont know how much longer I can take being on edge all the time. | F | 26 | 6 weeks 1X AN | 3/2/2011 | 1 | birth control | massive period, tired, NO patience, horrible mood swings, out of control hormones, no sex drive, uncontrollable crying... | This seemed to be the only option that was going to be convenient for my life with a newborn - not having to remember to take it... It was HORRIBLE. My period continued into 60 days... Spotting then stopping then a PERIOD. I would cry with my son because I was such a basketcase... It was horrible and I will not get my 2nd dose of this...EVER. I would rather try and remember to take the pill. HORRIBLE. But I have heard of some ppl that actually like this - not side effects like these... | F | 22 | 3 months 1X day | 3/1/2011 | 1 | Migraines, Cramping, Heavy bleeding | I'm experience anything bad that could possibly happen. I often forget what I had just said or what I did 5 minutes earlier. I have hip pain and abdominal pain that's so intense it brings me to my knees. My hair is thinning out [I'm losing hair] and I have bled constantly for maybe 2 years. | When I started reporting my symptoms to my Dr. he said another shot might help. [The shot only worked for me for about a year and half] So of course, him being your doctor, you trust him and do what he says. Since then my health has depleted considerably. Once an active teenager, [I'm 21 now, started when I was 16.] I started sleeping all the time and not wanting to move. I'd just lay in bed for days because moving, killed. So, since they figured it was the Depo, we did a series of other test that came back negative. Nothing was wrong with me, except for the strange synthetic pumping through my veins. I just quit Depo this year, and after reading all these comments I literally bawled. I feel bad for anyone who has suffered from this BC. After a CT scan they found a mass in my back on the left side, right behind my uterus/ovary. Months later and they still dont know what it is or even exactly where it's sitting. I DO NOT recommend this for anyone. It's supposed to stop bleeding. That's the glamour of it. None of us like bleeding really, but I've been bleeding for 2 years. Straight. I weigh 94 pounds and just get sicker and sicker. Please save yourself the pain and torture and just get the pill. | F | 21 | 5 years 30mg 1X AN | 2/28/2011 | 1 | Safer sex-no pregnancy | too many to mention- a lot of fatigue | please email me about your experience-especially if you feel better and how long that took. [email protected] | F | 18 | 75 days 150mg 1X O | 2/27/2011 | 3 | for painful menses and to avoid TAH | If I have read all your comments, I would of avoid my experience. I went to a GYN, who told that for me to avoid having painful menses, I mean they were bad, and kept me at home, couldn't do anything, recommended plain hystectomy. then I decide to go to another dr, she told me I could try the pill,the one for breastfeeding women, and then go to Depo. I did ok with pill for a month, and got the shot, not for contracption, but for pain. it was good! no pain during 2 months, then..the last month, 2 wks prior do 2nd dose, I started feeling pain in my lower abdomen, constipation, and bleeding, BLACK and clotted. I called my dr, and she told that it was"old blood" from my uterus, asked me if I want the shot again, I said NO, the side effects are horrible, I feel depressed, not to mention knee pain (depo make you lose bone),gained weight, loss of libido for 3 months,my poor husband.. I mean I don't know how long is going to stay in my body, please if anyone has an idea let me know.t | F | 40 | 3 months 150mg 1X O | 2/24/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Decreased sex drive, Vaginal dryness, weight gain, and mood swings | At first it was great. I could have sex without a condom and I was having a very normal sex life. But then maybe 2 months into the shot I started bleeding while I was having sex. But that only lasted a couple of weeks. Then my last couple of weeks with the drug in my system I started having painful sex. Well it wouldn't hurt at first because I would be wet but then after awhile I would dry up and not be able to get wet anymore. It was very irritating for me and my boyfriend because we had to keep using lube when before we hardly ever had to use it. Now I have been off the shot for 2 weeks and I am now starting to have really bad cramps and increased urination and constipation. My period also hasn't come and I'm wondering when it will. I'm really hoping my sex drive comes back as well. Anyway I wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 19 | 3 months Dk 1X AN | 2/24/2011 | 3 | to prevent pregnancy | inregular periods, bleeding for weeks,bloating,low sex drive,and anger | i have been on depo for many years never had any side effects until after i had my son..maybe i need to swicth from the shot to the pill. | F | 20 | 6 years 1X O | 2/23/2011 | 1 | Birth-Control | Depression, anxiety, weight gain | So I have hesitated to post this but I realize if I stay silent it will not benefit anyone. I had Depo-Provera injected into my body in 1994 after my first child and once the symptoms began I stopped taking it; basically I only received one dosage. However this is such a toxic medication that I suffer to this day with problems that were created by taking just that one dose. The best I have felt since then was when I was being treated by a Naturopathic Physician. She took the time to listen to EXACTLY what I was complaining about and then compared by complaints with my lab work and treated me accordingly. I thank God for her and for the treatment plan she placed me on. Depo was never mentioned and yet through her LISTENING she was able to hit the target. I was not 100% certain about the problems I have experienced since 1994 being related to the Depo until I found this website. Ladies there is EXTREME danger to your body now and way into the future if you take this drug. Figure out a better birth control method. | F | 42 | 3 months Unkonwn 1X day | 2/23/2011 | 4 | Birth Control | Odd periods, increased sex drive, crazy hormones, headaches, 3 lb. weight gain over 1 year, acne | This last shot has been my worse, no idea why. Personally I believe the nurse just botched it up. But I have been on this shot for 1 year now. I have unprotected sex FREQUENTLY, and it most definitely works. My periods are a little off but until you realize you are NOT going to get pregnant, you'll stress about it. When my shot's wearing off is when I have the most symptoms. I get extra turned on by the smallest things, I get depressed sometimes and sort of needy, sometimes small little headaches. Once I get the shot, it's all cleared up! Besides the weight gain, which is caused by being hungry once you get the shot. Every time I get the shot I have to remember immediately afterwards I'm going to think I'm SO hungry, when in reality I should know I'm not. Monitor what you eat, people. It's not so hard. Depo DEFINITELY works. | F | 18 | 1 years Average MG 1X AN | 2/19/2011 | 4 | help stop my period to soothe ibs | The only side effect I had was the spotting which wasn't that bad but it did last about a month. | I was happy that I found a discrete form of birth control that was easy to remember! But I decided to go in another direction because, like always, I started doing my research and its suggested that you shouldn't take it for more than 2 years.So I switched to the patch, ortho evra. It'd be nice not to have a period but I'm willing to get a lighter one! | F | 20 | 3 months 1X O | 2/19/2011 | 1 | Painful periods (Endometriosis) | Depression, memory loss, decrease in sex drive, anxiety, fatigue, painful joints, frequent urination, increase appetite, hair shedding, long heavy periods, pregnancy symptoms, mood swings, bloated stomach, dry skin, weight gain, etc. | I feel like a lab rat, I am praying to God for this drug to be out of my system. I had one (3 month) injection and refuse to continue poisoning my body. I cannot believe the effects this medication have on my mood and body. I literally took a week off work because of anxiety, depression and fatigue. This drug is the devil. It has no place in the human body. I don't know which is worst... Depo or Lupron. Do not take this drug. It will create additional problems when trying to prevent pregnancies or painful periods. | F | 39 | 3 months 1X O | 2/18/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Depression, Anxiety, Anger/Mood Swings, Insomnia | It is 5 AM, and I'm exhausted but wide awake in fear. I have only been on this for FIVE days, and it is a nightmare! I got the shot w/ great enthusiasm that a birth control lasts 3 mo.. the last I was on was the ring 5 years ago. Also, I took emergency contraception, which the nurse said was a fine combo. When she was going over side effects, the only one which concerned me was the weight gain, but she said, all you have to do is control your eating, as if no big deal. I said I was on the ring before and a side effect was feeling a little emotional.. is this a side effect of this? She replied, well any time you alter your hormones in your body, it could affect that, but basically dismissed my fears and made it seem like that shouldn't be a concern at all! The day after the shot, I felt depressed, didn't leave my room all day, and cried twice.. I don't even know about what. The 3rd and 4th days, I experienced uncontrollable rage or snapping at people, all over minor things. I didn't even realize it at first either. I told two friends.. and also said I felt concerned enough I should go talk to the doctor by 4th day (I didn't cuz I thought I was still OK). (cont in next review) | F | 27 | 5 days 1X AN | 2/17/2011 |