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 |
| 4 | to prevent painful, heavy periods | It was fine at first, didnt really see much of a change but recently I have been extremely bloated and Iv been feeling sick when I eat, also my breasts have gone up 2 cup sizes and I have put a stone on since I started on it. Although it is very helpful because I have a long-term serous boyfriend, I am starting to get a bit fed up of feelig like rubbish. | F | 19 | 1 years | 5/31/2009 | 1 | birth control | severe weight gain, decreased sex drive, hypothyroidism, chronic yeast infection, dryness and vaginal irritation, pain with sexual intercourse, very irregular periods | I took depo for aprox 5 years which was the biggest mistake of my life. I continue to have sig. problems after stopping this shot. I have not been able to get rid of chronic yeast infections and dryness in the vaginal area since being on the shot. I also continue to have significant pain with intercourse. I now have multiple folicular systs and am having difficulty trying to become pregnant. My weight gain due to the shot has also caused multiple problems. Overall this has been a very nasty drug and has caused multiple ongoing problems even though I have been off of the shot for almost 5 years now. Would like to know if there is a class action suite being persued against this drug. | F | 31 | 5 years | 5/31/2009 | 1 | effective birth control | loss of sex drive, painful sex, prolonged bleeding, vaginal dryness, muscle soreness and cramps | I started taking the shot right after having my daughter 10 months ago. I thought that the vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse was just from childbirth but now I am finding out that depo seems to cause it. I bled for the first 6 months after giving birth NONSTOP! And now it has gone away but two days ago I started experiencing this terrible muscle soreness in my arms and legs and it won't go away. It feels as if I ran a marathon but I have not done any exercise out of the ordinary. Does anyone know if this is a side effect of depo? Please, if anyone has had a similar experience with the muscle pain, email me. I am really beginning to worry that something is terribly wrong.DON'T GET THIS SHOT! The doctors don't tell you about these side effects. | F | 20 | 10 months | 5/30/2009 | 4 | Birth Control | Not sure that any of my symptoms are from depo or not. I have been on it twice. The first time I had no symptoms at all. Now I do have some of the listed side effects but am not sure if they are related or not since I didn't have any when on it before. | I have collectively been on depo for about 5 years. I tried other forms of birth control first but found them to be innefective. I started on the pill and became pregnant. After the birth of my son I had an IUD, about a year after I had the IUD placed I became pregnant again. This was very scary as they had to remove the IUD once I became pregnant which has a whole slew of side effects in itself and can cause miscarriage. So after the birth of my second child I opted to go on depo. I didn't gain any weight, I had no side effects at all. I did have irregular, and sometimes seemingly non stop periods for the first 3 months. By the time I received my second shot my periods had become less frequent and much lighter, only getting it about 4 times a year, and it was so light it was difficult to even use tampons. My husband and I decided we wanted another child (#3) so I stopped taking the shot. It took over year for me to get pregnant after I stopped the shot, but we also were not timing it, or taking temperatures, or anything like that. We decided we'd stop the birth control and then it would happen when it happened. So that may have contributed to why it took so long to get pregnant. I was completely fine after stopping the shot and had no adverse effects, headaches, depression, mood swings. None of that. My third child is now 9 months old. At my 6 week appointment after her birth I opted to go back on the shot. I had a very pleasing experience with it previously. Since about 3 | F | 35 | 5 years | 5/29/2009 | 1 | recomended for Essure procedure | Spotting constantly, bad mood swings, depression, no sex drive. | I got the shot because it was recomended to do for the Essure procedure I had done. I had heard the horror stories but against my better judgement I did it in hopes it would make my procedure easier. I have been on it a month and its been bad. I get depressed, very short with people including the ones I love. constant crampning, spotting. My moods are horrible I am usually pretty happy go lucky but here lately nothing makes me happy- no sex drive, bad mood swings, depression. I keep headaches all the time, cramping constantly. I have not had a period per say but I spot all the time. I only had to do this once & I will never do it again. I dont feel like the same person. | F | 36 | 1 months | 5/29/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | Extreme loss of libido, depression, fatigue, loss of periods | Originally took this a few years ago and was very happy with it at the time. Came off it due to stories of osteoporosis, tried the implant which just made me bleed constantly. Have gone back on Depo but am in serious relationship now which I wasn't when first taking it. Have found that it has reduced my libido to nothing. Have no interest in sex or anything relating to it. Have found studies to suggest links to cancer and that this drug is used to treat sex offenders to reduce their libido. I recommend really reading up about Depo and not just taking what your Doc says as gospel. I'm coming off the injection and will be trying to find a pill that suits me now. | F | 28 | 5 years | 5/27/2009 | 4 | birth control | loss of period after about 9 months . Lazyness .Loss of sex drive . ( which kind of defeats the perpose ) | very effective | F | 28 | 10 years | 5/23/2009 | 3 | to prevent pregnancy | no sex drive whatsoever, incredibly moody, and tired ALL THE TIME. this is the first month of my second shot....so ive been taking depo for about 4-5 months now. | F | 20 | | 5/21/2009 | 4 | Birth Control | I actually like taking the depo shot. I am a bit moody, and irritable, but I've only gained 2 pounds. My migraines decreased rapidly, and my acne went away. It's so much easier takiing the shot instead of the pill. My mom and I are the only women in my family that are able to take depo without becoming extremely sick. I get tired alot, but that might just be part of my depression. My apetite stayed the same, and I haven't had my period in almost 8 months, which I absolutely love. I don't even get symptoms of having my period anymore. | F | 15 | 9 months | 5/20/2009 | 3 | Pregancy Prevention | Tired, weight gain, sore boobs, lack of sex drive. | I can't take the pill - it makes me crazy. :) So I figured I'd try the shot; I've had 2 so far. I seem pretty tired all the time but that's not stopping me and could also be compounded by my career and stress. I've also gained weight which is worriesome since I'm an athlete and work out all the time and thought I could prevent the weight gain. It came in the 3rd month of the 1st shot, almost over night, but I'm determined to manage that with my diet and exercise. I haven't had the mood swings or depression others speak of and that was my problem with the pill. I do notice a lack of libido (not an absolute dead libido), which sucks, obviously, but my boyfriend is aware and we just try to do different things to make me excited. My boobs do get sore but typically only right after the shot and only for about a week or so, it tends to go away after a while. So I'd say even with the fatigue, weight gain, slight lack of sex drive and soreness of boobs sometimes - the shot is still better than the pill and condoms (and I tried those patches which were nasty) and better than getting pregnant. Hopefully after your body gets used to the hormone, these symptoms will subside. I'm going to give it the full 9 months (3 shots) before I make a decision about it. | F | 29 | 4 months | 5/20/2009 | 1 | birth control | SEVERE abdominal pain, frequent long-lasting migraines, SEVERE mental side effects (depression, anxiety, paranoia, mood swings, suicidal feelings), PAINFUL abdominal cysts since then, i bled for 4 months, anemia caused by all the bleeding | DO NOT TAKE THIS! I asked the doc about an alternate form of birth control as i am bad at taking pills daily and he sent in the nurse who was all ready to give it- and i had just asked for INFO! so i asked about side effects and they said "none" and i said "ARE YOU SURE?" and they said yes, maybe i'll spot. I BLED FOR FOUR MONTHS STRAIGHT which drained the iron in my blood and made me very anemic. i took this when i was 17 and only got the shot ONCE. (not to mention they "forgot" to mention that it can lower your bone mass and i was already very small *5'5" and 110lbs* and i gained about 10-15lbs) STAY AWAY FROM THIS. DO NOT TRY THIS. | F | 20 | 3 months | 5/20/2009 | 1 | PMDD | Depression, anger, rage, mood swings, hunger | I had been on YAZ birth control pills for 2 months to see if it would help with PMDD. At my follow up appt, my doctor suggested depo provera as a way to ease the PMDD symptoms. She told me the side effects could be weight gain and spotting. Within a few days of the shot, I felt like I was going through PMDD!! Instead of reducing the symptoms, it GAVE me the symptoms. DO NOT TAKE THIS WITHOUT SERIOUSLY RESEARCHING THE SIDE EFFECTS. I made a hasty/desperate decision in the doctor's office and I regret it terribly. I cannot wait until this leaves my body. | F | 46 | 7 days | 5/18/2009 | 1 | to prevent pregnancy | gained about 10 pounds in less then a year and still gaining.., sever leg pain ( numbness and cramps) minor joint pain, severe abdominal pain, yeast infections, itchy skin, my boobs got bigger and there always sore, sex drive went DOWN THE DRAIN frequent urination, always freakin cryin over EVERYTHING, doubled my depression (after my brothers death) annoyed and aggravated over everything, always hungry!! Most of these side effects occured after the shot | Ladies pleaaase do some serious research before taking this shot! These doctors will not tell you the side effects of this drug. and they wont know what is wrong with you! its very depressing, i wouldnt recommend this drug to ANYONE and i wish i found all these helpful websites before i took the depo. im glad to know im not alone. i enjoyed it for the first couple months. this shot ruined my life! i dont think i will get pregnant anytime soon. it messed up my hormones.. i can go on and on. think 3 times ladies! | F | 21 | 1 months | 5/15/2009 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | headaches, dizziness, fatigue, heart problems | I began taking depo a little over a year ago. I started experiencing heart palpitations, headaches, dizziness and fatigue about six months after the first shot. At first I didn't connect the two. After numerous doctor visits and tests they were not able to find any "medical" reason for my symptoms. I now fully believe that depo is the root cause to all of my problems. Needless to say, I will not be getting my next shot in July. I now just have to wait it out and hope that once this poison leaves my body my symptoms will go away completely or at least get to the point where I don't have constant headaches everyday. I wish I had known about these issues before starting. Next time I will do my research prior to accepting someone telling me that the positives outweigh the "possible" negatives! | F | 26 | 1.5 years | 5/14/2009 | 2 | Bith Control | Severe depression, anxiety, weight gain, all the bad stuff. | I was already a little emotionally unstable, but as soon as I received this shot, it just pushed me over the edge. My husband says that I am not the same person. I am absolutely miserable and will not be getting the next shot. | F | 26 | 2 months | 5/13/2009 | 1 | birth control | mood swings lack of sex drive permanent bleeding sore breasts, breast milk!!!! | this method of birth control is only effective as is stops you wanting to have sex altogether. started using six month after birth of son and three month after stopping breast feeding. milk has come back, everyday is like when it first comes in after birth. only had 1 shot and will not be going back for 2nd. can count on one hand the amount of times i've wanted to have sex!!!!! started bleeding 2 weeks after shot, 10 weeks on and still bleeding!!!!! | F | 27 | 12 weeks | 5/13/2009 | 5 | Birth control; heavy periods | no period, lack of sex drive | I absolutely loved it! I took Depo for 5 years (starting when I was 21) and had no period the entire time. My fiance turned husband also loved the fact that we didn't have to use any other form of birth control. We decided that we wanted to have children when I was 26 and I stopped the shot; we started trying 12 months after my last shot and I was pregnant 2 months later. After my pregnancy was over and my periods returned, they were lighter and shorter than any I'd had before the depo (from 8 days of VERY HEAVY bleeding to 4-5 days, with only 2 days of heavy bleeding) and I could predict my periods down to the hour. This continued after my second pregnancy, as well. While I can't say for sure that it was the depo, I certainly can't complain. | F | 31 | 5 years | 5/11/2009 | 1 | contraceptive | severe mood swings, loss of sex drive, hypertension, bloating, spotting | I am furious the nurse practitioner I went to did not tell me the horrible side effects of this poison! I feel like I'm going crazy! My wedding is in a week & it was nearly postponed because of the severe depression tailspin this poison put me in! If you have even the slightest bit of history of depression either with you or running in your family - DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! I haven't dealt with depression for over 10 years and in 3 days this put me in such a state I really thought I was going crazy. My fiance knew this wasn't really me and I'm praying the side effects lessen, I do feel a little more normal as days progress, but my fear is any little thing could set me off. I also don't want him to kiss me or touch me, which is devastating because we've been waiting so long to be together sexually and now I don't have the desire! what?! why didn't the dr tell me this stuff?! I will be going to the patch - and not for the next shot......does anyone know HOW DO I DETOX FROM THIS POISON? I wish I would've researched first, instead of trusting someone else with my mental and physical welfare. hard lesson to learn... | F | 31 | 6 days | 5/11/2009 | 5 | None | F | 10 years | 5/7/2009 | 1 | Birth Control | Gained 40 pounds in 6 months, no period, sore breasts. | Do not use this medicine. I gained 40 pounds in about six months. I started exercising everyday and dieting, but I still gained weight. Not having my period for a year was great, but now that I am off of it, I've had my period for a straight 3 months. Sometimes I'll go 2 or 3 days between periods, but for the most part it is a continuous thing. My hormones are so messed up from going off of it, too. This shot didn't seem so bad while I was on it, but now it seems impossible to get my body back to normal. All I want is for my period to stop. | F | 21 | 1 years | 5/7/2009 |