DEPO-PROVERA Reviews (MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (2470 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 | Contraception | Acne - wasn't spotty before. Oily hair and hair loss. | Totally got rid of my PMS and just about my periods! Initially had spotting for 3 weeks but really light. Wish I could have stayed on it longer but my skin was really getting me down. It broke out within the first week of receiving injection. Still isn't cleared up totally despite having been off the injection for past two months but is getting slowly better. | F | 33 | 6 months | 2/8/2005 | 3 | It was the easiest solution | Tremendous weight gain, headaches, decreased libido. | I have been on depo for four years now. Four wonderful years without a period, but four years to gain 45 pounds. I am doing nothing different as far as my diet and/or activities, but since being on depo, I am 4 pants sizes larger and 45 pounds heavier. I love the convenience of this pill and the fact that I haven't had a period, but it isn't worth the side effects; most of all, the weight gain. I used to be a small 109 pounds in a size 2/3. Oh how I would love to see those days again. That is why I have finally decided to get off depo, and I will never, ever, ever use it again. | F | 23 | 4 years | 2/8/2005 | 1 | to prevent pregnancy | I have had horrible weight gain, zits, hair loss, bone loss, mood swings, depression and anxioty. | My mom died of overian cancer, 3 doctors told me to go on depo to prevent pregnancy after my 2nd miscarriage. When I started to gain weight it wasn't an issue with my doctor, I went to a different doctor and still wasn't an issue I was told to stay on it since it would lower my risk of overian cancer. When I broke my wrist after loosing my mind one night I was told I had very bad bone loss that they normally don't see that till your 60's and at that time I was 27, I went to a different doctor and was told there was no bone loss. I have suffered from major anxioty attacks that seemed to go away if I ate, which I suffered from the last 6-7 years, my doctor told me low blood sugar till I had a glucose test that was normal, I figured anxioty and the pills he gave helped so I guess I was right. I have over the last 12 months gained 30 pounds, still no concern to my doctor, now I weight almost 300 and I am only 5'4, I tried to loose weight with diet and exersise and I again gained. I can only figure it is the depo shot, I asked my doctor and he said everybody's bodies are different but it would be a step in the right direction to get off the shot. I have actually gained roughly 160 pounds in the 8 years on the shot and not yet sure what else is wrong with me. | F | 30 | 8 years | 2/7/2005 | 2 | PREVENT PREGNANCY | 20lbs weight gain in 2yrs, even though exersizing more than 3 times a week. Extremely decreased sex drive. Crying all the time for no reason. Lots of hair loss, thank God I had a lot of hair to begin with. Having no period was the only pro. | Plan on stopping will try Ortho-tricyclene | F | 20 | 2 years | 2/3/2005 | 5 | Birth Control | Slight Weight Gain | F | 17 | 11 months | 1/31/2005 | 4 | birth control | no period, no spotting, derpression, mood swings, slight weight loss, slight increase in acne, extreme decrease in sex drive | initially (the first ten days on depo) i bled enormously. it was gross, and it scared me. once it stopped, i felt incredible. i began to lose weight. had a more than healthy sex drive ;) and no side effects... approx two months after i started, up thru now: i have had a bit of acne (which i never had an acne problem, so a pimple here and there was worth not having my period). i also noticed a very strong increase in mood swings, depression, and the death of my sex drive. although it is great to not have my period, im thinking of stopping. the depression and mood swings have intefered too much with my life and my work. | F | 20 | 8 months | 1/31/2005 | 1 | irregular periods | it made me blled for 6 months straight and I am still bleeding the crap needs to be taken off the market | F | 17 | 1.5 years | 1/31/2005 | 4 | Birth Control & stop painful period | Almost no side-effects until I switched physicians. The new Doctor increased the frequency in which I got the shot by one to two weeks. I had been on the shot for 5 years with no problems and after a year on the new increased schedual I began getting severe hot flashes and insomnia. Emmotionally I felt crazy and it affected my work and relationships. I consulted a reproductive endocrinologist that believes after long term use it is a good idea to reduce the frequency in which one gets the shot. She said that the increase in frequency of the shot had put me into a drug induced menapause. She had me go off the shot and 6 months later my estrogen is up enough to start my horribly painful periods again but still way to low to go back on any sort of birthcontrol. She is afraid any BC would set me right back into menapause. Having my periods again is almost as frustrating as the severe symptoms of menapause. It has been a year since my last shot and I still am not normal. I still get hot flashes and insomnia just not as bad and I hate my abnormal, heavy, and painful periods. I miss my shot and wish I had had a physician who was smart enough to decrease instead of increase the frequency in which I would get the shot. | Maybe after several years of using the shot Doctors should test patients for bone density and estogen levels. They should reccomend from the begginning that patients take Calcium suppliments and if estrogen is too low decrease the frequency in which patients get the shot. | F | 33 | 6 days | 1/29/2005 | 3 | Prevent pregnancy | Missing a shot caused me to have a period for atleast 2-3 months straight. Although I dont get periods anymore and dont miss my shots, i still get cramps and sometimes spot very lightly. Lately I have had weird pain in my abdomin. Not sure if thats the depo. | F | 20 | 5 days | 1/28/2005 | 1 | birth control | Acne, Bleeding, Fatigue | I had the shot twice a while ago. My acne became a lot worse and I bled for 7 months. I also felt really tired which may or may not have anything to do with Depo. My skin is still really bad. Don't take this stuff! | F | 21 | 6 months | 1/27/2005 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight Gain from the beginning, loss of sex drive and dryness, tiredness, terrible moodswings and depression, possibly- joint pain, memory loss and trouble with speaking (using the right words etc.)Breast soreness since stopping - 2 periods so far this month. | I was due for my last shot in September and did not go. I never had a period while on the shots. I got my period about 6 1/2 months after my last shot. That was 2 weeks ago. Now I am having another period - don't know how long it will last. I was just checking on line to see if this was normal when stopping. I am freaked out by all of the entries. My doctor always reassured me my problems were not related to depo. In fact he has stressed how much weight gain I have had and that I had to do something about it. I told him every shot I got I gained 10 pounds that week and it would take the 3 months to get most of that off then it was time for the next shot. I gained about 50 pounds total in the nearly 5 years I was on it. He said it was not becasue of the shot. One time I even went to him (after I had been really dieting and lossing and the weight) and I had gained it all back. He asked what the problem was and I said I got so depressed I just gave up and he never once mentioned that was a side effect. I have been moody (to put it nicely) to my kids and my husband... I am lucky they are still here. Of course I had no sex drive.. in fact I would pull away when my husband tried to touch me. I was always dry and never initiated sex. I thought that had changed after my second child instead of being caused by the medicine. 5 months after my last shot -dryness was no longer a problem. 7 months after depo my attitude is better - I am much more patient and less stressed- I am not screaming. Joints still hurt, memory still sucks etc. But the weight is beginning to come off. 10 pounds this month. I also was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on the depo. Now sugar is well within the normal range without meds. BAD STUFF! No periods while on it but who knows when they will straighten out afterwords. NOT WORTH IT.! | F | 30 | 4 years | 1/26/2005 | 2 | Birth control | Weight gain, depression, always tired, hard time getting pregnant after 5 years of taking it | I loved not having a period for 5 years but, now that I am married and we want to start a family I am having a really hard time getting pregnant. If you are on depo and are thinking about having a baby anytime in the next year get off of it now. When I first got off of depo for the first 2 months you get all of the symptoms that you are pregnant. Morning sickness, tender breasts, all of that good stuff but believe me your not pregnant. I was on another web site and the average time it takes you to even get a regular period is almost 2 years. And it took most women that I talked to 3 or more years to get pregnant. I think that have a baby when you want far out weights having your period once a month. | F | 23 | 5 years | 1/20/2005 | 1 | Preventing pregnancy | Weight loss, acne, HORRIBLE mood swings, fatigue, constantly had my period, nausea, decreased sex drive, possible cause of precancerous cells growing on cervix | I first started taking Depo when I was 18 almost 19. I had decided to go on it because, I can be very forgetful and would constantly forget to take the pill when I needed too. The first few months were fine, my period was normal, there were no side effects. Being please with the first few months, I went in for the second shot, about two or so weeks after that, everything went down hill. Basically, my emotions were so whacked out that I thought that I was going crazy, the emotions were either anger or depression, constantly changing. The best part (sarcasm) was when I started my period and it didn't stop. I had my period for a year, with maybe a day or two off from it a month (no joke!). When I asked my doctor about this, she said it was a possibility, however, I should continue getting the shot because, there was a chance my period would stop completely... It didn't... I have been | F | 20 | 1 years | 1/20/2005 | 1 | birth control | Slight increase in acne, major PMS for 3 weeks after injection, major allergic reaction after 2nd injection | The first shot was okay, exact for PMS lasting 3 weeks and increased acne. Second injection caused major allergic reaction within 15 minutes of injecting, at which point it was too late to stop, just had to deal with painful injection site and serious allergic reaction for 3 days, and find new method of birth control. Others may not have these allergic reactions, but I had previously never had a reaction, so I say proceed with caution. | F | 25 | 180 days | 1/19/2005 | 1 | For birth control, stop periods | weight gain, hair growth, mood swings, ect | Do not take depo provera it has caused major complications to my body. Please contact me for more info | F | 22 | 9 months | 1/18/2005 | 1 | Birth Control | Where should I start? While taking depo I noticed that my hair started falling out and that I kept gaining weight (not due to eating habits).. began having severe depression and anxiety attacks, developed bulimia and still kept gaining weight.. and now that I've been off of depo for 6 months, I've been having my period every other week (if not 2 or 3 weeks straight) for the last 4 months! | I went to my doctor for many issues over the time I was on depo and none of them would even admit to me that these symptoms were side effects of depo. I had to do my own research and find out for myself. Before you take this medicine ask yourself, is it really worth the risk?? This drug will stay with you long after you stop taking it, and it's side effects could last even longer! | F | 21 | 3 years | 1/18/2005 | 3 | birth control | small weight gain, acne, very tired, loss of sex drive | I cannot take the pill due to migranes, but am becoming increasingly concerned about possible long term issues with hormone related birth control. My husband and I do not want kids for at least three more years so I'm pretty confused what to try. Any ideas? | F | 27 | 6 months | 1/15/2005 | 2 | Birth Control | Weight Gain 35+ ,sleeplessness, headaches, depression | I was on depo for 7 months and gained 35 pounds.I cannot stop eating I am so hungry all the time now.Its been 7 months that ive been off it and im still gaining. | F | 20 | 7 months | 1/15/2005 | 1 | birth control | Weight gain, acne, blurry vision | I work out like a fiend, don't eat much bread or junk and have always been able to wear the same clothes. Today I couldn't fit into the ski pants that I could fit into when I was 4 months post-partum with my second child only one year ago. That freaked me out! I am doing NOTHING differently, in fact, I exercise more and eat better because my abdomen, which has always been flat, seems flabby and bloated all the time. I am getting OFF this drug!!! The blurry vision is probably because of my age, but we will see if it gets better once I am off. | F | 39 | 7 months | 1/15/2005 | 3 | contaception | increased appetite/weight gain, anxiety, bloating | I really liked not having a period. The anxiety got to be too much and with the added loss of bone density it is not worth it. | F | 37 | 4 years | 1/14/2005 |