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 | Birth Control | I have been on Depo for over 8 years. I have noticed that i have gained alot of weight while on Depo Provera. Recently i have been extremly moody towards things that i should not be. Other than that i haven't had any serious side effect in the past 8 years. | F | 23 | 8 years | 12/20/2004 | 1 | sick of periods | Swollen & dry Perenium (the whole vaginal, anal region; INCREASED Libido BUT inability to Orgasm! (Insatiable & Unsastifiable) a true definition of Frustration!!! Heart Palpatations; twinges and cramps in limbs; sore tight muscles - especially in back leading to pain in neck /base of skull; loose ligaments; breast tenderness; Dizzyness (Probably due to the heart palpatations and panic attacks)& my asthma seems marginally worse. | Only had 1st injection one week ago - am hoping someone can tell me that these symptoms are more than likely to settle down soon. | F | 37 | 7 days | 12/19/2004 | 5 | contraception | acne, mood swings for first week after shot, weight loss (10 lbs) and gain (30 lbs), thinner hair, low sex drive, no period since a month after getting my first shot, spotting, increased appetite | I started taking depo 3 years ago. I've been VERY happy with it's effectiveness. No need to remember anything and no drug interactions. I believe I have had many side effects however. At first they were good (went down to a size 2/3 at 115 lbs from 125lbs) but slowly got worse (up to 145) . I have a very big appetite and slow metabolism now. I have no sex drive what so ever. I haven't had a period in 3 years but I *barely* spot right before I get a shot (so little I only notice when using the restroom). But I have decided to try the Seasonale pills to see if these | F | 19 | 3 years | 12/17/2004 | 1 | dryness, spotting for ever after I stopped | I took it for about a year and then stopped because was experiencing depression. I am VERy, VERY Mad at my doctor because I asked if this thing had any side effects and looked at me and said | F | 21 | 1 days | 12/17/2004 | 4 | contraception | none until stopping the shot | It was great while on the shot. Since stopping the injections I have lost 15lbs (I am already underweight), had pelvic pain, no periods still (6 months after last injection), breast tenderness and horrible bloating-I'm getting another injection tomorrow | F | 22 | 3 years | 12/16/2004 | 1 | forgot to take the pill | constant bleeding, loss of sex drive-b/c so painful, extreme underarm sweat | VERY FUNNY- talk about a form of birth control--making you not want sex, which is what-abstenince? they're all laughing at us right now! ON A SERIOUS NOTE-i talked to my doctor about the bleeding, kept saying it would stop shortly- don't know why i believed her, i kept trying it all because i kept forgeting to take the pill and this would have been so much more convenient...not worth the mess! | F | 22 | 1 years | 12/16/2004 | 3 | patch irritated my skin | I got the shot once. For the most part I had no real side effects, I only gained like 2 pounds, my thighs got a little thicker and my butt got a little bigger (which i don't have a problem with). I got the shot in August after that i didn't get my period like they told me, but in October I started spotting and the continued for a whole month. I was takin off my mothers health insurance and my doctor said she was going to charge me 150 to give me the shot so I didn't go back for the next one. | Now after the shot its like i won't stop bleeding. I was started spotting in the middle of October for almost all of November. When it stoped it was only for a day or two because then I got my period which was heavy for 1 day then pretty lite. I normally get my period for 4 or 5 days but I've had it for a little more than 2 weeks, it goes for lite to heavy and heavy to lite. Its just crazy because I've been bleeding since October and its now December. The shot kept me from getting pregnant which i wanted, but I didn't want the whole spotting thing. You have to decide what you think is worth it. | F | 19 | 1 times | 12/12/2004 | 5 | Easiest birth control method. | Extreme fatigue, Zits, decreased lubrication, panic-feeling/nervousness, depression (whereas I was NOT depressed before hand). | So basically I've 'experimented' with Depo for a while. I'm 22. Got on for the first time at 16. Noticed immediately feeling much more lazy and mopey, but had no other unreasonable side effects worth mentioning for a few years.... When I was 19 I decided to get off it for a year, and see what happened. BOOM. During that year I lost weight, was horny as hell, happy, and perhaps the most productive and energetic that I've ever been in my entire short life. Worst part was that when my periods came back, they were quite irregular. I got back on after I turned 20, and the side effects have been much worse this time around. SEVERE depression and panic attacks came out of NOWHERE. 20lb weight gain. Break-outs. And left to my own devices, I could probably sleep 15 hours a day. It's awful. I just got my latest shot this week because my doctor told me it was 'too late' to start a pill pack... hmmm. Come to find out that's not true, so I plan on dropping the Depo, AND my doctor. Hope that helps someone. A lot of your stuff helped me. -Jessica | F | 22 | 5 days | 12/10/2004 | 5 | to stop migraines | oily skin, acne flare-ups...slight bloating feeling sometimes. | Cured my migraines, cured my pms, cured me of feeling like a total wack job every month!!!!!!!!!..... LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! | F | 35 | 10 months | 12/8/2004 | 1 | Contraceptive/No period | About 30 lbs weight gain, extreme hair loss, total loss of sex drive, loss of lubrication,I freak out over the smallest things, depression, constantly hungry, insomnia, bloating, fatigue. | I started taking depo because I was starting to getting into a serious relationship and didn't really want to worry about getting pregnant and the no period thing was awesome. But the only thing my doctor told me was that I might gain about 5 pounds. yeah right!!! My now husband thinks that I don't really want him anymore, and when we do attempt to have sex it's very painful. I have always had thick hair but since I started taking the shot my hair has thinned out a lot. I still get my period right before I'm due for another shot and I never really had severe cramps bfore, but now it's terrible almost unbearable at times. My muscles ache almost all the time especially my back and neck area, My bra size used to be a 36C now it's a 38C. Just about everything seems to get me down. But the crazy thing is I know I'm not pregnant but it sure looks like I am. I am due for a shot in December but I'm not going back. Taking this shot was the worst thing I have ever done and I really don't recommend depo for anyone. | F | 18 | 1 years | 12/8/2004 | 1 | CONTRACEPTION | I gained alot of weight and I feel that it did something to my metabolism. My body hasn't been the same since I took it and I know that even though I haven't taken it in quite sometime I feel it left a irreversible side effect with me. | BEWARE!!! I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THIS DRUG. THE LASTING EFFECTS THAT IT HAS ON YOUR BODY ISN'T WORTH IT IN MY BOOK. | F | 40 | 2 days | 12/8/2004 | 5 | Didn't want periods | Oily skin, increased acne, mild spotting and a few migranes. | When I first started the drug I didn't ever have periods and it was great! Then a year later I started spotting irregularly. It got annoying and I quit it last month. My doctor reccomended getting my thyroid checked to see my hormone levels. I figured I would just quit it for a while and pick it back up again later. | F | 22 | 19 months | 11/28/2004 | 1 | birth control and period pain | Weight gain, oily hair, acne (and I have extremely dry skin normally!), complete lack of sex drive, no lubrication, depression, loss of periods for about 2 months then regular spotting. | I was told that this was a relativley safe and side effect free drug. My periods stopped straightaway, but was then plagued by spotting regularly, accompanied by my normal cramps. I lost all sex drive (no wonder this is so good at preventing pregnancy, all it does it to promote abstinence!) and became depressed and aggressive, almost causing the break-up of my long term relationship. I went from enjoying a regular and exciting sex life with my partner to being repulsed by even the thought of him touching me. When I could muster the drive, it was painful as my natural lubrication had completely dried up. My skin has become painful and very oily and spotty. Similarly my hair is awfully greasy. My mood became very despondant, and I became very depressed. I used to be a very fit person, and despite eating and exercising to exactly the same as I had always done, I gained 15lbs in the first year. This is still very difficult to shift, and as yet, I'm still fighting the extra 10lbs. Please do not take this drug, it shouldn't be on the market. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 11/28/2004 | 1 | So I would not become pregnant | I started taking the shot 2 years ago and for the first couple months everything seemed fine. Then all of a sudden I had this horrible odor and never even thought that it was due to the shot. Then the weight gain started and so far have gained 25 lbs. and I am always bloated and look like I am pregnant. Then the migraines started and the anxitey. Mood swings, I became angry at my kids for no reason. I was schedled to get a MRI for my headaches when I started searching online for things that cause headaches and I found all these stories of woman who had the same problems as I did and that we were all on the same birth control. I skipped my last shot and will never put that poison in my body again. I will tell everyone how dangerous the shot is....It has made me miserable. It needs to be taken off the market!!!!!!!! | M | 25 | 2 times | 11/20/2004 | 3 | To regulate menstruation | Weight gain, lethargy, worsened acne, increased depression, loss of lubrication and sex drive. | I started taking depo because my periods were very heavy and painful, even on the pill, and often associated with migraines. Initially I had a lot of spotting but this was still preferable to my period, and then the bleeding stopped altogether. As long as I got my injections on schedule, I could prevent the spotting, and had no periods or migraines. However, I did have a history of depression before I started depo provera and this worsened the longer I stayed on it, and changed as well. I used to be a skinny insomniac who survived on the occasional candy bar and couldn't nap if my life depended on it... on depo, I gained close to 50 lbs and was so tired all the time I spent whole days sleeping, only getting up to eat. When I was awake I was cranky and irritable, and I lost all interest in sex, and even if I could dredge up the urge it was dry and painful. My teenage acne returned with a vengeance. At this point, I need to lose the weight and regain my old level of activity or I will very shortly become Type II diabetic, according to blood tests. I have decided to stop taking depo, and with the help of Weight Watchers I am already losing the weight. I am only spotting now, but I fear my horrible periods will return soon... I would still recommend depo provera to someone with very painful periods, but the depression (which also causes weight gain and loss of libido) whould be watched closely and treated if necessary. | F | 23 | 3 years | 11/19/2004 | 2 | Birth Control/Period Regulation | Discomfort | Acne, Migraines, Loss of Appetite, Bloating, Spotting, Period for weeks at a time, Dizziness, Panic Attacks | F | 20 | 4.5 months | 11/17/2004 | 1 | birth control | 20lb weight gain. No sexual interest. Depression | This is convenient but the gain in weight right after a pregnancy was unwanted. It has been a year since the birth and 6 months since going off the shot and even with excercize and healthy eating I have been unable to lose even one pound. My doc advsd it may take up to a year and a half before I actually begin losing weight. Take about depressing!! And I have been getting my period every other week for 3 months. Going to try Loestrin now!! | F | 23 | 6 months | 11/17/2004 | 1 | contraception | Painful intercourse, extreme vaginal dryness, weight gain, boils and cysts on my body, lack of sex drive | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! I have never had acne in my life and now my body and face are covered in red boils that hurt. I love my boyfriend and desire him but I am unable to become wet. On the very rare occasions when we do have sex I am in extreme pain. I just want to be normal again and I regret ever taking the shot. | F | 27 | 1 months | 11/17/2004 | 1 | I was having heavy, painful periods | Extreme weight gain. No sex drive, don't even think about | Let me just say that the weight gain has been was has caused most of my pain & problems. I would never advise any woman to take this med.Try some other type of treatment. One shot has changed my life & I feel horrible. My friends feel so sorry for me because I feel like crap & I don't fit into any of my great clothes. I wish I could go back. I have techmically been off the shot since May 16th & I still have not had my period, 6 months! DO NOT TAKE THIS | F | 36 | 1 months | 11/17/2004 | 2 | to gain weight | i had 2 weeks of bleeeding and then some spotting. | the only reason why i went on it was to gain weight and i havent gain anything which really sucks because i heard all these stories of weight gain on it. it doesnt look like im going to gain anything. | F | 17 | 7 weeks | 11/16/2004 |