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 |
| 1 | to avoid pregancy | its my girlfriend who has been on it... to anyone thinking about taking i would to some research.. me and my girlfriend have been going out for a year.. all our friends and family knew us for a being a perfect couple we never fought just had fun and did things... after this shot... its like shes pregnant... if you take this shot good chance is to have mood swings like you have never had... my girlfriend hates cake... but starts crying at like 2 A.M cause there is none.. no we already tested shes not pregant.... coming from a boyfreind who loves his amazing girl... take my advice dont take it… | M | 17 | 3 months n/a 1X AN | 6/9/2011 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | nausea, extreme joint pain, extreme swelling of hands and feet, severe weight gain, extreme mood swings, depression, hate life, hate people, headaches and migraines, can't get out of bed, shortness of breath, chest pains, hair loss, hot flashes, blurred vision, complete loss in quality of life, no sex drive, no interest in anything, stomach pain, digestive pain, increased appetite, severe acne, can't walk on swelling, can't write with swelling, constant black bleeding, stomach bloating and swelling, lower back pain, feel severely disabled. | I have lost my job of years due to this shot. I am unable to get up in the morning unless I apply ice to my swollen areas for two hours and limp to the shower. I am too exhausted and fatigued to work for more then 10 minutes at a time a couple times a day. I sleep constantly, never had anything so horrible in my life, would like to sue the company. | F | 39 | 9 months 1X AN | 6/9/2011 | 2 | Birth Control | Major Weight Gain | I started taking the shot when I was 16. It was great for a while. No periods. I had no side effects whatsoever. It was the best thing since sliced bread. Then I got into my early 20's. Around the age of 22 I started gaining weight like crazy. I would diet, exercise. Nothing was making the weight come off. And I am a very small person. Anyway, I gained 20lbs. I was up to 145lbs. The heaviest I had EVER been. Then one day I was researching and I heard about all of the horrible weight gain stories. So....I stopped getting the shots and lo and behold, I lost every bit of that 20lbs without even trying really. My normal weight is 125lbs and I am able to stay there without much difficulty. If it weren't for the weight gain, this would be a great method because I didn't experience any of the other typical birth control side effects like I have with other things I've tried. | F | 32 | 8 years 1X AN | 6/8/2011 | 1 | keep from getting pregnant | Headaches, weight loss, pain in my stomach. | I was on the shot for 5 years w no period. I just got of off of it about 2years ago. I'm still going crazy still havin pains no sex drive at all. And when I do its hurts but I don't reccomend this to no one. I remember when I tol the doctor that I didn't want the shot anymore they told me that u shouldn't b on the shot no more then 3 years well hell I was on it for 5 years. So I'm planing to sue the hospital and depo because they new and just didn't tell me that I wa only suppose to be on it for 3 years. So if ur on the shot Get OFF IT NOW BECAUSE U WIL BE MESSED UP. | F | 28 | 1X day | 6/7/2011 | 5 | birthcontroll | slightly more tired. | i love this shot! ive only been on it for 2 months, but it's completely stopped my periods, which means NO CRAMPS! yay! i've had no crazy side effects other people are talking about. no sex drive decrease, no extream bleeding, no hair loss, no trying to kill my husben. i recomend it. | F | 16 | 2 months 1X O | 6/6/2011 | 1 | Birth Control - Regulate Periods | Severe stomach cramping and pain. Back aches and nausea. | Side effects were similar to symptoms of endometriosis. Had a diagnostic laparoscopy at the due date for my 3rd shot and was all clear. I never went to get my shot while recovering from surgery, and as the medicine left my body. I felt better. Had surgery due to these side effects. Doctors never put it together. | F | 24 | 6 months 1X O | 6/6/2011 | 1 | birth control | SEVERE PMS, mood swings, depression, hair loss, skin problems, weight gain | this is the most evil medicine on the market | F | 41 | 18 months 1X O | 6/5/2011 | 1 | birth control and to suspend period | anger, mood swings, no sex drive, head aches, irrational behavior, paranoia, panic attacks, destroyed my marriage. | I started this at the age of 25. At first it was fine. Other than some headaches, it was great to have no period. After a few years, I started having feelings of dissatisfaction about everything in general. They eventually built into me being extremely mean to my husband, now my ex. I wanted nothing to do with him and even speaking to him aggravated me. Our sex life dwindled to nothing. The feelings of anger toward him were totally unjustified, and I now realize that I made the biggest mistake of my life in leaving him. since my kids have grown, they say it was my fault. Dad didn't do anything. He won't have me back and I don't blame him. It took 4 years after my last shot for me to see what I had done. STAY OFF DEPO!!! | F | 41 | 12 years 4X O | 6/4/2011 | 4 | hormone birth control adenomyosis | side effects: extreme nervous tensions of shocks sparked through out my body. intense panic attacks. decrease sex drive. did not effect weight at all. life was turned upside down. no interest in anything. almost wanted to go to psych ward. | i'll never get on it again. i enjoyed not taking a pill. i enjoyed not having a period. it helped my adenomyosis. I had extreme uterine pain when I was trying to get off this medication. it made my uterus get swollen and irritated. I almost wanted a hysterectomy. Switched to Junel birth control it works a lot better on my. what a relief to get off. | F | 35 | 3 years 250 mg 1X AN | 6/3/2011 | 4 | Birth Control | Weight Gain | I started the Depo shot when i was 15 yrs old. After the second yr I started to gain weight. Over the course of the 5 yrs I went from a size 12 to a size 16. I rarely experienced any mood swings and I NEVER experienced any pain. It was great, despite the weight gain, NO spotting or bleeding. I would recommend DEPO over the MIRENA (awful bc) any day! | F | 23 | 5 years 1X O | 6/2/2011 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention | Depo shot has almost put me into a grave. After getting my second shot the might mare began. I started bleeding heavy that I had to go home earlier from work and miss work do to that. After on heavy bleeding week my period still didn't go away. I started having sharp pain in my whole abnomal area the pain was so intense that I coudnt get out of bad or walk and the heavy bleeding continued. I started feeling dizzy on top of that. So I finally called up my doctor and I explained the problem to him and he told me to go to the emergency room immediately. So I went to the emergency room and they said I lost to much blood after running tests. My hemoglobin was at 3.2. So I had to get blood transfusion done. They ruled out my heavy bleeding and was said that the lining of my uturus is to thick so my body kept shading the lining and that's why I have heavy bleeding and the depo shot was the cause of it. | Please don't use depo I almost died from it. | F | 25 | 6 months 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 1 | endometriosis/adenomyosis | Extremely violent mood swings, cramping increased, increase in clotting | I took Depo once before in 2003. I experienced the same side effects so when my doctor suggested it, I fought really hard not to get on it again. But she won...said that the severe mood swings were not a side effect, maybe just a little depression but that's it. So figuring that it's been several years, body has changed and my docotor has to be right, I took it again beginning of April. Within a week I was going crazy again. Mood Swings, Angery, wanted to crush everyone and everything around me, crying uncontrollable. Horrible cramping worse than before...huge blood clots. Decreased sex drive. Only thing good was decrease in bleeding, even though I have bleeding for 2 weeks now. So my husband finally told me I need to call and get into see her right away. I went to see her...again this is not a side effect of depo. Has to be something else. Emotional Lability she called it. Put on antidepressants to see if that will conteract the violent mood swings. Then wants to switch to Depo Lupren in a few weeks. I don't want anymore hormones or injections! I will NEVER RECOMMEND OR TAKE DEPO again! And it really aggrivates me that no where does it have this as a side effect even though 90% of the women I have talked to in the last 2 months said that they felt the same way as I am when they were on on. | F | 34 | 2 months injection 1X O | 5/25/2011 | 5 | contraceptive | feeling dry while having sex but i still wont sex frequently like before the injection | i had exstreamly bad side effect with the implanone rod periods that lasted 3 weeks or more moody just reeling really bad my breasts hurt so bad for 2 weeks before my period so only feeling dry during sex compaired to all the other side effects with the rod the DEPO-PROVERA is a god sent to me not all ppl react the same to medications some 1 may have exstream side effects on this others might have none like me do NOT change your mind about trying something like this because of what some of these ppl have wrote just beware of possible side effect and take to your doctor about your doctor know you and will have a better idea of how your body will react | F | 26 | 3 weeks 150 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Weight gain, Lowered libido, headaches, breast tenderness, muscle soreness, irritability, major blood clots | I would not recommend this shot to anyone. I know with me I gained 45lbs during the time I took this shot. I would say may 10lbs was of my own doing because I could not control my hunger but the rest of it being from that shot. I have been holding out on my husband because I just feel no need fo sex which is odd. I have major headaches at least 3 times a week. Breast tenderness and I always feel sore and very very irritable like I wanna punch my husband in the face for no reason.. And major blood clots which made me think I was having a miscarriage. Dr's seem to think that its just me. But I went on diet and I work out 5 days a week. Hell Im in the military and am on verge of being put out just because I gained this weigh on top of other issues and I feel its making it hard for me to get my run to where it needs to be. DO NOT TAKE THIS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO ANY MEDS. Ive been off this med for about a yr now and have been excercising regularly and eating more healthy and still have yet to loose this added weight. | F | 21 | 8 months Normal Dos 1X AN | 5/20/2011 | 5 | In the Upper Arm | AMAZING - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT | When I tool my first shot I will admit I was engaged to get married, and a month later I wasnt anymore =D lol but were still togeather. I had mood swings, and Lashed out at people, and some moments I could have beat my Fionce up, and the poor man didnt do anything. I will be honest I WASNT myself .... But My doctor said to just give it a couple trys. So since then I have had 2 shots and I feel great. I dont have mood swings, No periods, No Spotting Nothing. MY Sex Drive is amazing, When I first took the shot I weighed 186 and now I weigh 160... I feel amazing. After that second shot everything adjusted and fell into place! And ive yet to get pregnant! Wich is the best thing... | F | 20 | 3 months 1X day | 5/19/2011 | 3 | Birth Control\ problems with period | None so far. | THANKS FOR SCARING THE SHIT OUT OF ME FOR MY FIRST TIME TAKING THIS MEDICINE! I JUST HAD THE SHOT DONE AND NOW THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO! SO THANKS FOR TERRIFYING ME! | F | 17 | 1 days 1X day | 5/19/2011 | 5 | hormone regulation | no period, 10 lb weight gain, no pms or cramping | I got on Depo because my body was out of control. I would have cycles every couple of weeks and bleed for 2 days-2 weeks. I had horrible cramps and moodiness. While I did gain some weight on this, it was worth it. I had no periods, no PMS, no bad side effects. I only got off of it because I wanted a birth control that I was able to get off of and get pregnant right away. | F | 31 | 4 years 1 shot 1X O | 5/18/2011 | 2 | Birth control | Weight gain, headaches, body aches, severe mood swings, low sex drive | I started getttig the shot when i was 17. It worked with noo side effeect for a year. I stopped getting the shot( broke up with my BF) I started it again when i was 21 it worked fine for a year but once I experienced my first anxiety attack right before my wedding I went totaly out of wack. I started gaining weight, crying uncontrolably, having horrible mirgaines that would lasdt for days, ot have weird shooting pains in my head. I had an MRI of my brain bc they were so often. I had no sex drive (being a newlywed this really upset my marriage) I stopped the shots in November 2010 and have not gotten my period yet. My doctor said that i might be three months after my last shot to get out of my system before I got my period. That was supposed to be February but nothing. Ive had alot of PMS symptoms off and on through out the entire time. The crying, severe moods swings, and really low sex drve have all kind of gone away but the migraines, fatigue, body aches still remain :( | F | 23 | 3 days 1X O | 5/18/2011 | 3 | Heavy Bleeding due to fibroid | Mild hot flashes, breaking out, prolonged period. | I took Depo-Provera on Feb 8th. Everything went well until my first period. Now 73 days later, its still going. I am curious if anyone experience the same thing and when did it stop?? Would getting the second shot help it stop? The bleeding isn't as bad as it was before the shot, but 73 days is enough! | F | 34 | 3 months 1X O | 5/16/2011 | 1 | cysts and birth control | Pain, severe mood swings, heavy painful clotting, no libido, weight gain constipation. | I room the depo shot for two years in the past with no real side effects so I decided to start to retake it when I restarted my birth control and the side effects have been unreal. I've had Severe pain when in one position, pain in my hips and knees would actually wake me in my sleep, turning into a PSYCHO to the point I know I'm being nasty and I know I am but I can't even stop it no matter how bad I try, severe rage for no reason or very little provoking. Its not even a period im getting its extremely painful and all it is, is clots. Before when I was on it the weight gain was unreal almost fifty pounds after I stopped taking it it melted off so it wasnt my eating habits. my libido is gone and to be blunt I had NO issue with that before. The constipation is terrible and when I do go its painful, it will get to the point my lower abdomen is pushed out. I cannot wait for this to flush out of my system. And I got two more miserable months to wait. I just don't understand why I had no symptoms before but now I do. | F | 20 | 2.5 years reg. dose 1X O | 5/15/2011 |