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 | Heavy periods, bad cramping, | Weight gain, headaches, lethargy, NON STOP BLEEDING | The depo made me start bleeding three days after taking it, and now I have been bleeding heavy (some days very heavy - but never light) for 14 months now! I have been through three doctors, none of whom know what to do, and tell me to wait it out. WAIT IT OUT?! I have been waiting it out for 14 months...how long does a girl have to bleed for?! I am now anemic, and have been for a year, and I am taking all sorts of supplements. I can't deal with it anymore! | F | 22 | 9 months | 5/3/2007 | 2 | Birth Control | severe back pain, breast thickening/lumpiness/extreme tenderness and pain, mood swings, headaches, fatigue, extreme and nonstop spotting/bleeding for the first 3-5 weeks, multiple yeast infections and vaginal discomfort, vaginal tenderness/discomfort/pain after intercourse, decreased sex drive | I have only been on this method of birth control for about 2 months, has anyone noticed that their side effects decrease with continued use or do they continue even after multiple shots? Has anyone found another birth control that works for them without many extreme side effects such as these? | F | 19 | 9 weeks | 4/27/2007 | 1 | heavy periods | Anxiety, depression, insomnia, loss of appetite, weight LOSS, hot flashes, night sweats | I am taking xanax for the anxiety which helps a lot; also natural progesterone cream helps alleviate all the other symptoms and "evens me out"; my most severe symptoms occurred about 1 month after receiving my first (and only) injection. I am due for the second one next week, which I am not going to do, and I am anxious to see what happens when my own hormones begin to take over. | F | 48 | 3 months | 4/27/2007 | 2 | Birth control | Weight gain, vaginal dryness, SEVERE vaginal itching and burning | I hav taken 4 injections. After the 2nd I started having vaginal dryness, then SEVERE itching and burning. I have now dealt with this for over 5 months. I was scheduled for injection 30 days ago and did not get it. Still no period and no relief from itching. Dr keeps saying it is a yeast infection but I know otherwise. IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ANY TREATMENT INFO FOR THE ITCHING PLEASE EMAIL ME, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!! | F | 34 | 4 times | 4/26/2007 | 5 | birth control | nightmares, mood swings | i think its awesome i been on it a year and no weight gain i weigh 103 pounds a full head of hair and im still healthy and cheering normally withought fatigue or tiredness and im not usually hungry so different people have different effects | F | 16 | 1 years | 4/24/2007 | 4 | contraceptive | bloating, no weight gain, headaches, depression, sore muscles, nausea, longer period, but lighter. | I really enjoyed it even though after I quit the shot I started to get horrible flu-like symptoms. nausea, headaches, diarrhea, sore muscles. I recomend to all who are willing to possibly suffer a little. It's worth it. I did not experience these symptoms until after I stopped taking the shot. | F | 17 | 3 months | 4/24/2007 | 1 | To not get periods | Horrible, horrible, horrible. If i had a gun i will shoot every women hating men at pfizer. Fibromyalgia Anxiety & depression oh and the hidden side effect Polycistic ovarian syndrome Fibromylagia male pattern baldness thyroid disorder difficulty breathing blurriness and grey over my eyes acne galore fear of the lumps in my breast do not want to find out. digestion is bad appetite intervals from big to a loss of it aching bones and degenerating bones menopausing early. I feel like a 80 yrold women and im only 24 | How was i like before depo provera you may ask? HEALTHY. I'm so dissapointed and ashamed with drug companies purposelly causing side effects in woman in order to drive up medical costs. I feel like my life has definately been shortened | F | 24 | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 5 | Endometriosis | I experienced prolonged bleeding the first year (off and on), it eventually stopped. No weight gain, no mood-swings, no migraines. My skin cleared up. | I am incredibly satisfied with Depo. I did not experience any horrible side effects except the initial breakthrough bleeding which eventually stoped. I don't think Depo is right for everyone, but for me it was a last resort that also happened to be the best resort. | F | 25 | 5 years | 4/22/2007 | 3 | Birth Control | Lower sex drive, depression | I LOVE Depo and am sad I'm about to go off it. I am taking the lower dose version where instead of injecting the shot into my muscle, it is just injected under my skin. I never have my period, I never have to think about birth control with my boyfriend and have only noticed mild depression and mild weight gain (but I have had similar side effects with other bc). What is making me go off it is a complete drop in my sex drive. I used to have a high drive and now I have ZERO! In this way, it is the best bc I've ever been on! | F | 26 | 9 months | 4/20/2007 | 1 | birth control | fatigue, over eating, 50 lbs weight gain, headaches, cramps, no period, no lubrication, increased acne, blurred vision, mood swings, depression. | i was on the depo shot for 1 year. i recently stopped taking it and last month i was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. i do not know for sure if the two are related but i was perfectly healthy before the shot and now i have a life long disease. i would not recommend the shot because there is nothing really known about it. when i was administered the shot, they did not tell me the side affects or ask me afterwards if i was experiencing anything out of the norm. when i told them yes, they said oh that is normal. i researched and many women who have takin the shot have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. take my opinion as you will, but i am 16 and now i have to face a life time of pain. | F | 16 | 1 years | 4/20/2007 | 1 | Heavy,painful periods,contraception | Anxiety/paranoia/panic attacks, lethargy, depression, hopelessness, became withdrawn, 10-15 lb. weight gain, increased hunger, strange food cravings, inability to lose weight, body aches, night sweats, dehydration, vaginal dryness, irritability, uncharacteristic mood swings,lactation- YES LACTATION, periods did not go away completely and after a year became prolonged and painful, mental cloudiness, blurred vision, osteopenia, NEAR COMPLETE LOSS OF SEX DRIVE, painful sex, crying for no reason, prolonged bleeding, passing blood clots and stringy menstuation, fleshy discharge. | Besides not getting pregnant after sex, I cannot think of a single good thing about Depo. I am 19 years old and receieved shots for a little over a year. I am now a completely different person. It is hard to say whether what I was experiencing was genetic or from Depo.. but I had once been a thin, out-going, energetic, social butterfly with a great body.. that was completely and utterly destroyed by depo. My cravings for food became unsatiable. My mood swings are still uncontrollable and I won't feel better until I bawl my eyes out. My stress level has increased ten-fold. Not only did I lose 85 percent of my sex drive, but it only returned an aditional 20 percent 6 months after I stopped. MY BODY HURTS. I now have osteopenia. I have endometreoisis.. which I probably had all along, but depo hardly helped at all and it is NOT WORTH IT. My breast size went from a D which I could hardly stand (on my 115 lbs fram) and now I'm an intolerable, unbearable, embarrassing DD-DDD,(I starte | F | 19 | 1.25 years | 4/19/2007 | 1 | birth control | cramps, weight gain, breast tenderness, mood swings. | do not trust take it. it will mess your body up. | F | 24 | 6 months | 4/19/2007 | 4 | Easy form of Birth Control | Weight gain and acne | Other than the two side effects I mentioned, I really like this birth control. I haven't had a period in years! I have gained about 10 pounds in the last 4 years, but I was underweight to begin with, so now people tell me I look healthier. I excerise daily, drink plenty of water and take calcium supplements. I had a DEXA scan recently (due to the bone density scare) and it was normal. I noticed my face breaks out more now than it used to, but I started taking organic flaxseed oil supplements and my skin is starting to clear up (and it helped with my dry skin, too). What most people don't realize is, a lot of these symptoms are vitamin deficincies caused by the birth control and many of them can be controlled with supplements, not other drugs. | F | 34 | 4 years | 4/18/2007 | 5 | easy form of contraceptive | My side effects appeared to be bearable. Bloating, mood swings,anxiety,outburst of rage and anger. I still continued to have a period every other month and PMS every month. I had not problems with my sex drive. I didn't really suffer from weight issues. I weighed 168 when I first started and I'm 183 13 years after the fact. I did suffer sugar cravings but I had researched and depo contains an appetite suppressant. | I am 37 and was diagnosed with osteopenia in Aug.06. My doctor has asked me to come off since I have been on depo for 13 years. I believe I did grieve a bit because my side effects were bearable. I can't think of a more convenient form of birth control. I did not go back for my shot this month and I have started experiencing headaches and nausea. I had a period last month and have not had one yet this month so I can start the pill. I really enjoyed the depo injection but osteoporosis runs in my family 3 generations ahead of me so my best choice is to come off the shot. After going on this website I guess I can look forward to seeing how many side effects I really suffered from. I'm confused about the women saying they were still waiting for periods to come back to normal after one or multiple years off the shot. | M | 37 | 13 years | 4/17/2007 | 2 | CAUSE, NO PILLS TO TAKE ??? | Well,...this month supposely the end, of the side effects and depo-provera,...hopefully ? At this moment,little side effects,like,...still find hard,... to lose weight and my sex-drive,...still low,with all the pains i'm going through, below the waist ! About my bump,of my right arm,...still there and the stiffness in my body too! I'm having less anxiety's attacks and migraines ! My bones,...a little bit of fragile and humidity in my right knee! Mostly,we did already talk about the side effects and this is something,we forgot to add,in the last script before ! | Well,...to let everybody know,that if you choose depo-provera and just remember,we learn this from a good friend of ours,...(thank you very much) ! To always drink enough WATER and MILK ! MILK,...for your BONES and WATER,...for not to, DEHYDRATED ! DEPO-PROVERA attacks your bones,...leaving them weak and easely breakable ! More, you go on with it and the older you are,...the more problems you'll have,in the future ! It's an advice, to you all and to always remember,...for your health issued ! IT'S ALWAYS,...A HEALTHY HABIT AND THE BEST WAY,TO LOSE WEIGHT ! good luck !!! | F | 34 | 6 months | 4/16/2007 | 3 | Birth Control | the only side effect i had was spotting a lot. | First of all I would like to say the shot does not make you eat!!!! Many start eating a lot because they think they will gain weight after the doctors tell them so stop blamming the shot and go on a diet. but the only side effect i have had is frequent spotting | F | 16 | 3 months | 4/15/2007 | 2 | birth control | acne | I am 25 and have never had acne before but now have bad acne which is scarring my face. Went to my regular physician who told me that this was probably due to depo provera. In fact, she said that women who have been on depo provera for a while tend to develop acne. | F | 25 | 8 years | 4/15/2007 | 1 | no periods | weight gain of 30 lbs, the inability to loose any of the weight. Inability to get pregnant. | I believe this drug should be taken off the market. I only took the shot for 1 year which means I only had 4 shots. I have been off for 3 1/2 years and have not been able to loose any of the weight and my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant with no luck! | F | 24 | 12 months | 4/13/2007 | 3 | BIRTH CONTROL | I thought not having a period was great but then. I gained 70lbs in just 2 years. I am now off the pill and trying to have a baby. The only side effect I have now is tender breast. I just hope that I will be able to have a baby in the future. | F | 26 | 5 years | 4/12/2007 | 3 | birth control | panic attacks, no weight gain | I believe this drug has caused panic attacks. I have had a history of panic attacks but they only occurred in highly stressful situations. But now I have panic attacks almost every single day even in situations that are normally not stressful! It has effected my life enough where I had to start taking Effexor. | F | 20 | 2 years | 4/12/2007 |