LOESTRIN FE 1.5/30 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.4 (711 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LOESTRIN FE 1.5/30 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LOESTRIN FE 1.5 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Birth control, cramps | No side effects! My cramps are gone and I sometimes don't even bleed - awesome! I stopped taking it for one month and my period was normal flow and had terrible cramps so now I'm back on it. I have tried other pills that have been awful for me. Every woman is unique - if one pill makes you sick talk to your doctor who will help you find the perfect one for you. As for me, Loestrin is awesome! | F | 37 | 1 years 30 | 7/30/2012 | 4 | Birth Control | My side effects are very minor, do occasionally have spotting or missed periods. Have had slight weight gain and sometimes are bloated or have constipation, do have headaches and breast pain in week before period too. However postives are that my periods are very light and only last 1 or 2 days. Overall this suits me very well. Have tried Microgynon once and that made me feel awful, had constant bleeding and depression for a month, so would not recommend that pill. | In general have very few side effects and am happy with Loestrin 30. | F | 31 | 5 years 30mg 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 1 | Birth Control/Fibroids | Depression, Anxiety, Acne, some weight gain | Extreme mood swings. Extreme. I cry all the time and I can consciously see that is strange, but cannot stop myself. Also so much Acne. I have not had Acne like this in 10 years.Gigantic zits. Some weight gain, but I don't even care because the emotional side effects are overwhelming. | F | 28 | 2 months 1mg 1X day | 7/10/2012 | 1 | To thin my uterine lining before ab | Depression and EXTREME suicidal thoughts. My 23 yr old son basically saved my life last night as i drove off hoping to have someone cross the yellow line and end my misery. Did not see this coming! I had my tubes tied 13 years ago, only took this to prepare for ablation surgery. Stopping today! Worst drug ever. My kids could have lost their normally happy mom. I have had the WORST period on record. Up 4 times in the night blood everywhere. | F | 44 | 1 days 24 | 7/4/2012 | 1 | Birth control | Deep Vein Thrombosis in left arm | F | 4 days 15/30 | 6/29/2012 | 1 | Acne / prevent pregnancy | First few days I was sick to my stomach. By the second week my emotions were all over the place. Crying constantly. Husband avoids me. I've always had acne but it has NEVER been this bad. All over my chin, mouth and face. My doctor insists that these are not side effects however there have been no other changes in my life and I am not on any other medications. I am trying to decide if I should quit or stick it out. I've gained 4pounds which is adding to my depression since i just worked very hard to loose 10. | F | 32 | 2 weeks 1X day | 5/29/2012 | 4 | Prevent pregnancy | Ive been on this birth contril for a little over a year. Tried the loestrin 24 but I bled all the time. This dosage helps, but I havent had a period for four months. Thats the only thing I dislike because I am used to one coming. Minimal cramps and shorter, lighter periods! :) | F | 23 | 1 years 30 | 4/6/2012 | 1 | cramping and cysts | This caused me to have a stroke. I took it for one year and it helped with cramps and fibroids. After one year I had a stroke and the doctors blamed the Loestrin FE. | F | 51 | 1 years 1X day | 3/24/2012 | 1 | birth control | Very bad migraines, uti, anxiety, Moody, always tired | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2012 | 5 | To prevent pregnancy | I felt happy, energetic (I usually am a quiet sad person) the only negative thing is I keep eating, which is fine for me as I find it difficult to gain weight anyway! | I personally recommend it, I read all these reviews on this site and was so scared to try it! But it's great! Everyone's body is different- try it out, if it doesn't work try another it's not the end of the world! | F | 16 | 2 days 2 days 1.5 1X day | 3/18/2012 | 2 | birth control | Nausea, weight gain, headaches, breast tenderness, vivid dreams, dry mouth, weepiness, fatigue | I experienced mild nausea for a few hours every day and sometimes in the middle of the night. I had nagging headaches for the first few days which didn't respond to Tylenol (before going on Loestrin I rarely ever had headaches but when I did, Tylenol worked fine). I noticed weight gain of half a pound per day- this scared me because my eating habits are very healthy and I wasn't doing anything any differently in terms of diet or exercise that would cause such weight gain. I also noticed very vivid dreams, and frequent waking at night. I felt "fragile" and close to tears every few days, the way I sometimes get during PMS time- except this was not that time of the month. Ick! I'm done! | F | 40 | 14 days 1.5 1X day | 3/6/2012 | 1 | Regulate Periods, birth control | Extreme dizziness , horrible mood swings, depressed, low sex drive, horrible breast pain, really bad stomach pain and headaches, dehydrated, feeling "out of it"/ in a dream, vivid dreams, chills, couldn't concentrate, constipated (but also going to the bathroom multiple times a day), hard to sleep, paranoia, bad anxiety!! | I felt mental on this pill. I had to go home from school a lot because I couldn't concentrate, I'd get sleepy, I'd feel out of it, and I'd get dizzy. Additionally, I got so depressed. I'd cry FOR NO REASON!!! My body seriously rejected this pill. It wasn't acting normal. I was getting horrible stomach and headaches. My dreams were so vivid and abnormal, and I'd always wake up 30 minutes to an hour before I was supposed to which is weird. Additionally, I was super dehydrated/ had dry mouth. I was constantly running from the sink to the bathroom. HORRIBLE! My breasts hurt so badly, and I lost my sex drive. I hated everything that made me happy. After figuring it out it may have been the pill, I got off asap. I couldn't even finish it (I was two days short of finishing...it was THAT bad). I've been off for about 4 days. I have my period, so I'm dealing with even MORE hormones, but even then, I'm seeing slight improvement. I've talked to other women, and a ton have said they've had horrible side effects from birth control. I choose to believe that side effects this bad are not rare. I honestly owe it to my boyfriend for dealing with me. If you want to try it, then try it. Maybe you'll be lucky, but it has obviously hurt a lot of people. Oh and also, I think I haven't had too much weight gain. I ate a lot though, so I'm just lucky I guess, but I did bloat. FYI, these symptoms didn't hit me too hard until a week or two into the pack. Watch out! | F | 17 | 1 months 30 MG 1X day | 3/2/2012 | 4 | abnormal spotting, ovarian cysts | None that I am aware of. | I started to take BC about two weeks ago due to some abnormal spotting and an ovarian cyst they found on my left ovary. I have always been against birth control and was furious I was perscribed it but decided to give it a chance. I agree with a lot of the comments on here that just because you read a bad review, doesn't mean this isn't for you. I am on the generic for Loestrin (Microgestin) and so far I haven't noticed anything out of the normal. I have been taking depression medication since July 2011 and have always had panic attacks. They don't seem to have increased or decreased since taking this pill. Also no nauesa or weight loss or gain. No loss of hair, change in mood or frustration. Maybe the longer I take it the more I'll see some of those symptons but for now it seems like another pill I'm taking to help balance out my hormones. | F | 24 | 2 weeks 1.5/30 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Severe mood swings, NO sex drive, extremely tired, depressed, YEAST INFECTIONS, dehyderated. | This pill has made me crazy. The first pack went great but it was all downhill after that. By the second week into my second pack I had a yeast infection. I would get it cleared up then it would be right back again by the second week of the next pack. I asked my doctor about it and was told that its not likely because of the pills. I decided to stop taking them after my fourth month and so far the yeast infection hasn't come back. No matter how much water I drink, i'm still thirsty. I was also extremly moody (my poor boyfriend had to deal with it) but the mood swings went away a week after I stopped taking it. My skin is extremely dry no matter how much lotion I put on. This started happening after the second month and i'm hoping it will clear up too. | F | 23 | 4 months 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 1 | Birth control | loss of sex drive, irritability, chest pains,HORRIBLE WEIGHT GAIN, | I started taking this pill in August 09 because they didn't carry the other BCPs I was on at the new location I moved to. I started having chest pains and difficulty breathing which was VERY rare at my age. I am 25, work out 5x a week and lead an overall healthy life style. I ended up in the emergency room a few times only to be told there was nothing wrong with me(thank God)...but this made me even more paranoid because the chest pains HAD to come from something being wrong. I can't think of anything else(after having numerous medical studies done) that gave me the pains other than this stupid BCP. I also gained 40 lbs on this pill. I kept trying to lose the weight by exercising and eating healthy and I JUST KEPT GAINING!! Everytime I stepped on the scale after weeks of hard work I felt like the scale was mocking me because I had not only not lost any weight but I had gained. I stopped taking the pill about 8 months ago and lost about 25 of the pounds that I gained so I still have a ways to go. I also had issues with sex and it was two-fold. Not only did the pill decrease my sex drive, but the more weight I gained, the less sexy I felt. This pill caused some relationship problems in my marriage before we figured out it was the birth control that did this to me. I love sex now that I am off it, the issue is that I am not taking birth control(honestly, I AM TERRIFIED) so my husband and I have to be careful with other forms of BC. I highly discourage ALL WOMEN who want to ta | F | 25 | 24 months 1.5/30 1X day | 2/11/2012 | 5 | Birth control | Anxiety, hypochondria, loss of appetite, always mad, couldnt sleep for only 2 hrs at a time, felt like i was moving but not going no where,scared of dying. | F | 27 | 4 years 24 | 2/9/2012 | 1 | birth control | Severe mood swings, extreme fatigue, depression, sleeplessness, severe loss of libido | F | 21 | 1 years 1X D | 2/9/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Nauseia, Bleeding all month long, extreme tiredness, Hyper-sexuallity, PANIC ATTACKS, Extreme mood-swings, crying spells, Depression, paranoia, headaches, increased appetite... | WOW< this stuff better change after the first two months or else I'll be pissed ! | F | 19 | 2 months ? 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 1 | Birth control | Aniexty, panic attacks , fatigue, moody , angry for no reason,very irritable, loss of appetite, loss of libido, | F | 34 | 10 days 30 | 1/23/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Symptoms: Severe mood swings, depression, loss of libido, increased anxiety. I started taking this after my daughter turned 18 months. I hadn't taken a pill in several years. After 3 weeks on it, I had such severe anger and my husband couldn't understand why I wanted to fight all the time. I also felt paranoid and this led to more irrational anger. I consciously could tell I had no control over the anger I was experiencing and it was definitely a result of the medicine. I gained a few pounds (all of it in my abdomen). The minimal weight gain was not a big deal, it was the extreme mood swings and anger issues I was having. I've been off this birth control for 2 weeks and I feel back to normal. I'm sure it's great for others, just not for me. | F | 36 | 30 days 20 mcg 1X day | 1/10/2012 |