OVCON-50 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE)Average Rating: 3.0 (86 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OVCON-50 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR OVCON-50 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | birth control | Nausea, dizziness, cramping, sweats. | F | 24 | 4 days | 7/7/2007 | 3 | skipping periods | bloating, weekly minor headaches, and an increased appetite but i haven't gained any extra weight ;however, maybe I just have a fast metabolism. | I have really short cycles now and it enhanced my curves somewhat =) | F | 20 | 2 months | 5/8/2007 | 3 | Severe cramps, mutliple periods mo. | I seem to be EXTREMELY sensitive and moody. I can't seem to control outbreaks of depression, anger, and what seems to be panic attacks! I've also gained 3 pounds in just one month of being on the pill. | It definitely helped my severe cramps and the flow of my period. It's about 3 days and VERY light. It's the only pill (out of the many I've tried) that actually regulated me. I'm satisfied with everything but the mood swings I'm having. | F | 17 | 1 months | 2/25/2007 | 2 | Birth Control | Bad cramps, headaches, high Blood Pressure, bleeding in between or periods that last 1 week + | F | 22 | 90 days | 2/21/2007 | 4 | endometriosis, severe cramping | major mood swings and PMS during first few months but they subsided around 5th month on the pill, skin breaks out if I miss one pill, shorter periods | Never had PMS before, but for the first few months on Ovcon-50 my PMS was pretty bad | F | 25 | 7 months | 1/25/2007 | 5 | Severe Cramping | Slight nausea at first or if I missed pills. More frequent headaches that are manageable with OTC pain meds. But nothing in comparison to the cramps I had previously. Mild breast tenderness occasionally. | This was about my 7-8th BC pill my doc had me on to help with menstral cramps.This is the only one that has helped me. i used to miss at least 2-3 days of school/work because of menstral pain and now i never miss any. I have not experienced any weight gain or many of the other side effects listed. | F | 21 | 3 years | 1/20/2007 | 1 | Birth Control | weight gain, moodiness, depression | lighter period-Good! But I will not deal with the weight gain....16lbs. in 2 months. Exact time I started the pill. Talking to my Dr. ASAP | F | 26 | 2 months | 7/31/2006 | 5 | birth control | nausea at first (improved with time), migraine headaches during off weeks that was treated with taking hormone replacement meds that week. | This BC pill is the best! It is the only one that I have had success with; I tried 6 other pills at lower doses prior to this pill with no success. I enjoy the light 2-3 day periods you have with this medication, definitely a perk! If you suffer from migraines like I do, you may have migraines during the off week on this pill, but they are easily treated by taking hormone repolacement meds that week or just starting a new pack of BC instead of having a period. | F | 28 | 2 years | 7/6/2006 | 3 | acne, horrible cramps | gained 17 pounds in a 7 month period. | The patch conrolled my acne and horrible cramps. The weight gain I can't put up with. I will stop taking the patch and put up with the cramps and acne just to get the wieght underconrol. I am 5'7 now weight 130 lb. I have never previously wieghed more then 120 in the past. I have nothing at this point to blame but the patch. | F | 19 | 10 months | 6/29/2006 | 3 | birth control | heavy cramps and bladder infections (every month) | F | 21 | 4 months | 6/19/2006 | 5 | Birtcontrol | No side effects at all. | Great. | F | 26 | 3 years | 6/15/2006 | 5 | Birt Control | Lower sex drive. | I don't suggest switching from higher hormone pill (Ovcon 50) to a lower one (35). You could get pregnant easily. On Ovcon 50 - very light periods, 1-2 days, always regular. No spotting, no cramps, no swing moods. Great pill. | F | 26 | 3 years | 6/15/2006 | 5 | breakthrough bleeding | I was on lower ovcon, doctor switched me to ovcon 50. was having good results on ovcon 50. Moved to arkansas, time for yearly checkup and the new doctor wanted to change me off high dose. Put me on Yasmin. I finished my last pack of Ovcon, started new pack of Yasmin, no breaks, no missed pills. On the ovcon i usually started my "period" on tuesday. Its now wed, on the yasmin of the inactive pills and still no "period" . Not pregnant. Is the the change in hormones ????? Still wating | Any suggestions ??????????? | F | 27 | 1 years | 5/24/2006 | 2 | breakthrough bleeding | I was on lower ovcon, doctor switched me to ovcon 50. was having good results on ovcon 50. Moved to arkansas, time for yearly checkup and the new doctor wanted to change me off high dose. Put me on Yasmin. I finished my last pack of Ovcon, started new pack of Yasmin, no breaks, no missed pills. On the ovcon i usually started my "period" on tuesday. Its now wed, on the yasmin of the inactive pills and still no "peroid" . Not pregnant. Is the the change in hormones ????? Still wating | F | 27 | 1 years | 5/24/2006 | 4 | birth control | break through bleeding, lack of sex drive. some moodiness | Not quite as moody or depressed as I was on Orthocept, but the breakthrough bleeding has been worse. | F | 24 | 6 months | 5/13/2006 | 4 | heavy periods, birth control | yeast infections, weight gain | Altogether this medicine has been great, but it's incredibly strong and there are lower dosages available. Due to my problems with yeast infections (weight gain I'll take if it means I'm not pregnant) I'm lowering mine, in hopes that it will help. My periods are short, light, and my cramps (which used to be paralyzing) are now extremely weak. The one downside I noticed was that even when my period only occured for a few days I still felt bloated the entire "off week". Either way, no other brands were able to fix my cramps, heavy bleeding, or severe bloating like this one. I haven't experienced the other problems mentioned on here. | F | 22 | 1 years | 5/8/2006 | 5 | BC; regularity | lower sex drive | I have been on Ovcon 50 for 4 years. My doctor tried switching me to Yasmin 24 because she was concerned about the high hormone dosage in the Ovcon. I hated the Yasmin!! I felt pregnant all over again - fatigue, morning sickness, breast tenderness, etc. My period was much heavier and lasted longer on the Yasmin so I switched back to the Ovcon. I love this pill. I have lite periods that usually only last 3-4 days. My husband and I agree the lower sex drive associated with the Ovcon is better than feeling pregnant all over again while taking the Yasmin. What good is a great sex drive if you're too fatigue and nauseas to have sex? Ovcon 50 is great and I would highly recommend it to anybody. | F | 28 | 4 years | 3/19/2006 | 3 | Control bleeding, Birth control | weight gain that cant be lost, depression, cramping and heavy periods (although short), mood swings | After having my son I was put on Ovcon 50 because nothing else regulated my bleeding (I was bleeding 3 week out of the month). The DR informed me it was the strongest BC. I was experiencing the side affects listed and didnt put the two together until I came across this website. I am diffenatly going to talk to my DR about it and see what he thinks. | F | 27 | 2 years | 2/11/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Headache, nauseau, muscle ache, fatigue, short-temper | Although my periods were much shorter, this did not stop my breakthrough bleeding. I thought I was going crazy and had some major disease--once I stopped taking this brand of pill, I felt fine. | F | 27 | 3 months | 1/22/2006 | 5 | Ovarian Cysts | After 5 yrs of use, started getting severe migraines during off week. Had to go to full pills with no off week and problem subsided. | When I started getting cysts at age 19, I went through over 10 birth controls, including Depo, Orthotricyclin (sp?), and others. NOTHING else controlled my cysts. Have since tried 3-4 other meds, only to get cysts within 2 months and go back to this. I prefer to take the chance on the dosage than take the chance a cyst will burst and I collapse when I'm walking across a busy road (happened once...) | F | 29 | 7 years | 1/17/2006 |