ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTIMATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (1491 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ORTHO TRI-CYCLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Tri-Sprintec- regulate periods/acne | Weight gain | I had been off pills for a few years, but decided to go back because of extremely heavy bleeding and acne. I got Tri-Sprintec, because of insurance not covering OTC and within two months periods were "normal" and skin was noticeably clearer. No problems whatsoever other than in a year, I've gained 15 lbs. I'm very active and eat healthy, but can't seem to lose it. Otherwise this works so well for me, I'm scared to change to something else. | F | 33 | 1 years | 2/25/2008 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | well i was on yasmin but switched to ortho cause of the cost, so i started the pack no problem the first month but then it increased my migraine headaches i already suffer with , nausea , and bloating and a little bit of weight gain but not to much. Also i didnt really notice till i read other peoples comments ...MOOD SWINGS!! i have been actually been real sensitive and uhh my bf does know when he will make me cry over something stupid. soooo i will for sure change when i see my dr. might have to wait a few months cause of my insurance but hey o well . | F | 21 | 3 months | 2/25/2008 | 2 | birth control | depression | i started taking Trinessa, the generic version of ortho try-cyclen. i've only been on it for a month however i have been experiencing very serious depression on it and as a result am going off of it. | F | 31 | 1 days | 2/24/2008 | 1 | regulate periods, birth control | HORRIBLE mood swings and depression. Constant crying, always upset about something or at someone - including my boyfriend and two beautiful children. I feel like I'm crazy and acting like a complete psycho!! | I've been on several birth control pills.... ortho novum 777, ortho cyclen to ortho tricyclen..... I feel like I'm crazy. I got a women's multivitamin, some isoflavins supplements and a viramax supplement for my decreased sex drive that appears to be non-existant since taking this pill! I'm stopping it immediately. I'm going to try to switch next week to Demulen 1/35. A great website to check symptoms and other possible pills to switch to is http://www.fpnotebook.com/Gyn/Pharm/OrthTrcln.htm This is where I made my decision to switch and realized that my psychotic behavior is probably due to the bc pill! Thank goodness I found this website and the previously listed one before my loving man left me!! Good Luck! Any suggestions or comments on what you others switched to (who experienced the moodiness, depression and loss of sex drive?) Thanks! | F | 32 | 3 months | 2/21/2008 | 5 | lots of reasons | none | I've been taking Tri-Sprintec for about 8 years. I can't remember what it felt like when I first started, but I know that I've been very happy with it over the past several years. It's effective at preventing pregnancy, my skin is clear, yes my weight has been up and down within 10-15 lbs, but with diet and exercise I can keep it at 105 lbs. I have no terrible mood swings, just normal PMS stuff, with a little cramping on the day I get my period, which lasts about 5 days. | F | 24 | 8 years | 2/20/2008 | 2 | Birth control, mood | I was actually put on Trinessa because my insurance didn't cover Ortho Tricyclen Lo. I was only on it for 1 mo before switching to Trinessa. On Trinessa I gained about 15 lbs, was incredibly moody (lots of crying, thought I was loosing my mind), cleared up my skin, increase in breast size but also tenderness, had difficulty with controlling my blood sugar. Bleeding w/intercourse 3 days before period on a regular basis, nausea during the first couple of days of each pack. Once I got off this pill I lost about 5 lbs but never regained my shape. | I went off Trinessa because the breakthrough bleeding was making me nervous, and I was sick of not feeling like myself. I went to natural family planning and am loving it! I have been charting for 10 months, no pregnancy, and have talked to several women who have also been successful with NFP (great book: Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler). I am never going back to birth control! I feel like I have so much more freedom now. | F | 26 | 10 months | 2/19/2008 | 5 | birth control | vaginal discharge(foul smelling and heavy) | it worked great but it made me have a crazy amount of discharge | F | 17 | 2 years | 2/18/2008 | 3 | Regulate periods, contraceptive | Incredibly dramatic moodswings, terrible weight gain | I had been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for 3 years previously to my gyno prescribing this. I did well on the lo. Dr said that the OTCLo was not as effective for BC, and for my own safety gave me this. Within a year of taking it, I had gone from a size 7 to a size 14 in pants (and I ate pretty healthy and did quite a bit of walking for a college student), and I am even more erratically moody than I ever was. Suffice to say, the pill works just as intended. I bleed right on schedule, and I haven't gotten pregnant. What is the lesser of two evils? | F | 21 | 3 years | 2/17/2008 | 4 | Birth control, acne, regulate | Very sore breasts for the first 3-4 months, and gained about 10 pounds in 5-6 months. | This was a miracle for my skin! I never had weight gain or sore breasts with other pills, but my skin, which had about 2 pimples a week became perfect after 1 week of taking this! I am not sure if I should switch for the other side effects. | F | 24 | 6 months | 2/15/2008 | 3 | Prevent pregnancy | Severe headache just before period starts, loss of sex drive and extremely tired. | F | 33 | 3 months | 2/15/2008 | 1 | regulate period, birth control | Experienced every negative emotional side effect you could experience: deep depression, frequent anxiety attacks, unusual tiredness, irrational behavior/reactions, bouts of uncontrollable sobbing/crying with no provocation, weight gain, and mood swings. | I had originally been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen, then switched to Tri Sprintec to save some money on my prescription copayments. While I had experienced a few of the same side effects when I was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen (namely depression and anxiety), it wasn't until I started taking Tri Sprintec (on it only 2 mos) that I began to feel like I was literally going crazy. I had experienced a variety of (extreme) emotional reactions (most without any provocation): uncontrollable sobbing, frequent anxiety attacks, irrational/irritable, mood swings (angry one minute, sad the next), and the feeling that I was all alone. I've always been a happy, funny and outgoing person, but this pill changed everything about me. It turned me into a person who cared about nothing, who lost her temper, her sense of humor, and total control of her emotions (and unfortunately, lost her boyfriend as a result). I probably would've lost my mind too if I hadn't made the decision to stop taking it. (I stopped taking it on a | F | 34 | 4 years | 2/15/2008 | 1 | GENERIC TRI- SPRENTEC | I was taking the generic brand for Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo and i had crazy mood swings, weight gain, irritable, moody and panic attacks. I do not recommed it. I think you need to be careful for the generic brands of Ortho Tri Cyclen most reviews state bad news. | F | 22 | 3 months | 2/15/2008 | 4 | Birth Control | Loss of hair, decrease libido, slight weight gain, tiredness | I have been on OTC LO for the past 8 years. I went on it when I was 17 and it obviously did the job of preventing ovulation, but it also helped out with acne. In the past 8 years I have suffered from minor headaches, loss of hair, and slight weight gain. I have also suffered from anxiety attacks in the past and doctor's have related them to the pills, but I'm still not sure if that's the case. So recently I decided to go off the pill. I'm not trying to get prego, but felt that i was on them for too long even though my obgyn states it doesn't matter. I've been off for 3 months and have experienced very oily hair and skin and acne which i haven't had since I went on the pill. I plan on going back on but am debating on trying Apri (generic for desogen) because it's way cheaper than ortho tri cyclen lo and they dont' have a generic for OTC Lo. They tried to prescribe me a generic for the plain ortho tri cyclen, but i really prefer the least amount of hormones as possible. So | F | 25 | 8 days | 2/12/2008 | 2 | birth control | Moodiness..Huge Weight Gain..increased acne..no sex drive | I first started this pill because i was not happy with a previous birth control because it made me bloat really bad. At first this pill wasnt bad it did help my acne for awhile..then stopped. Then i started to gain weight..i gained a total of 15 while on it and did not change my diet. Recently after being on it a year i have been experiencing really really bad mood swings. I would yelling at my bf for anything and everything. Also within a year my sex drive has dropped dramatically. I just stopped taking it and i feel like my self again..and my bf and i are not fighting as much and thats always a plus! | F | 20 | 1 days | 2/12/2008 | 2 | birth control | severe contact allergies to my face wash, lotion, and any make-up (severely swoolen and red eyes (around both eyelids- NOT the actual eyeball). | My eyes would swell shut and become extremely iritated about 2x's a month. I somehow averted the reaction on my wedding day. I loved every other aspect of the pill- even mood, my malasma (hyperpigmentation) went away, shorter period etc...and clearer skin...besides the fact that my eyes looked like golf balls. WTF? I d/c'd use and am no longer have contact allergies. I took the exact same pill about 10 years ago with no reaction. WIERD....I can't find anyone with similar side effects...anyone? email me if so | F | 31 | 3 months | 2/11/2008 | 5 | prevent pregnancy | ortho tri-cyclen: no side effects at all. perfect skin, timely period, no cramps. was switched to the generic, Tri-Sprintec and hate it. terrible acne, always tired, gained weight, headaches | i thought up until today that i possibly had a thyroid condition due to my recent weight gain, elevated blood pressure, dry and broken out skin, and constant lethargy, but after researching the side effects associated with Tri-Sprintec I realized that I had switched to Tri-Sprintec from Ortho several months ago and that's the likely cause of my current health problems. stick to the brand ortho if you can. | F | 25 | 3 months | 2/9/2008 | 1 | Birth control | Horrible depression and mood swings, constant acne, and mild weight gain. | Never again! Possibly the worth BC pill I've ever been on - it made me crazy. I would cry at the drop of a hat, scream at my boyfriend for no reason, and I was depressed and irritable constantly. Plus, I gained fifteen pounds and had the worst breakouts of my life. In my mid-twenties I suddenly had the skin of a teenager. Awful. | F | 27 | 6 months | 2/9/2008 | 4 | Birth Control | None... it's been a good birth control for me. I am trying Yaz currently because I want a lower dose of estrogen (for health reasons). Will go back to Ortho Tri Cyclen or try OTC-lo if this month on Yaz doesn't go well. | To the girl below who's doctor changed her prescription from OTC-lo to Trinessa: your doctor SHOULD NOT have done that! Trinessa is a generic of regular OTC (which has 35mcg of estrogen). If you were happy with OTC-lo (25 mcg estrogen) your doctor shouldn't have put you on a higher dose of estrogen with the generic Trinessa. This is probably why you're having problems. There is no generic available for OTC-lo, so your insurance should cover it. | F | 28 | 2 years | 2/6/2008 | 5 | prevent pregnancy | face is clearer, boobs a little bigger, nothing too bad | I actually started on the Tri-Spintec as well and it really had no side effects on me. I changed to the the brand name Ortho-Lo just because i work in the medical field and have a bit more faith in brand than generic. I've been taking it for about two years and although i don't remember to take it every day or at the same time, still works great. wish the period was a little shorter but its' not bad because it's lighter and the cramp are almst non existent. You could definetly use this to postpone a period. I love this pill. I was actually thinking about switching to Loestrin 24 or Seasonique but found out there's more bleeding in between periods than normal. With the Ortho, I get it like clock work with no breakthru at all. | F | 23 | 2 years | 2/5/2008 | 1 | Birth control | Extreme weight gain, anxiety, depression, breakthru bleeding, mood swings | I started taking Ortho-tricyclen in June 2007 and I am now off. I gained about 30 pounds, I don't eat fairly healthy and walk with my daughter. I kept expecting it to go back down but did not, it only increased. I am on Well-butrin xl and I had to consider increasing my dose because I cried about EVERYTHING, heaven forbid I watched a speech where somebody was passionate about what they believed b/c I would cry. I had two enormous nervous breakdowns on this pill. It has really created complications with my relationship due to the mood swings and the anxiety. I was so out of character that I was thinking something was wrong with me. I had to two instances of bleeding lasting 3 weeks! Horrible horrible pill. | F | 27 | 7 months | 2/5/2008 |