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 |
| 2 | pregnancy | extreme weight gain, spells of depression and anxiety. crying for no reason at least once a day. bloating. severe stomach cramps, nausea, stomach craming. sex drive still ok. infact, is anyone down for a 3some? my bf just cant do it anymore. | this sucks | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 11/6/2007 | 4 | Birth Control | Nausea, mood swings, boobs got bigger, elevated sex drive, sometimes too emotional, I THINK muscle aches too. | I can't believe I vomited the 3rd month on the second day of the pack! Also, in the first 1-4 days of the pack of the white pills, I have nausea and now vomited just once. The biggest problem with this is that it makes me nauseas. It works for now(knock on wood). My periods are VERY light, they are on time, and practically NO cramping at all, which is amazing! I do feel tired sometimes though and the nauseas is just very vile and bitter UGH! | F | 20 | 2 months | 11/5/2007 | 5 | birth control | NO SIDE EFFECTS on OTC, but... | Insurance switched me to Tri-Nessa after 12 years on OTC. What a disaster. I lost interest in all the things I loved to do, and was anxious and paranoid. It felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. I had no interest in sex. All I wanted to do was curl up in a ball. I've been taking TriNessa for 3 weeks. My husband noticed the changes about 2 weeks in. THANK GOODNESS for this site! I thought I was losing my mind. I threw my triNessa in the garbage tonight. We're paying to go back to OTC. | F | 31 | 12 years | 10/31/2007 | 4 | early menopause | bloating | Besides some bloating tri-sprintec has been fine. EVERYONE is different! Please stop telling people what they should or shouldn't take. Sometimes you have try different ones until you find one that is right for you. When it comes to hormones one size does not fit all. | F | 39 | 6 days | 10/30/2007 | 4 | PCOS | I gained at least 20 lbs. per year on this medication. Days 8-14 I felt like a boy-crazy sexaholic, and the week before placebos mostly rageful, sometimes overly emotional PMS. | Besides the traumatic weight gain, it's been the pill that I've felt the most emotionally stable on. | F | 19 | 5 years | 10/29/2007 | 1 | Lighter periods | Tri-sprinec is horrible!!!! My mood and personality have completely changed..i used to be outgoing, happy, talk to everyone, but now all i do is sleep, dont want to be around anybody, not happy, i actually cry all the time...im tired 24/7...my body aches all the time, i get out of breath real easy and my muscles hurt, severe headaches..just everything that could go wrong went wrong..this shit is terrible i dont recommend it at all!!! | Tri-sprinec is the worst thing i have ever put into my body!!! | F | 19 | 2 weeks | 10/24/2007 | 4 | contraceptive | nausea during first month of taking pills(was on this for a year, stopped and restarted) experienced nausea both times I restarted the birth control. | I have used OTC for about 3 years collectively. No serious side effects, was a good birth control overall but recently I have begun spotting in between periods so I think it's time to switch. It was good while it lasted but now I am concerned about finding something new it's so hard to choose! | F | 22 | 3 years | 10/23/2007 | 3 | birth control | acne; loss of sex drive; nausea | On OTC Lo - I experience nausea for the first hour right after I take the pill every night. I hope it goes away soon. Acne started off horrible, but I have seen improvement (although not completely gone yet). The worst part is the lack of a sex drive since starting the pill. I'm not interested in sex and have experienced sensitivity loss as well as dryness. | F | 24 | 3 months | 10/19/2007 | 1 | Prevent Pregnancy | People, generics are not exactly the same. The active ingredients are the same but not the fillers. I have been in the hospital once every mid-month the week before my period for the three months since I have switched fro Ortho-tricyclin to trinessa. I have been given every test and screening under the sun. I thought generics wer the same but they can't be because since taking this pill I have been to the ER vomiting 10 to 12 times an episode and this has never happened before. After a little research and seeing a recall, I am not taking this pill again. | F | 31 | 90 days | 10/17/2007 | 1 | YES LO | INCREASE BREAST SIZE, ACNE ON CHIN AND AROUND MOUTH, FAST WEIGHT GAIN , DIETING AND EXERCISING LIKE CRAZY STILL GAINING, MOOD SWINGS, CANNOT SLEEP | COULD THIS BE INSULIN RESISTANCE THAT CAN BE FROM THE PILL, SO CARBS WILL NOT DIGEST PROPERLY | F | 22 | 45 days | 10/11/2007 | 1 | Birth-control | some tingling/weakness in arms/hands, hot-flashes, dizziness | switched pills, unfortunately they had a similar effect | F | 23 | 1 months | 10/9/2007 | 5 | prevent pregnancy | no side effects at all !!!! | I LOVE IT !!! | F | 24 | 11 years | 10/1/2007 | 2 | prevent pregnancy | Gradually lowered my sex drive. I have been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen for over 8 years. (by the way, I tried Trinessa for less than a month when it first came out - it was HORRIBLE, I had crying spells for no reason, made me depressed and anxious, so I switched back to the brand name stuff). | Over the course of 8 years, my libido has significantly decreased. I realized that the birth control pills were the culprit when I stopped using it for a couple of months (due to insurance coverage problems) and my libido increased. Then I went back on the OTC and my libido went south again. My gynecologist prescribed OTC-Lo last week so we'll see how that goes. I hope it helps with my libido or else I may get an IUD. | F | 29 | 8 years | 10/1/2007 | 5 | birth control | POSITIVE: regular, light periods that are very predictable. I also haven't gotten pregnant, so it seems to be doing its job. (I use 2 forms of birth control just to make sure though). I've never really had an acne problem, but I no acne at all with TriNessa. NEGATIVE: I've never really been moody, but after taking TriNessa, I definitely felt grumpier right before my period (maybe now I'm just experiencing PMS like everyone else does, and I never know what I was "missing out" on before), tender breasts right before period. MISC: My breasts grew a cup size, which I really didn't care about, but my boyfriend appreciated. I've heard a lot of people complaining about loss of libido and weight gain, but neither one of these seem to be an issue for me. | I've been taking TriNessa for almost a year now, and I think that its a pretty good birth control option. Give it a couple months to get used to it. | F | 19 | 10 months | 9/28/2007 | 4 | birth control, acne to be cleared | I have been taking ORTHO TRI CYCLEN for a short amount of time, its been six days so far, but I have been feeling emotional, crying a little bit for no reason, or blowing things out of proportion...i dont know if this is expected.. i also heard that it has to do with the way your body is reacting to the hormones in the drug but that it should only persist for about three months, maximum. Also, my breasts feel different, they feel a little bit firmer i guess.. | overall, its not a bad birth control, i would recommend it. | F | 19 | 6 days | 9/28/2007 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention, regulation | weight gain, cramping, mood swings | I took Ortho-Tri-Cyclen Lo for a year, and was dissapointed by it. Yes, it did prevent pregnancy, but it did nothing to regulate or shorten my unusually heavy/long periods (which last about 10 days, on average). It made my PMS symptoms and cramps worse. Also, I gained 20 lbs from it almost instantly (I KNOW it was Ortho, because I did not do anything to change my level of physical activity, and my eating habits remained healthy...). I switched to a pill that does not have varying levels of doses throughout the cycle, and I am much happier. | F | 22 | 1 years | 9/28/2007 | 4 | birth control, cramps | Ortho Tri-cyclen was great. However, I did have big time problems when Walgreens switched me to what they called a generic - Trinessa. After this switch set off adult acne (I had never had skin problems before), weight gain and awful mood swings, I consulted my insurer and my doctor. THERE IS NO TRUE GENERIC FOR ORTHO. Google it, you'll see each and every birth control bill contains a very different amount of hormones. Find the one that works for you and stick with it, regardless what the pharmacy says. | F | 32 | 10 years | 9/27/2007 | 3 | | 9/26/2007 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | Massive Hair Loss! | Been taking ortho for over 6 months, just turned 36 and going bald! I have taken birth controll pills before I had children in my 20's and never experienced hair loss. They did mess up my cylce and it has never been the same even after years of no BC. I am devestated with this hair loss and will never add these hormones to my body again! There are other ways! | F | 36 | 6 months | 9/25/2007 | 1 | Birth control | Weight Gain, Major break out, terrible mood swings, zero sex drive, major fatigue and muscle weakness, severe headache | Ladies, just stop taking this pill...I started this pill one month back and I have experienced every possible side effect. I have gained good 5 pounds in just one month, I have acne all over my face, My husband would look at me & say "you don't take care of yourself these days" & I would blame him that you don't like me anymore. I was crying, yelling at him all the time and sit depressed . I have had really bad mood swings and absolutely zero sex drive. Why to take birth control pill when you are loosing everything, & what for? I now only understand why all this was happening. I'm taking acetaminophen(500 MG) round the clock because of the headache and back pain. I was taking Ortho-Tri Cyclin previously & I'm going back to that!!! Thanks a lot to all of you for saving me doing any further damage to myself & my married life. | F | 28 | 30 days | 9/24/2007 |