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 |
| 3 | Regulate period/acne/PCOS | I had taken Othro-tricyclen for about 2years, and it regulated my period and helped clear up my skin considerably. It gave me confidence and made me feel like my old self. | Recently I have started taking birth control again, but I have been swtiched to tri-sprintec 28. I have not had a period in a while, so I am taking this to regulate. I have had a few breakouts and am on the 16th pill from the 28 pack. I am hoping my periods become regulated again, and it clears my skin up for good. I am unsure yet as of the effects it will have upon me. I may switch back to OTC if my period does not come back. | F | 22 | 2 years | 11/21/2006 | 3 | Acne, PCOS | 1st month of dummy green pills, terrible hormonal acne on my cheecks, chin, jaw line & back. This is my 5th month. I am getting painful nodule acne around my jaw line & chin during the 1st week of active white pills. Since 3rd month it is getting worst increasing from 2-3 pimples to 6-7 this month. Did anyone have similar experience? Please e-mail me at [email protected] I am also taking metformin 2000 mg even though I am not overweight for PCOS. | F | 26 | 5 months | 11/21/2006 | 2 | Endometriosis, retrograde cycles | Bled for 3 months straight. | Because of my endometriosis and retrograde menustration my ob/gyn determined that it was probably best off to find a way to stop my periods. Due to various reasons Depo and many other things were out of the question. It was then determined that the best form of action was a pill. After already having an allergic reation to one contraceptive pill he decided to try me on a lower estrogen pill. I was on Ortho Tri-Cyclen for about three and a half months. The first three months I had "breakthough" bleeding every day, though this breakthrough bleeding was more like a full-blown period. After three months of getting irriated at this my ob/gyn told me to start taking two of them a day instead of one, this finally managed to stop the bleeding but it was irritating having to take the pills so often. Within a half month I was switched to another birth control pill. | F | 19 | 3 months | 11/17/2006 | 1 | Endometriosis | Headache,constant stomach pain. I have bad cramps and back ache like I am on my period(which I am not). Double vision for couple days. Feel like I am going to throw up!!And no, I have never had acne and now I break out all over my chin.!!This is the Shits!!I rather do something else. I have to say I am not a bitch to people but feeling like crap makes me feel that way!! | F | 27 | 6 days | 11/17/2006 | 5 | birth control | some weight loss; some nausea in the beginning | i like it. when i stopped this pill i started gaining weight. this pill clears my skin | F | 37 | 4 years | 11/15/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Switcht (8 month ago) from Ortho Tri-Cyclin to Trinessa now I feel moddy and depressed, loosing more hair as normal, and I have bleeding between the period (my period bleeding has also changed it is more irregular), I actually lost weight on Trinessa and I have more skin problems. I will start this month with Ortho Tri-Cyclin again. If I have still problems I will go for a Sterilization by Laparoscopy. Never had Problems with Birth Control Pills in Europe. | F | 38 | | 11/14/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Switcht (8 month ago) from Ortho Tri-Cyclin to Trinessa now I feel moddy and depressed, loosing more hair as normal, and I have bleeding between the period (my period bleeding has also changed it is more irregular), I actually lost weight on Trinessa and I have more skin problems. I will start this month with Ortho Tri-Cyclin again. If I have still problems I will go for a Sterilization by Laparoscopy. Never had Problems with Birth Control Pills in Europe. | F | 38 | | 11/14/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Switcht (8 month ago) from Ortho Tri-Cyclin to Trinessa now I feel moddy and depressed, loosing more hair as normal, and I have bleeding between the period (my period bleeding has also changed it is more irregular), I actually lost weight on Trinessa and I have more skin problems. I will start this month with Ortho Tri-Cyclin again. If I have still problems I will go for a Sterilization by Laparoscopy. Never had Problems with Birth Control Pills in Europe. | F | 38 | | 11/14/2006 | 5 | birth control | After one week on Trinessa, I thought I was pregnant - nausea, no appetite, tired. I felt awful. I'm switching back to OTC. | F | 24 | 3.5 years | 11/13/2006 | 5 | prevent pregnancy | the only side effects i experienced were blood clots, a sometimes headaches. | very good birth control pill! | F | 19 | 4 years | 11/9/2006 | 4 | acne | My daugher was recently prescribed BC pills for acne so I thought I would do some research before giving them to her. Wow!!! I couldn't believe the comments about Tri-Nessa. I am returning them to the pharmacy right away and asking for Tri-cyclen. Thank you so much to everyone for your comments. It helped me to avoid a potentially horrible situation for my daughter. | F | 56 | | 11/9/2006 | 2 | Birth control | I've been taking otc lo now for about three months. In the first month i gained about 10 pounds. Reading that it was just a side affect i didnt think much of it. But during the second month i started to get an extreme pain in my leg. I went to the ER to check it out i was in so much pain and discovered a blood clott in my leg. Then just this month my hair has been falling out. Not just a couple strands, but acuall hand fulls just in two weeks. I have extreme headaches,and have lost alot of my sex drive. I am a smoker,and that does increase the side affects in this. I highly would not recommed this to a heavy smoker. | I did lose alot of my acne though! | F | 19 | 4 days | 11/7/2006 | 1 | cramps | sudden headache,pain behind the eyes, problems with vision,lost sight for 2 hours (very scary), nausea, general ill feeling; severity of migraine headaches; stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite < breast pain, tenderness, dizziness. breathing problems. | i was only on Tri-cyclen for 3 weeks and by the time i got to the 3rd week i had all thses side effects I was taking breathing attacks, headaches at work, dizzines, sick feeling, fever,breast pain, nausea and worst of all bad pain behind my eyes!! I went to work one day and i was fine and the next thing i knew i couldn't see!! i could only see bright colors. i was taken to the Hospital and after 2 hours i regained my sight!!! the strongest eeffects were always within an hour from when i took the pill!! everyone is effected differently but i know i will no longer be taking the pill!!! | F | 19 | 3 weeks | 11/2/2006 | 5 | Birth Control | Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo: Breakthrough bleeding Ortho Tri Cyclen & the generic (Tri Sprintec): Extreme breast soreness, weight gain, nausea, MOODINESS and RAGE!, crying at everything especially during the first week of each pill pack, depression and an overall disdain for the world! God it was awful! | I was 1st put on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo which caused breakthrough bleeding. Then my doc put me on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the generic, Tri Sprintec. Both gave me horrible mood swings to the the point of where I would rage out over everything! My moods got progressively worse. My periods although regular would last 7 days when normally they'd last 3. I completely lost my sex drive. My breasts were so tender that even the slightest touch would hurt immensely. I had slight nausea in the morning if I didn't eat breakfast. At first I thought the side effects (especially the loss of sex drive and mood swings) were all in my head. However, after reading reviews on this site I knew it wasn't "just me". I knew I had to get off this pill to regain my sanity. I'm now on Loestrin & LOVE IT! The tri phasic pill was making me insane!! | F | 26 | 2 years | 10/30/2006 | 1 | Birth Control | Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo: Breakthrough bleeding Ortho Tri Cyclen & the generic (Tri Sprintec): Extreme breast soreness, weight gain, nausea, MOODINESS and RAGE!, crying at everything especially during the first week of each pill pack, slight depression and an overall disdain for the world! God it was awful! | I was first put on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo which caused breakthrough bleeding. Then my doctor put on Ortho Tri Cyclen and the generic, Tri Sprintec. Both Orth TC and the generic gave me horrible mood swings to the the point of where I would rage out at my fiance over everything! My moods got progressively worse the more months I was on this pill. My periods although regular would last 7 days when normally they'd last 3. I completely lost my sex drive. My breasts were so tender that even the slightest touch of a finger in the wrong spot would hurt immensely. I had slight nausea in the morning if I didn't eat breakfast. At first I thought the side effects (especially the loss of sex drive and mood swings) were all in my head. However, after reading reviews on this site I knew it wasn't "just me". I knew I had to get off this pill ASAP to regain my sanity. I wish it hadn't taken me over a year of agony to get off this pill!! Just a month ago I was crying my eyes out. I went to a new | M | 26 | 2 years | 10/30/2006 | 2 | no pregnancy/regulate period | Tri-Sprintec = DEPRESSION, anxiety, craziness, migraines | DO NOT take the generic, Tri-Sprintec, it's awful, the first month I couldn't stop crying for more than five minutes, I was doubting every decision in my life and was freaking out. It also gave me migraines a few times a month, which I never had before the pill. It did regulate and lighten my period but the emotional side effects were NOT worth it. Will never take again. I am going to try Ortho or Ortho Lo and hope it's better | F | 19 | 9 months | 10/23/2006 | 2 | no pregnancy/regulate period | TRI SPRINTEC | Already rated this, but forgot to add: breast tenderness and vomitting every 1st monday of the month | F | 19 | 9 months | 10/23/2006 | 5 | Birth control | Weight loss!!! Acne gone!!! Switched to Tri-Previfem which worked just as well for me. Only problem was if I had to take 2 at once when I forget the day before I fealt nausia. | DO NOT TAKE LOESTRIN OR JUNEL. Was on Tri-Previfem switched to the Ortho Evra patch for convienience but with all the pending law suits on it I decided to change and my Dr. put me on Junel FE 1/20 (generic of Loestrin FE 1/20) Thanks to Junel fe 1/20 I had my hair fall out and gained 10 lbs in 2 month then switched to Kariva... which I can not complain too much about except I didn't want to have sex ever when I was on it. Thats when I decided to switch back to Tri-previfem (generic Ortho Tri Cyclen) I can't wait for my life to get back to normal. | F | 23 | | 10/22/2006 | 1 | birth control/irregular period | Extreme mood swings; Easily irritated; trouble sleeping; constant depressing/angering thoughts; crying alot of times for no real reason; severe period pain; longer than normal period. | Dont take it!!! Use a condom or dont have sex. | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/22/2006 | 5 | contraception, light periods, acne | I have been on several brands, Alesse (and aviane the generic), Yasmin and OTC lo. I love Alesse/aviane. I went from 7 day periods and fairly heavy cycle to 1 day or less and it was light enough that I didn't *need* any feminine products! I tried OTC lo w/samples from the doc to help my face. It went fine, the first month I felt weird, but it cleared up w/the next pack. I started Tri-Nessa b/c I wanted a higher hormone dose b/c my periods were getting longer and Tri-Nessa was cheaper (my ins. doesn't cover BC)...IT IS AWFUL. Thank GOD for this site. | On Tri-Nessa now for 2 months. I cry for no reason at all (which drives my bf nuts), am moody and I have had the worst period in 6.5 yrs (since I started BC). It's like I'm not even on it. Bad cramps (which I've never had at all), heavy bleeding, tried to start 1.5 weeks early while still taking active pills. It is the worst ever. I found this site, called the pharmacist just now and they are filling the next round w/regular OTC. It has got to be better than this. If not, I will def. go back to Alesse and a 1 day period. DO NOT TAKE TRI-NESSA. IT IS HORRIBLE. | F | 25 | 2 months | 10/20/2006 |