PROMETRIUM Reviews (PROGESTERONE)Average Rating: 3.1 (568 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROMETRIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROMETRIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | To induce periods | worry/anxious,crying/deppressed,moody, Tippsy feeling, bloated, headaches | I Take 200 mg at night days 1-15. It relaxes me at night before I go to sleep, however, I don't sleep soundly. Depending on the season/diet etc..I will experience, leg cramps, acne, rashes, and sinus infection(more often than usual) | F | 35 | 5 years | 8/9/2009 | 2 | Low progesterone levels, fatigue | After taking Prometrium for 5 days (100 mg), had a tightening pain in my chest, trouble breathing, etc. | Stopped taking it immediately, would rather deal with my issues that these frightening side effects. | F | 48 | 5 days | 8/8/2009 | 2 | peri-menopausal-to balance hormones | Slight dizziness, irritability, weight gain, bloating, nipple tenderness, slight pin-point stomach cramp (upper right), slight lower back cramping. | Just started taking 100 mg of prometrium at bedtime (6 days). Was already on NuvaRing (1 year) and DHEA (20 days), with no adverse side effects. | F | 50 | 6 days | 8/5/2009 | 3 | Irritability, PMS | Tired, but did not sleep well at night, and the major thing I noticed was increased appetite | I felt that I couldn't eat enough! I didn't notice any improvement in PMS either. | F | 32 | 20 days | 8/4/2009 | 4 | peri-menopausal moodiness | I have been taking 100mg of prometrium at bedtime for last two weeks of my cycle since April 2009.I have noticed( and my family has noticed) a big improvement in my premenstrual moodiness. I sleep well at night and feel calm and focused in the day. | Not sure how long I will take but as my physician says during the perimenopausal phase, you try something, if it works...great.If not, try something new because your hormones are changing and nothing is constant during this time. | F | 46 | 4 months | 7/16/2009 | 5 | to increase progesterone in preg | COMFORTABLE! So relaxed! Hot and cold on and off, but that could just be the pregnancy. Overall, just want to sleep. It is a nice, relaxing feeling. | I appreciate what this drug has done so far. We were in fear of a 5th miscarriage, and next week I will start my second trimester. | F | 28 | 1 months | 7/15/2009 | 4 | to induce ovulation; TTC | a little bit of tiredness after taking, mild cramping, nothing very serious | I am currently on my second month of prometrium. I had failed to ovulate or have a period from Feb. to May (my periods have always been sporadic) so my doc suspected I was low in progesterone. I ovulated and had a period in June and I have ovulated in July so hopefully this will help us concieve. I take 200mg at night for days 1 thru 10 of each month and go to sleep soon after. I wanted to post to ease some minds that not everyone has horrible side effects ( I was a little nervous before I started taking it). Please let me know if anyone has had success concieving with only prometrium. | F | 28 | 2 months | 7/9/2009 | 5 | Luteal Phase Defect- Infertility | Dizziness, tiredness, laid-back feeling, euphoria, drunk feeling, totally mellow | I love this stuff!!!! I look forward to the time after I ovulate and can take my pink pills. I am on 100mg 2x per day (I take mine morning and evening) and I feel terrific! I've been on it 2 cycles and it has increased my luteal phase from 11 days to 13 or 14 (which is normal). I love this stuff and feel silly and giddy after I take some of the doses-- like a good buzz only without all the side effects the next day! | F | 38 | 2 months | 7/6/2009 | 3 | To stop my period | Extreme exhaustion, irritability, possible weight gain | I am taking 200mg 2x/day. My period was still happening after 18 days. Since I am having an HSG my next cycle, it was imparative to stop the bleeding so that I would know when my next cycle started. The first couple of days I felt fine, but about 3 days into it, I started to feel extremely tired to the point that I can barely function at work and I'm falling asleep by 5pm. Since I have to take it twice a day, I have to take a dose in the morning and in the evening--I imagine the exhaustion wouldn't be so bad if I could only take it before bed. I would have rated it higher if not for the side effects--my bleeding stopped within two days. | F | 25 | 10 days | 7/6/2009 | 4 | IVF-ICSI between ER and ET | Slight cramping and a little bit tender breasts. | I'm only taking this drug for 3 days between my egg retrieval and my egg transfer. I take 200mg 3x per day vaginally. I also have 3 Climara (Estradiol) patches on, so they might influence the whole thing too. The day after the egg transfer I will not take preometrium any more but will switch to a progesterone gel (Crinone 8%). | F | 29 | 3 days | 6/5/2009 | 3 | PCOS | very tired, feel lethargic, "high/drunk" feeling, finding it very hard to have energy to work, so out of it that i crash into walls...not good :/ | I'm supposed to take 400mg for 10 days, I still have 2 more to go. I hope this works and makes my period come, I can't imagine having to take this over & over again. | F | 28 | 10 days | 6/1/2009 | 3 | Induce period | VERY BAD diarrhea, vomiting, severe cramping, extremely tired. Dosage was 200 mg 2x per night | I took this med this time last year (May) to induce my period. I took it for 3 days and started. I had a period every month until Dec. Then I had 2 days of spotting while on vacation in Feb and nothing since. I had the left over meds and took them 2 days ago. The first day was fine. Took it at bedtime with no food. Last night I took it with some cereal before bed and I have NEVER experienced worse diarrhea nausea or cramping. And as gross as it sounds, I had a jelly-like clear anal discharge. I am not going to take it tonight and just keep my fingers crossed that what I did take, works. | F | 32 | 2 days | 5/30/2009 | 1 | menstrual problems | Extreme irritability, very tender breasts, acne,bloated, not able to sleep longer than 5 hours a night,constipation,lethargic | My doctor prescribed prometrium 200 mg for 12 days due to my periods being heavy for years to just spotting a few days a month and I told her I am very irritable for PMS and was needing something to help with that.Anyhow, I am not one to ever experience side effects and am a very happy go lucky person,but the first thing I noticed in the first few days was, the pills did help with going to sleep but that has never been an issue for me,but I was not able to get my full 8 hours of sleep. I would wake up wide awake after 5 hours of sleep and be exhausted all day. I then had very tender breasts and even after being off the pills a few days, they're very tender still. Wow, my irritability on these pills got so bad, my husband thought I turned into such a nasty person that he left me after a few days of being on prometrium. It finally took coming off the medication to make him realize the pills completely changed my personality. So I would consider very hard before taking these medications because it is 10 times worse than PMS and that's no exaggeration and is not worth a marriage. It did help my face to be much smoother but I did break out with acne and I have never been one to break out. I wish my doctor would've tried a different medicine than this. It's definitely not worth all of the side effects, especially the extreme irritability that can cause someone to act like a crazy woman and completely change their personality. I still have yet to get my period but my doctor says to | F | 30 | 12 days | 5/30/2009 | 5 | endometriosis pain | none, except better sleep and NO PAIN | Before Prometrium, intense and scream-inducing cramps shut me down at least one day per month. Twice, my husband took me to the emergency room convinced that I had appendicitis, but learned that I had only monsterous cramps. Now, I barely notice my periods. | F | 46 | 18 months | 5/21/2009 | 4 | PCOS and TTC | Extreme tiredness, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, irritability, body aches | My doctor put me on 200mg once a day for 7 days to induce my period since I do not ovulate regularly due to PCOS. I am to start Clomid on day 3 of my cycle for 5 days. The side effects of Prometrium haven't been as bad as some of the posts on here, however, I am only on day 4 of taking it and they continue to get a little worse everyday. | F | 26 | 7 days | 5/19/2009 | 1 | post menopausal estrogen dominance | EXTREME blaoting, insomnia, irritability,painful shoulders and arms, shortness of breath, chest heaviness, anxiety, panic, headaches | the side effects happened to me about 10 days in to taking prometrium. I have been on bioidentical progesterone for 3 years and did wonderfully. My doctor wanted to try Prometrium with me because of the higher dosage. It was a disturbing change for me-I was so uncomfortable and felt so sick. I barely was able to perform my work becuase of headaches and severe bloating. | F | 40 | 14 days | 5/13/2009 | 5 | perimenopause symptoms | It made me feel dizzy. However, this is a side effect that is clearly exlained in writing so I knew what I was getting into. My Endocrinologist told me to take it before bedtime to help me sleep through the night. I have the greatest sleeps now. | Love the stuff. I take it 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off and feel horrible when I'm off it. I was constantly exhausted, no energy, hot flashes, bad adult acne and absolutely no sleep at all. Prometrium changed all that and I am finally sleeping again. It helps with the hot flashes too, but does not completely eliminate it. | F | 42 | 2 months | 5/5/2009 | 4 | Sustain Pregnancy | I was taking 1 100mg dose in the morning and was having extreme fatigue all day and sleepless nights. I started taking it at night two days ago and the fatigue has gotten better, and I slept better last night. | I have 2 miscarriages in the past year. My doctor prescribed prometrium when I found out I was pregnant again. I am now 5 weeks and counting down to my 8 week apt. If the prometrium works, this will be our first child. | F | 28 | 6 days | 5/4/2009 | 4 | Very heavy periods, perimenopause, | Slight dizziness,tiredness, feel a little foggy | I am taking this drug to balance out estrogen dominance and stop the extreme bleeding. It took a week to stop it, but havne't had a spot since. Scheduled for hyst next month, not sure if I'll stay on it or not. Depends on doc's recommendation for HRT. | M | 51 | 2 months | 4/30/2009 | 4 | PMS and Hormone imbalance | Frequent dizziness, aches and fatigue, like a fever but without the temperature. Increased appetite | This medicine is helping with my PMS anxiety. I no longer automatically assume that my coworkers are whispering and that my friends hate me. YAY I can be happy again all month long! I am taking this only periodically, 14/28 days, and only suffer the side effects during those days I take the pill. The other 14 days of my cycle, I have greatly increased energy and greatly depleted appetite. | F | 24 | 3 months | 4/22/2009 |