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 | Zero Progesterone | IRRITABLE! Depressed, lethargic, craving carbs, trouble concentrating | F | 39 | 10 days | 1/12/2009 | 3 | Regulate cycle to conceive | Some gas, slight bloating, mood swings and completely drained. | Started taking it day 12 "at bedtime", the first night I slept like a baby and felt great the next day. The last 9 days have been hell, I feel like I could sleep for days, my pants don't fit and I cry if someone looks at me funny. | F | 30 | 10 days | 1/8/2009 | 5 | hormonal imbalance;ovarian cysts | Depending on what day of the month I take it, it varies.I have to allow for that. | ATTENTION: I have realized that for me that the "high and dizziness" comes from mixing caffeine or my anti-depressant Prozac with Prometrium. I listen to my body and normally try to only take the Prometrium when I'm not going to have caffeine or take my Prozac. A person should not drive when they have had both and have that high or dizzy feeling. It is no different than being drunk on alcohol. | F | 46 | 10 years | 1/1/2009 | 3 | induce period | sleepy, dizzy, | F | 29 | 4 days | 12/26/2008 | 4 | prevent miscarriage | bloating,breast tenderness,and foggy head | I started 100mg/daily by mouth on the 14th day of my cycle. I have had 2 miscarriages in the past 6 months. My progesterone level was at 2 my first miscarriage, each pregnancy failed at 5 weeks. I don't know if I'm pregnant yet I will find out in a week and a half, but I hope that taking the Prometrium with help sustain my next pregnancy to term, if it does it will be my husband and my first child. Thanks to everyone for their input on this drug. | F | 28 | 6 days | 12/18/2008 | 5 | post menapause | I had wight gain, vaginal dryness, HOT FLASHES so badly, moodiness, could NOT sleepand probasly more symptoms before taking Prometrium 4 years ago. IT IS AWESOME!!! I've lost weight,breast increased a size, sleep like a baby and enjoy intimancy, and feel great! | F | 50 | 4 years | 12/17/2008 | 4 | Increase progesterone early prego | Totally Timothy Leary; Turn on, tune in, drop out. Very 'stoned' feeling. Sleep really well. Happy buzz. | F | 32 | 18 days | 12/15/2008 | 2 | complex endometrial hyperplasia | extreme fatigue, dizziness, depression, nausea, stiff neck headache, foggy thinking, occasionally slurred speech, mildly strained vision. | I'm taking this days 14-28 of my cycle for treatment of complex endometrial hyperplasia. I'm on my second round now. It's too early to tell whether it's working or not. My first week of taking it I could not function AT ALL and cried non-stop for no good reason. There's only one thing I like about this horrid drug, and that is that I sleep great. The problem is I feel like sleeping all the time. I'm functioning at about 20% of my usual capacity. I was so desperate by the 2nd week that I went to a highly recommended Chinese acupuncturist-herbalist. I've gone every week for 5 weeks and it has helped ease the symptoms, most significantly the depression. Sadly, acupuncture is prohibitively expensive but there's no question it works. Highly recommended, but it will empty your wallet. I'm also taking vitamins and green drinks and avoiding alcohol and caffeine. All that helps, but this drug is hardcore. My doctor said the only symptoms were slight dizziness. Ha. I'm considering switching to P | F | 41 | 2 months | 12/9/2008 | 4 | stop bleeding 16 days a month | First night i took before bed very dizzy, slurred speech, and very tired. The next morning i layed in bed all day didn't want to do anything.I had the munchies for sweets, but after a few days felt pretty good bleeding slowed down after a week I have to take it for ten days then start clomid. | I had tubal reversal in sept 2008, the month before my period started coming every two weeks it was horrible i have NEVER had this problem it has continued this way my doc put me prometrium for ten days then I will start taking the clomid, to restart my hormones I hope it works. I feel alot better emotionally after starting the prometrium after my body got used to it. I have been peeing alot and don't look as bloated it's funny because I thought it would make me real bloated but did opposite, I feel it was the best thing for me physically and mentally. I had to take it when i was pregnant with my children to keep me from m/c and it worked then to. | F | 28 | 10 days | 11/26/2008 | 2 | sustain pegnancy | dizzyness, high feeling after 45 minutes, mildcramping, depression, tiredness, nausea, vomiting, extreme fatigue, insomnia, can barely function | I have been taking this drug for almost 2 1/2 weeks of total hell... 5 more weeks to go. Depressed and want to cry. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 11/19/2008 | 2 | heavy periods | Extreme fatigue... several hours on the couch during the day and 9 hours of sleep at night. Not functional during those periods. I'd rather have the original heavy bleeding problem! | It hits exactly 1 hour after taking it each morning and I even have trouble speaking. I've been this way for 6 days (when I upped the dose) and am thinking of just stopping. I had much better success balancing out my hormones years ago with DHEA. | 44 | 13 days | 11/19/2008 | 3 | irregular and heavy periods | dizziness, lethargic, "out of body experience" | I was adviced to take 200mg. each night for 28 days, off 7, then begin again. On a few occasions I had taken the correct dosage about an hour before actually going to bed and it was a mistake! I was dizzy, very tired and out of it. My husband recalls me saying things I don't even remember saying! It will provide a restful sleep for about 7 hours however. So far the periods have been a little lighter and seem to be coming more regular. Definitely take it just as you go to bed. | F | 50 | 3 months | 11/17/2008 | 4 | to make my periods more regular | a bit tired in the morning | I took 200 mg twice a day. I slept very well at night but I had crazy dreams. I was a bit tired in the morning but after I got showered I felt like I had great energy for the day. I was in a much better mood too. I was having one period and then another one about 4 days later. they were very heavy. After I finished taking the meds. I started again and it has been a lot less. I will have to wait and see if I will be more regular now. | F | 41 | 7 days | 11/10/2008 | 3 | Sustain Pregnancy | Extreme tiredness, headaches, bloating and nausea but those two could be related to pregnancy. | I am currently 6 weeks pregnant. My progesterone was about 20.5 when I found out I was pregnant and I had mild cramping.I am on 800mg of prometrium daily(400mg in the morning and 400mg at night). I was put on bed rest for the past four days b/c of very light spotting and I hate it. I can't say whether it will help or not b/c I am so early in my preg. but as of right now I dislike this drug very much. It nocks me out and then I have a headache the rest of the day b/c I slept for two hours mid afternoon. I am very frustrated to say the least. | F | 27 | 12 days | 11/10/2008 | 3 | Induce period | Light-headed!!! Hot flashes. | I took this in the morning before going to work, in combination with estradiol. I thought the drugs would even each other out so that I wouldn't experience side effects, but no such luck. Based on the other comments I will start taking Prometrium before bed so that I can actually function at work. the last time I was on Prometrium I couldn't finish the 10 days I was so sick. | F | 30 | 1 days | 11/7/2008 | 4 | Ludial Phase Defect & PMS | Tired, IBS, a bit moody | I am taking 100 MG of Prometrium. I feel good! I take it in the evenings just before bedtime and it puts me to sleep. My bloating is gone and I feel thinner. I am not so moody in the daytime. Although if I start to cry, I cry more, but I am aware. I experienced smoother stools and gassiness, but from my previous constipation. This has been helpful. I did notice hemorrhoids last night. So I will watch this a bit more. I am also a bit more hyperactive personality so this drug has helped me slow down. I like it overall....we will see after a few more months. Then I will have another blood test during ovulation and see if it is doing it's job. I seem to see a trend here in these posts; most women taking 200 mg see heavier side effects. I wonder if decreasing the mg would help or splitting it up in the day would help. Good luck. | F | 35 | 7 days | 11/6/2008 | 3 | maintain pregnancy | headache, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue, irritability, trouble sleeping, dry mouth, increase in thirst | I have had 2 miscarriages (13 weeks & 8 weeks). I am now 6 weeks pregnant, so not sure if the drug is working or not. Side effects are very difficult to deal with (especially in the work environment), but worth it if indeed I do carry to term. | F | 25 | 7 days | 10/28/2008 | 5 | 83 days w/out a period | tired, bloated, zits (put a teenager to shame), emotional, dizzy the first night, BAD constipation, HEAVY period | All of a sudden my husband became irrational but he got better after my period came. ALL my pants shrank temporarily. 12 great nights of sleep. HEAVY period 6 days post pill 12 | F | 32 | 12 days | 10/14/2008 | 4 | Non-Stop Bleeding/Spotting 4 months | I take this medication at nighttime right as I'm getting into bed, so I haven't experienced any significant side-effects. I have awakened a few times during the night and feel quite "out of it" but otherwise, nothing noteable. | I am on day 5 of therapy to stop the bleeding and "jump start" my hormones back to normal, but am still spotting. The doctor told me if I'm still bleeding at all by Monday (which will be less than a week after starting it), to call him, as something isn't right then and he'll have to order more tests. | F | 29 | 5 days | 10/4/2008 | 5 | to sustain pregnancy | tiredness | I was put on prometrium becuase my progesterone level was only at 10 at 6 weeks pregnant. I went to the doctor with back pain and spotting when they dicovered the low level. Immediately after starting prometrium the pain and spotting stopped and my pregnancy seems to be progressing as it should. I take the prometrium at bedtime since it makes me tired but thats the only side effect I am having. | F | 23 | 3 weeks | 9/30/2008 |