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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROMETRIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | help sustain a pregnancy | severe bloating, abdominal and pelvic cramps, ovary pain on one side, weight gain, moody, vaginal pains and dryness. Some foggyness and lethargy in the mornings. would love to sleep all day. third time taking and always have the same side effects. | Would take it again to help me conceive, however, this medicine has numerous unpleasant side effects | F | 38 | 9 days | 7/28/2007 | 2 | infertility, miscarriage | extreme fatigue, restless sleep, vaginal pain, discharge, discomfort resembling yeast infection. | This was recommended to build up the lining of the uterus for improved chances of pregnancy but the 2 weeks a month taking it are awful. 200mg 2x daily intravaginally. | F | 37 | 5 months | 7/15/2007 | 4 | PCOS/Infertility | extreme tiredness | I read a lot of the comments on here before I started taking Prometrium. This is my fourth time taking it and I have never had a problem. I take two 200mg capsules before bedtime. My RE suggested that I take them before bed because they make you tired. I take them as I am literally crawling into bed. I feel slightly tired in the morning but nothing like the other women have said. I would recommend taking them if you are having difficulties with your period. | F | 28 | 7 days | 7/8/2007 | 3 | continuous bleeding | Bad nausea when I first took this medication but this has improved . I found its best to eat smaller meals to help with the bloating . Always take it at night [this I found out myself] I'm fine when I wake up in the morning but as the day progresses I get tired and light headed. I have trouble concentrating since taking this medication and very little energy. | Well this drug did ease up my bleeding and has helped me that way . However we all worry about the long term side effects of taking any medication and because of that I cant wait to come off it. | F | 50 | 2 days | 7/8/2007 | 3 | PCOS/ Infertility | I'm taking Metformin and my doctor wanted me to take Prometrium at the same time and I couldn't even stand up! It made me feel like I was drunk. I stop taking the Metformin every month when it comes time to take the Prometrium. Also I've been going to this doctor for 6 or 7 months now and I just want to conceive already! I feel very moody and I find things upset me way more than usual and I get alot of headaches. | F | 21 | 6 months | 7/5/2007 | 1 | Induce period | Very sleepy..emotional,foggy headed, couldn't focus. | I am dissapointed it didn't work. I took it 2 times in 1 month to try to start and nothing so far. I took 100mg x's 10 days then again 100mg x's 12 days... nothing. | F | 27 | 10 days | 7/2/2007 | 5 | Menopause | Sleepiness, which, when taken at night, is a positive! | I took Prometrium 200mg day 1 - 15 each month for about 8 years. At first had problems with sleepiness, but when switched to taking it at night, it solved my insomnia problem. I had no periods or spotting until recently, so am now taking it daily all month. This solved my spotting problem. I'm very happy with this medication. | F | 56 | 8 years | 6/26/2007 | 3 | regulate irregular/heavy bleeding | drowsiness/sleepiness/some dizziness. This medicine is best taken at bedtime. It improves my sleep. | My body doesn't metabolize this drug well. It thinks its candy, or at best a sleeping pill. I've been taking it to regulate irregular bleeding (200 mg) but sometimes I bleed in the middle of taking it and sometimes I bleed 3 weeks after I finish the 12 day course. Doesn't make sense. Also sometimes I ovulate right after I finish the last dose! The only thing it helped with is the heavy bleeding, the bleeding is lighter now. | F | 55 | 3 years | 6/18/2007 | 4 | Sustain Pregnancy | Constipation, some nausea | I take one 100mg dose right before bedtime. If I don't fall asleep right away, I start to feel sick. Feel sick the next day but attributed that to the pregnancy. So far, it hasn't been bad at all for me. | F | 37 | 30 days | 6/15/2007 | 1 | Progesterone replacement | Chest Pains, extreme fatigue, felt like I was very very drunk. | In 2000 I was diagnosed with PCOS. Took prempro to reduce cysts and re-establish cycle after many years of two or less per year. After 3 months had to have both ovaries removed due to benign tumors. Continued on Prempro for a few years. Developed Hypothyroidism and began taking Synthroid for that. The estrogens in Prempro counteract the thyroid meds so I asked Gyn to reduce dosage. Seemed to be working but on last sonogram had thickening of uterine lining so was taken off of Prempro(with the thyroid meds working my body started making its own Estrogen and that's why I needed more progesterone than was in the lowest dose of Prempro that I took) and told to take Provera 10mg. Took one dose and it knocked me out for 2 days. Doc changed scrip to Prometrium 200mg and took one dose at 6pm. At 8pm same day had 3 rapid chest pains and felt dizzy and disoriented. Continued to have extreme fatigue and random chest pains through next day. Did NOT take another. Came out of stupor around 3pm but | F | 38 | 1 days | 6/13/2007 | 3 | Start Period | First 20 minutes I feel really drunk, then comes a sudden wave of nausea which lasts until lunch time the next day. I have also been dizzy and really sleepy. | After 10 days on the meds nothing was really happening. I am getting ready to start my second set of 10 and am hoping that something happens this time. I have not had a period since January when I stopped my BC Patch. | F | 22 | 10 days | 6/12/2007 | 1 | secondary ammenorhea | Only took prometrium (200 mg 1x/day) for 10 days and my life has never been the same. I gained 12 lbs in the 10 days and continued gaining. It's 3 months after taking prometrium and I've gained 30+ lbs even though I exercise 5 days/wk and eat very healthfully (sports Dietician approved). Have gone to many Drs, done blood & urine tests to see what is going on. What I've learned is that 10% of girls of average weight gain 20+ lbs after taking prometrium (progesterone) and if you are either under weight or extremely overweight, there is an 80% chance of a 20+ lb weight gain as a side effect of prometrium. I was borderline underweight or at the low end of normal and I gained 30 lbs. I now have endocrine problems and was told that taking progesterone when there's not a shortage of progesterone in the body can change the endrocrine system, which can take 18-24 months to get back to normal. | I was not told any of this before taking the medication. I can no longer do my sport, I have no energy, I am overweight and never have been before and am miserable. yes, this is from the endocrine problem that the excessive progesterone caused, but I should have been warned. To top it off, I didn't even start my period from the prometrium, I started on my own 1 1/2 months later. DON'T GO ON PROMETRIUM OR PROGESTERONE UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT!!!! I wouldn't wish this on anyone. | F | 17 | 10 days | 6/7/2007 | 4 | cyst in uterus with heavy spotting | I have not experienced any noticable side effects that I can not deal with. | Dr. advised me that I suffered with ovarian cysts along with a cyst that had developed inside my uterus. I was experiencing spotting that eventually develped into passing small liver sized clots. I am currently taking 100mg once per day for 14 days of my cycle. Bleeding has stopped and I feel great. Have some bloting and gas but I regularly exercise and will find a way to control that. If my options are to bleed constantly and pass fist sized clots vs taking the medication and feeling tired... I'll take the medication along with an iron supplement | F | 47 | 5 days | 5/28/2007 | 1 | Infertility due to PCOS/post IUI | Exhaustion, weakness, unmotivated, general ill-feeling | RE recommended 200 mg, 3x daily vaginally but because prone to vaginal infections, I began taking orally at night and reduced dosage to 2x daily. Dealing with PCOS is difficult on its own but this really adds to the misery. Feel unable to function most of the day. Want to do anything necessary to get pregnant and sustain pregnancy but very doubtful I will use this again. | F | 36 | 12 days | 5/27/2007 | 2 | perimenopause/irregular periods | 14 days and longer heavy periods. Cramping, abdominal bloating. Moodiness and depression. Periods still irregular. Weight gain. | My doctor originally prescribed 100 mg for 10 days. After 4 months when my periods were still irregular, she then prescribed 200 mg for 10 days. I have been on 200 mg for 4 months and my periods are heavy and last 14 days or more! Period is still irregular; I never know when it will start and sometimes have 2 in one month. While on prometrium I experienced cramping and abdominal bloating. I suffered from mood swings and depression. I had lost 70 pounds on Weight Watchers and have kept it off for 2 years; since being on prometrium I have gained 5 pounds! I called my doctor this week and am now off prometrium! | F | 47 | 8 months | 5/24/2007 | 1 | peri menopausal | took for 3 cycles of 12 days for continues spotting. 1st cycle period came in 5 days, 2nd cycle waited 10 days, still waiting on 3rd cycle 8th day. I noticed increasing fatigue, ravanous appetite, breast swelling and tenderness, irratabilty and by 3th month crushing depression. I am bi-polar and have borderline pesonality disorder all managed well with meds and therapy. I was told that there were "virtually no side effects". Even conffered with pharmasist. I would not reccommend this drug for discomforts of peri menopausal, I'd rather spot and sweat than be brought near the brink. | I would be very careful about taking this drug if you have a history of deppression or take physch meds. Very scary for me until a friend made me do some digging regarding HRT. | F | 47 | 3 months | 5/21/2007 | 3 | Incr progesterone early pregnancy | Sudden and dramatic abdominal bloating. Abdominal muscle pain, lower back pain. Also increase in pre-existing first trimester symptoms of fatigue and nausea. | I am 9w2d pregnant. My OB prescribes Prometrium thru wk 12 in all instances of progesterone measuring <25 (mine was 21.4). Also prescribed due to advanced maternal age and previous pregnancy loss (although neither was caused by low progesterone). | F | 42 | 7 days | 5/19/2007 | 3 | for Pregnancy | Nausea, dizziness | I was on it for a week and was told to stop taking it due to much higher than expected progesterone level. The dosage was 100mg x 2/day. I was wondering if anyone has taken Prometrium and off it now that experienced nausea even after 4 days off the medication. I am hoping it's due to the residual of the medicine, not because of its damage to my liver or something. I haven't had nauseous feeling since pregnancy started until taking the medication. Thanks much for response. | F | 35 | 6 days | 5/18/2007 | 3 | ivf post embryo transfer | Increased basal body temp. Swollen and sore breasts. Bloated. Fatigue. Moodiness, depression, crying. Weight gain. Constipation. Foggy feeling in the head. Unmotivated. | Felt like I had early pregnancy symptoms. Giving me a false sense of being pregnant. It will be worth it if this drugs helps me maintain a pregnancy. Taking 200 mg 3x a day vaginally along with estrace 2mg 2x a day until pregnacy test. Both are used to help build up uterine lining, aid implantaion & prevent miscarriage. Seems to be standard protocol at the fertility clinic I went to. Also on Baby aspirin. I'm assuming cause prometrium increses blood clotting/stroke potential and the baby aspirin helps thin the blood. I was not told of any of the side effects of this drug (found info on my own - internet) and beacuse many side effects are also pregnancy symptoms had a false sense of hope for the first week. Blood test tomorrow will confirm if we were really successful. | F | 41 | 16 days | 5/17/2007 | 3 | to shed thickened uterine lining | The first 2 days... no problems - actually slept great the first night! By day 4- someone help me! I have EXTREME bloating of the entire stomach - not just abdomen! Severe gassines, indigestion,GI discomfort, diarrhea,"full" feeling ... I look like I am 6 months pregant!!! Feel exhausted and emotinal. Only taking it for 6 days - thank goodness! This better work and the effects had better pass as soon as the medicine is done. On a positive note - I did get my period by day 4. | F | 36 | 6 days | 5/14/2007 |