PREMPRO Reviews (ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (47 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PREMPRO with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREMPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
1 | hot flashes | BREAST CANCER !!!!!! I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY CHEMO AND RADIATION!! PREMPRO IS THE CAUSE !! IT HAS BEEN PROVEN AND I AM IN THE MIDST OF A LAWSUIT !!! DONT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | PREMPRO GAVE ME BREAST CANCER!! | F | 58 | 4 years | 12/4/2006 | 3 | Post-menopausal | bloating, breast tenderness, indigestion, weight gain | I'm not sure if the bloating, breast tenderness and indigestion are all from the Prempro, but while I was on Prometrium and Vivelle-Dot for 2 1/2 years, I felt wonderful. I just couldn't pay for two co-payments, it was too costly. I agree with another comment posted regarding the 28 day cycle. Post-menopausal women do not need a 28 day cycle, they don't have menstrual periods! I think that women are treated indifferently by insurance and drug companies. | F | 46 | 2 months | 4/26/2006 | 5 | yes | F | 58 | | 5/14/2004 | 4 | perimenopausal | F | 52 | 2 years | 1/29/2003 | 1 | FOR HRT | ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.... it's the progestin (provera) and not the estrogen. It gives me breast tenderness, ouchies, bloat, weight gain, cramps. It does the same when I take it separately as in Provera. The estrogen itself never bothers me. | I absolutely hate having to take this... and am now on a longer term estrogen alone for months before I do add it for 2 weeks. (prometrium now) never again the Provera. And have no problems with an increase of uterine thickening. Just bad stuff, and the more I've read is most likely the cause of the increase in breast cancer and NOT the estrogen content. | F | 53 | 6 months | 12/10/2002 | 4 | to regulate periods | moodiness (slight) | F | 45 | 60 days | 5/15/2002 | 4 | Post menopausal symptoms | I am currently taking Prempro and covered by HMO. I have a concern regarding the doses (28) per month in the Prempro package. When my husband has a drug prescribed, he gets 30 doses per month. However, I only get 28---forcing me to pay an additional copay on an additional month's supply of 28 to cover the year. Consequently, my year's supply (subsidized by HMO) costs more than his. Also, my year's prescription always expires after 12 fills and I am inconvenienced by having to phone my doctor for an extension prior to my yearly checkup. I contacted my HMO about this and was told that it was packaged that way because of a woman's 28-day cycle and that any complaints I had should be addressed by the drug company. Do they not realize that a post-menopausal woman no longer has a "cycle"? In discussions with other women we would much prefer 30 doses per month than 28. I believe this is just another way to "gouge" women at the pharmacy. | F | 56 | 3 years | 6/6/2001 |