ALESSE Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.5 (179 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALESSE with similar:
Type: Brand name discontinued; available as generic
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALESSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | birth control | weight gain (a lot), bloating, moodiness, lack of energy and depressed - i ate healthier and have always worked out regularly and the bloating and weight gain were terrible. i stopped it halfway through my 2nd month b/c i HATED the side effects. | did its job for birth control but for my first time on a pill the side effects completely freaked me out! i am now on minestrin (less estrogen) so i hope that will work better. -- also look into 'desogen' - its a different type of progestin, ill switch to that if the minestrin doesnt work. | F | 19 | 1.5 months | 6/6/2005 | 4 | birth control, regulate period | I thought I loved it at first, but my dermatologist just told me that my acne is probably due to this pill which I hadn't realized as I didn't have it the first year on the pill. If I was late in taking a pill by a few hours, I'd usually have break-through bleeding lasting the rest of the cycle and then the full period when I was supposed to. I didn't notice a weight gain, that was the reason I switched from Ortho tri-cyclene because I definitely had a gain on that pill. | F | 31 | 3 years | 5/27/2005 | 1 | for birth contorl pills | blood pressure shot up and had excruciating headaches, stopped taking pill and still having them. | F | 30 | 90 days | 4/6/2005 | 5 | birth control | slight weight gain in the beginning (5 lbs) | I loved it. It kept me child free, no weight gain, no crazy mood swings, libido stayed about the same. MY ONLY COMPLAINT: NOT ENOUGH CLINICS CARRY IT OR PRESCRIBE IT! | F | 22 | 3 years | 3/28/2005 | 4 | Birth Control | No real side effects whatsoever. I switched to Alesse after taking a couple of other pills for a few years and found Alesse to be the easiest. I have had no mood swings or weight gain. I have just recentely stopped taking the pill as I am no longer in a relationship and had a very low libido while in the relationship. I cannot be sure but I think the pill may have had an impact on my sex drive so I am going off to see what my | F | 25 | 7 years | 3/24/2005 | 3 | birth control | Decreased libido | F | 29 | 1 years | 3/24/2005 | 3 | Birth Control | Crazy weight gain | F | 1 years | 2/13/2005 | 2 | birth control | low sex drive/ moodiness/ breast tenderness | but never got pregnant | F | 26 | 2 years | 2/12/2005 | 4 | birth control | breakthrough bleeding and spotting in first few months. | after the first three months i had no side effects whatsoever, and my periods are lighter and easier. | F | 16 | 6 months | 2/11/2005 | 3 | birth control | loss of libido | Alesse was great, evened my cycle out, but my sex drive was gone. Not worth it. | F | 26 | 3 years | 2/9/2005 | 4 | F | 7 years | 2/3/2005 | 4 | | 2/3/2005 | 5 | birth control | very happy no weight gain or side effects | F | | 1/26/2005 | 1 | birth control | terrible weight gain because of uncontrollable appetite; about 20 lbs in the six months I was on the pill. appetite went back to normal after stopping the pill, but it was really hard to lose the weight. | F | 26 | 6 months | 1/23/2005 | 5 | Birth Control | None thus far | F | 30 | 30 days | 1/15/2005 | 3 | prevent pregnancy, bad cramps | my skin is breaking out like never before. i was originally taking levlite and i liked it a lot better. | F | 25 | 7 days | 1/10/2005 | 4 | yes | breakthrouh | F | 30 | 6 months | 12/15/2004 | 2 | irregular periods | periods lasting up to 2 weeks, and heavy bleeding | F | 28 | 7 months | 11/28/2004 | 4 | Birth Control, PMS | nausea | I was worried about weight gain, but actually lost about 10 lbs the first 6 months on Alesse. Since then though, I've noticed an increase in weight in the stomach/thigh area that seems to be typical to bcp's. Periods are predictable...same time/day each month, which is nice. Decrease in PMS symptoms at first, but am gradually becoming grouchy - just like the pre-Alesse days! | F | 26 | 2 years | 11/9/2004 | 3 | Birth control | Very low sex drive, thinning of hair | F | 23 | 3 years | 11/1/2004 |