ORTHO EVRA Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORELGESTROMIN)Average Rating: 2.5 (592 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ORTHO EVRA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ORTHO EVRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | birth control | Severe mood swings, severe breast tenderness, depression, fatigue. | This needs to be taken off the market! I feel like I've totally lost my mind. I've been on the patch for four months, with each month all the side effects get much worse! My boyfried says he wants the old me back. We've had so many fights in the past four months and had never fought before then (all 10 years) The mood swings are the worst and it's taken me this long to figure out it was this damn patch. I'm going to the Dr. ASAP to get on something else and encourage him to stop prescribing this God forsaken thing! So please, if you're even remotly considering going on the patch..... DON'T!!!! You WILL regret it if you don't go crazy first! | F | 41 | 4 days | 2/20/2009 | 4 | birth control | Breast tenderness/pain, breast swelling, very slight water retention, decrease in acne | I used the patch for 2 years or so, but then heard the health concerns regarding it, and went to the pill. The pill was fine but I was breaking out so bad, and often forgeting to take it. I spent a little over a year on the pill and just last month I asked my doctor about going back on the patch. I've been using it again for 2 weeks now and have already noticed a difference in my breasts. They are tender all the time and growing a bit. Other than that I think it has (if anything)helped my mood stability, and also helped clear up my acne! Finally! I'm quite happy with it, but concerned about the loss of sex drive people have mentioned. Every woman is different thouhg, but so far so good. | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 2/19/2009 | 3 | Birth Control | Breast tenderness, increase in vaginal discharge, maybe small mood swings but it could be leftover from my time on the shot. | I havent been on it very long only a couple of weeks and I am a little concerned after reading many of the posts. I have just gotten off the shot because it was messing with me so much. I would have horrible mood swings and I had absolutely no sex drive by the time I got off of it(main reason I am off) along with extreme dryness. I havent had any nausea and I dont think I will get my period the first time that I take the patch off (because I didnt have it when I was on the shot so it probably will take some time for my body to readjust). Im really hoping that this will work for me because the shot is out for sure, I cant use the nuva ring and I am horrible about taking a pill every day. But what worries me is the fact that a lot of women have reported a loss of sex drive and moodiness. This worries me because my boyfriend and I have put up with enough since I started the shot. Including me completely breaking down, balling my eyes out for an hour, after we just got done trying to have | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 1/29/2009 | 1 | birth control | vaginal discharge, cramping, irritability, dry skin | After using the patch for only four days I tore it off last night. I've had cramps since starting and excessive vaginal discharge for the last two days. Hopefully these side effects will go away in the next couple days... | F | 29 | 4 days | 1/29/2009 | 2 | yes | breast tender, increase in size | well when i started the patch it was great for the first week, but then the second week i started feeling pains in my body,and my breast started to hurt like crazy! i'm already a DD in size and i increased in size! i gain weight also! but i stop the patch because of discomfort, but its the next month and i have not seen my period! is this common after takin the patch!! | M | 1 months | 1/28/2009 | 3 | birth control | complete lack of sex drive, and severe mood swings if ever i forget to put my patch on after my 4th week period break! i`ve gone up a cup size and dress size but cant really pin this to evra as i started using it just after having my baby. the non existent sex drive is the worst effect for me, and my self confidence is low at certain times of the month too | a friend and myself were talking about the patch yesterday and she said to me she hasn`t had sex for months as she just never gets in the mood since been on it and is now coming off the patch completely, it was then i realised that since been on the patch 2 years now, i`ve lost my sex drive severely too, but never really linked it to the patch as i`ve a 2 year old and have been thinking it`s due to motherhood. i get severe mood swings if i forget to replace my patch after having my period and get so upset as i cant control myself/emotions. i started on the patch sticking it to my stomach but this caused sickness and headaches, i now wear it on my outer thigh and it`s far better there, and non noticeable too. i noticed someone else reported more vaginal discharge than normal, and i`m the same, also achey leg muscles in cold weather which i`ve never really suffered before. i`m happy on the patch but now rather concerned with effects others have listed on here | F | 25 | 2 months | 1/21/2009 | 2 | Birth control, preventing pregnancy | Moodiness, Weight gain, skin irritation, bloating, severe PMS, spotting | I first started the patch a couple of years ago, after being on the pill for a few years. I was on it for about a year, which was kind of up and down emotionally - but overall I never really ascribed any side effects to the patch other than spotting. I quit using it regularly about 9 months ago - and went into a period of emotional stability. Decided to go back on, Tried to change my prescription from the patch because of the spotting but my GD insisted that I keep with it. I lasted three terrible weeks. My mood started to swing and I was all over the place. I started to get really upset by things that I wouldn't have even thought about before. A few days after taking it I thought I was losing my mind because I KNEW I shouldn't be acting like that. It also left me bloated, retaining water like a whale and irritated my skin like nothing other. After reading this board, I am so glad I tore it off. 5 days in and I'm already back in stable country. And my skin is better! Pros - | F | 22 | 1.5 years | 1/21/2009 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | nausea and frequent vomiting | I started the patch because after 3 years of being on the pill, i kept forgetting to take it. My gyno warned me about the patch. I should have listened. I started the patch 5 days ago on Monday. I got sick on Tuesday but thought i probably ate something bad. WRONG. I continued to feel sick throughout the day for 4 days. I have gotten sick everyday. When I wake up, it's the worse. I eat because i get nauseas when im hungry anyway, and then i feel even worse after eating! I just paid 45 dollars for one month so i dont want to take it off and waste the money. I will be calling my doctor to see if I can get free samples of the pill to last me until I can get a new scrpit. I WOULD NOT GET ON THIS MED AGAIN! | F | 20 | 1 weeks | 1/18/2009 | 1 | Birth Control, Regulation of Period | DVT in left leg and pulmonary emboli in both lungs after four months of use. I was a healthy 36 year old before using the patch, and would question taking Tylenol for a headache. Now I'm on Coumadin for a year. | I think the patch should be removed from the market until further clinical trials can be performed and adjustments made to be sure this doesn't happen to any one else. | F | 36 | 4 months | 1/17/2009 | 4 | prevent pregnancy | Possible slight weight gain (not necessarily attributable to OE), increase in cup size | I started using the patch exactly 3 years ago, had no problems or side effects, the patch seemed very ideal. I gained some weight at the time and my facial features seemed to change slightly (due to the weight gain? this may have been because of simultaneous lifestyle changes as well). My problems with Evra however seem to be related to when I go OFF the patch: depression, severe fatigue, odd mood swings similar to bad PMS symptoms, night sweats, panic attacks and overall anxiety. Also severe weight loss and hair loss after going off the patch, which seems odd.. Not sure if these symptoms are even related to going off the patch but they seem to coincide with the removal.. I've gone off the patch twice in 3 years and the same thing happened both times. While on the patch everything seems fine. Anyone else? | F | 27 | 3 years | 1/13/2009 | 2 | birth control | Anxiety, dizziness, agitation, nausea | I was on this for three weeks. First week, I was anxious, agitated, and would go back and forth between being nauseous and ravenously hungry. Second week was a bit better, but started getting randomly dizzy. Third week, I was on the patch less than 24 hours and ended up almost passing out at work: dizzy, couldn't breathe, leg cramps, and numbness in hands and feet. Doc told me to take patch off immediately. I hate the pill, but the side effects were never this bad on it! | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 1/13/2009 | 1 | Birth Control -- less frequency | Sore throats, MOOD SWINGS (MAJOR), extreme fatigue (with body aches), Weight gain, acne, Loss of sex drive | I started using The patch because I felt it would be a good change from having to remember to take a pill every day. However, I noticed that I became irritable, I had acne on my face and about 8-9 months later I had weight gain. My sex drive decreased tremendously and I also began to notice a pattern. Every time toward the end of week 3 I would begin to get body achs with a sore throat. During the 4th week when I would have the patch off, my throat would be sore of 2-3 days or longer (almost as though I was having strep throat) then it would go away. I also have skin pigmentation that is darker than the patch, and I CANT STAND THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE COLOR. They need to make a patch that can match the pigmentation of individuals with DARKER SKIN. | F | 29 | 11 months | 1/13/2009 | 4 | Prevent pregnancy and reduce period | None so far. | I started the patch yesterday morning, highly expecting to become sick because I had also been drinking the night before. But I have yet to feel anything wrong or different with my body besides the patch site being itchy. My stomach is fine, and my breasts feel fine. I felt no change in libido either, and was able to have sex last night. Hopefully, I won't have any problems. I am concerned about the risks though. | F | 16 | 2 days | 1/11/2009 | 2 | contraception | clearer skin? breakthrough bleeding, decreased libido | When I first started Ortho Evra, it worked great. Other than feeling sick the first day I put it on but that went away after two months or so and everything else was fine. My second year on it felt slightly different, I strted getting sick again. This third year has been a nightmare... I started breakthrough bleeding maybe seven months or so ago, and it's just gotten worse. It's like I am on my period all the time, but with just a tiny amount of blood. It is incredibly annoying and it makes me feel gross. For the past several months my sex drive as plummeted. I don't want to have sex with my boyfriend, and I don't even want to masturbate... it is so confusing and deprsesing becase I love sex, but I don't want it! I am never in the mood anymore! And it is so beyond frustrating! And I've just realized that it's most likely the stupid patch, not me. I am stopping it right now and switching to the age 'ol pill. The convenience of the patch is not worth having no sex drive. | F | 18 | 3 years | 1/8/2009 | 1 | second protection | Headaches, nausea and severe mood swings crying, sex-drive is non-existent, bloated weight loss ,cramps | I am usually a happy and goofy person, but I only been on the patch for five days and everything has already changed for the worse. My mother thought it would be a good idea for me to start on the patch because my boyfriend and I have been together for little over a year. But I AM NOT LIKING THIS PATCH AT ALL. Everything is so bad between me and him, we keep fighting because of my mood swings, I am not use to it. I can only imagine that things are going to get even worse. Im sad all the time and my headaches are non-stop. I just want to be done with the patch and be abstinent. | F | 19 | 5 days | 1/7/2009 | 1 | birth control | vomiting, nausea, headache, dizzy, SEVERE SEVERE depression, anxiety, panic attacks | I've been on the patch for 10 months and each month has gotten exponentially worse. I vomit every time I start a new patch, like clockwork. I'm usually feeling sick throughout the days on and off. I experience dizziness occasionally and headaches. I also have been getting VERY depressed and I am usually always happy. It's pretty much when I'm about to take the patch off I get snippy and mistrusting and it gets worse daily to severe depression and anxiety. I've had two panic attacks and am not going to put the patch back on at ANY cost. I highly recommend avoiding this birth control. | F | 22 | 10 months | 1/5/2009 | 2 | Birth Control | Extreme Nausea, horrible pain and swelling in breast! | The first week of my use of Ortho I was sick everyday! I never vomited that first week, but after the first break and beginning again, I vomited after being nauseas all day. Also, the first month of being on the patch, my breasts swelled and hurt so bad! | F | 28 | 2 months | 12/31/2008 | 2 | no babies just yet | nausea, all the time, in the morning, afternoon and night, my boobs got waaayy bigger and they're big already, horrible cramps, increased vaginal discharge, and my period lasted for 3 weeks straight the first time i used it. It doesn't really irritate me much but I feel 100% better when it's my week off and when i put it back on, my mood instantly goes down, like I don't feel healthy at all | I started using the patch back in october and the first day my cramps were so bad I was shaking, I could not keep still what so ever, I was agitated, I snapped at people. My period lasted for 3 weeks, and then I was spotting afterwards and I was so scared to have sex. So I never did. I noticed that whenever I took that patch off I felt so much better, like I could breathe easily. I never had bad cramps until now, my irritability level on a scale of one to ten is a twelve, it's just ridiculous. And recently I sprang a leak while having sex, not a little leak, a big leak. It soiled all the way to the mattress...I'm associating this with the hymen, well some of it, it was so weird because I already had my period for the month of december and I feel so paranoid about having sex now. It's not like I do it all the time which is why I'm totally wigging out | F | 19 | 3 months | 12/27/2008 | 1 | BIRTH CONTROL | TERRIBLE ACNE | I STARTED TAKING THIS DRUG WITH SUCH HIGH HOPES, BUT I DEVELOPED TERRIBLE, DEEP TISSUE ACNE. I GAVE IT A FEW MONTHS, BUT THE ACNE PERSISTED AND WAS UNTREATABLE. I FELT LIKE A 13-YEAR-OLD! A WEEK AFTER I STOPPED USING, THE ACNE VANISHED. I READ OTHER REPORTS ONLINE AFTERWARDS FROM PEOPLE SUFFERING SIMILAR SIDE-EFFECTS CLAIMING THE ACNE LEFT LASTING SCARS! I DIDN'T HAVE SCARS, BUT I WOULD NEVER USE THE RING AGAIN. | F | 23 | 3 months | 12/20/2008 | 1 | birth control/ regulation of period | EXTREME MOOD SWINGS, depression, physical discomfort | i started taking using the patch a week after the first time i had sex. i was 17. Before the pacth i was reasonable, considerd a ery responsibal, and emotionally stable girl. A few weeks after i started using the patch i began to fight with my mom aot more. I thought this might be because i had started having sex and thought i should be able to do as i pleased now. Then i started arguing with my boyfriend. Before this time we had never even had a disagreement and this was about 8 months into our second relationship. Again i thought it might be because of the intercourse. Its really a silly idea but i just couldnt figure out why every one was suddenly attacking me and treating me like crap. So evenually he and i parted ways due to the raging mood swings. I stayed on the patch. About a month later i met the man who would become my fiance. Things were great for the first month or so and then, again the mood swings. | F | 18 | 1 years | 12/9/2008 |