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 |
| 3 | Birth Control | Depression, Mood swings, Breast tenderness. | I like how I dont have to worry about taking a pill every day. Cause I am a very forgetful person | F | 17 | 1 weeks | 9/15/2006 | 4 | Don't want to get pregnant | I haven't experienced any that I know of. | First of all, the mark that the patch leaves is annoying. Other than that, I haven't had any noticable side effects. I have gained weight since I've been on it, but I attributed it to other factors. After reading what everyone else has said, I'm not sure if the patch has caused this or not. I do love how on schedule my period is every month. I used to be irregular, but now know exactly when I'll get it. I am considering switching bc just because of the recent evidence against this drug. | F | 22 | 3 years | 8/29/2006 | 2 | prevent pregnancy and reduce cyst | weight gain,increase in size of ovarian cyst,increase in breast size,reast tenderness, headaches,rash around patch, PREGNANCY!!! | i became pregnant after using ortho evra for 3 years with proper use plus a condom...i was already a 32DDD and really couldnt deal with larger boobs, they went to a EE, i gained 15 pounds, i had a rash around the patch, i had troubles with it not sticking , and i had a 9.5 cm ovarian cyst that was suppost to shrink but it became 16.9 cm and had to get surgery to remove it | F | 23 | 3 years | 8/27/2006 | 1 | prevent pregnancy and reduce cyst | weight gain,increase in size of ovarian cyst,increase in breast size,reast tenderness, headaches,rash around patch, PREGNANCY!!! | i became pregnant after using ortho evra for 3 years with proper use plus a condom...i was already a 32DDD and really couldnt deal with larger boobs, they went to a EE, i gained 15 pounds, i had a rash around the patch, i had troubles with it not sticking , and i had a 9.5 cm ovarian cyst that was suppost to shrink but it became 16.9 cm and had to get surgery to remove it | F | 23 | 3 years | 8/27/2006 | 3 | Birth Control | loss of libido | I was on the patch for almost 2 years and the decline in sex drive was so slow i barely noticed it until it was gone. I came online to this website and read these reviews and immediately made an appointment to get off the patch. I'm happy to saw that my libido is back to normal. | F | 24 | 2 years | 8/24/2006 | 1 | Birth control, control cysts | AWFUL NAUSEA. | Don't need to feel like I am going to vomit every day. I always try to give the BC 4 months to see what the side effects are. Could not last. I have been on BC pills since I was 19, only off to have children. My gyn in her infinite wisdom has me trying new BC. Forget this. I also tried the Ortho lo and Yasmine. Hated those too. FYI - I am healthy, no health problems except the ones I am doing to myself from these new BC's. I think I will go back to Loestrin. | F | 35 | 3 months | 8/22/2006 | 1 | Major Cramps/Birth Control | I was on the patch since 2004 and since then have had no sex drive at all. I recently got married, and have gone off the patch but still don't want sex. I hope my drive comes back! But worstly, I was one of the women who suffered a pulmonary embolism and I nearly died due to blood clots that suddenly struck me in my lungs. I do not smoke or drink and am 25 years old with no prior medical history of clotting and not in my family either. GET OFF THE PATCH TO SAVE YOUR LIFE! People ARE dying on this drug! I was nearly one of them. | GET OFF THE PATCH TO SAVE YOUR LIFE! Take ANYTHING else but Ortho Evra! | F | 25 | 3 years | 8/10/2006 | 1 | Birth Control | Headaches, numbness in legs, mood swings, low sex drive, hair loss, weight gain | I thought this would be an easy way to use birth control. The side effects started around the 3rd month or so, but I did not attribute them to the birth control until after I quit using it. I stopped because I heard about the increased risks of blood clots during its use. I then realized that this thing was making me nuts. I was paranoid with mood swings in a matter of minutes. I had wondered what was wrong with me and if maybe I was bipolar. My feet and legs would go numb a few times a week, I gained about 20 pounds, and had really bad headaches. I have been off the patch for 2 months and things are much better, although the first few weeks off the patch the side effects were still very apparent. I would recommend anyone using this to take it off. | F | 28 | 8 months | 8/10/2006 | 2 | pregnancy prevention | anxiety attacks, deppresion, vaginal discharge. Moody tense mess. | I felt like a mental case. so filled with a ball of nerves in my stomach all the time hit me at about 6 weeks in. | F | 26 | 2 months | 8/3/2006 | 4 | Birth Control | On the friday before my period every month I would become psycho and like clockwork my boyfriend and I got into fights. He actually timed the fight....and it was dead on | It worked.. It was easier to remember and I never gained weight. Mood swings were just terrible. What's funny is that my boyfriend's ex before me went on it and when she went on it thats when things for them became rotten... Only other bad thing is the bandaid marks around the patch. I still like it though. | F | 23 | 14 months | 8/1/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Miagraines, Excessive Weight Gain, Water retention, Depression, Application site irritation, Extreme fatigue, Breast tenderness. | I have used several different methods of birth control over the years. Everything from Ortho Novum, Ortho Tri-cyceline, Ortho Evra and Nuva Ring and I have to say that I have experienced more side effects from Ortho Evra than any other form. In 9 months, I have gained over 15 pounds!!! My breast are always tender, and I am always tired. Regardless of how much sleep I get. I have NEVER felt like this on any other form of Birth Control and after reading other feedback, its nice to know Im not the only one suffering! | F | 34 | 9 months | 7/25/2006 | 5 | birth control/ pain medication | I used to get really sick the first day of my period - so sick that sometimes I couldn't work or go to school. I went on birth control to reduce the amount of pain and length of my periods. I also went on birth control because I was getting married in a few month and we didn't plan on having children until later in our marriage. I have been on birth control for about 5 years now. I was first on Ortho Tricyclen. Then I went to Triphasal due to a change in insurance and then I decided to go on the patch since it was easier to remember than the pill. However, we have decided to start getting ready for having kids so I just went off the patch. I also have heard about the recent studies done on Ortho Evra and how it has affected certain people on it. I was really concerned about using Ortho Evra and my doctor said not to worry the last time I talked with her. I am concerned how my body is going to react to not being on the patch anymore. | Ortho Evra really worked for me. I stopped having such painful periods and my skin was really clear. My periods were very light and lasted about 4 days. I didn't have problems with mood swings or getting sick. | F | 28 | 1 years | 7/24/2006 | 1 | Cramps/Contraception | DVT (blood clot) in my right shoulder, nasty mood swings | DO NOT USE THE PATCH!! It caused my DVT as well as jacked up my hormone levels entirely. I'm now having to deal with all the side effects from the blood thinners. A very awesome alternative to the patch is the Nuva Ring!! | F | 24 | 3 years | 7/13/2006 | 2 | Birth Control | Breast tenderness and increased breast size, heart palpatations, EXTREME nausea (especially the 1st 2 days a patch was on). | F | 23 | 4 months | 7/12/2006 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | I was on the patch for 6 weeks, and experienced breast tenderness immediately, and totally lost my libido. What's the point of taking birth control if it eliminates your desire to have sex !?! I also gained 15 lbs in 6 weeks and became as dry as the Sahara desert. I'd cry at anything the first month on the patch, and became severely depressed. | My recommendation is to immediately rip the patch off of your body. I wish my doctor had told me about the extremely high levels of estrogen in the patch before she prescribed it to me. Now that I found out that infertility is a side effect, I'm pissed off! The makers of Ortho Evra probably paid the FDA off to get this horrible drug approved... My advice - rip that sucker off and use condoms! | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 7/8/2006 | 1 | Birth control | I became extremely emotional, I gained weight, my breasts hurt ALL OF THE TIME and I did'nt want to have sex anymore... something I enjoyed very much! | There is just way too many hormones in it... get off of it as soon as possile before YOU DIE!!! This is NOT a laughing matter, there isn't a single benefit from taking this drug. Save yourself... and your libido! | F | 36 | 3 months | 7/8/2006 | 1 | Birth control | I experienced fatigue, breast soreness, weight gain, irritability, loss of sex drive and dryness. I didn't want to have sex anymore with the man I adore... it was pathetic! | After being on the patch for 7 weeks, I discontinued use without consulting my doctor. Taking the patch off and throwing out of the third floor window was the BEST thing I ever did. Not to worry, I was back to normal almost immediately. My libido came back and my lovelife became juicy again. As with any other drug... just say NO!!! | F | 29 | 2 months | 7/8/2006 | 5 | Birth Control | breast tenderness for first week or so. *Lighter periods! :)* | I was on the patch for almost 3 years and never had any problems besides some minor side effects for the first week of use. I loved it because I got lighter periods and didn't get pregnant. The only reason I recently decided to get off the patch is b/c of all the new data coming out about it possibly being unsafe. Besides that...it was great birth control and hopefully the next one I try will be as great as the patch. | F | 20 | 2.5 years | 7/2/2006 | 1 | Birth Control | Ortho Evra has been linked to serious life-threatening side effects including blood clots, stoke, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, transient ischemic attacks, and deep venous thrombosis. | F | 24 | | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Ease of use | Weight Gain, Leg pain, depprsion, decreased sex drive | These were all new side effects I had never experienced before. I put on a total 40 lbs over 2 years I went off to stop gaining weight. | F | 25 | 2 years | 6/26/2006 |