NUVARING Reviews (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.3 (852 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUVARING with similar:
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| 1 | birth control | The ring gave me a uti within the first week witch turned into a very painfull kidney infection. I'm still in alot of pain. I've been so tired and moodie also have had bleeding and cramps. I took the ring out tonight and hope im feeling better in the morning. I am a nurses aid and a single mom i cant afford to take a day off and it has been hell to work like this lifting people and walking so much in this much pain. I wish i would have done more research before i started taking this. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 6/23/2012 | 1 | Birth Control | Ok, so the pill made my face extremely blotchy so I got off the pill and it has taken 2 years to finally get my face close to normal. During that time, I used condoms or the pull-out method, of which I know is not safe. Therefore, I started the Nuvaring 6 days ago, yes DAYS, and I am already seeing my face blotch up again, breakout, and not to mention my legs and belly are extremely swollen which could lead to blood clots. I have been picking fights with my bf for absolutely no reason and fortunately he is a forgiving person. To make it worse, I have NO sex drive, am moody, and extremely tired. I took it out today, especially after reading all of these reviews, and seeing that blood clots are a definite side effect which my Grandmother has struggled with most of her life. Seeing the list of all the side effects that are about a mile long is overwhelming and makes me wonder how this ring is legal! I wish my Dr would have been honest in telling me the true side effects instead of | IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!! | F | 33 | 6 days 1X day | 6/13/2012 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | I loved the nuvaring for about the first week but after that- terrible! I had a thick discharge that sometimes itched, horrible weight gain, sore throat, no sex drive, mood swings, headaches, and i was ALWAYS hungry and tired. I can't put into words how happy I am to be off of it. | F | 18 | 3 months | 6/12/2012 | 1 | Birthcontrol | I've only been on this for a short amount of time , but I can tell that something isn't right. I'm always so moody and feel like crying for no reason, my sex drive is nonexistent. I also endure " growing pains" in my legs , which I looked up and leads to blood clots. | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 6/11/2012 | 1 | Birth control and period regulation | I started taking the nuva ring because I had a hard time keeping up with the pill due to my inconsistent schedules. I was enthused about it, but within a week I felt drained and always sleepy and hungry no matter how much I ate or slept. Within two weeks I had the crying spells. I then looked up depression and crying spells as side effects an decided to take out the ring immediately. It just isn't for me. Friends and coworkers thought I was out of wack in just a week. By two weeks I was realy messed up emotionally over anything and everything. Working on a quick recovery! Wish it worked out for me. Not too happy though that I bought 3 months worth and can't use it. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 6/10/2012 | 1 | no babies! | THANK GOD I FOUND THIS SITE!! I started the ring about a week ago. for the first couple of days, notta! I thought it was gonna be awesome. Unfortunately, I slowly started to feel very VERY... depressed; I honestly had no idea why, I have a very happy life, great bf, beautiful daughter, LOVE them and not to mention my job... Its not perfect, but NO STRESS!! I have no reason to feel this way. Today was the worst day yet, I actually found myself thinking about suicide because I felt SO "hopeless". I never even cracked a smile all day.... which is COMPLETELY unlike me. I have had headaches, soar throat, discharge, complete lack of sex drive (which again is NOTHING like me)I am experiencing a complete lack of energy and am constantly tired. Ive stopped doing my make-up or caring about what I looked like, even as I'm typing this MY HAIR IS FALLING OUT ONTO MY LAPTOP!! ugh!!! break outs, itching. ITS NOT F'IN WORTH IT!!! After reading almost all of these reviews, I have taken my rin | F | 29 | 7 days 1X day | 6/10/2012 Patient History | 3 | Birth Control/ Heavy Periods | Moodiness, Increased breast size, extreme decrease in libido. | I've been taking NR since I was 18 and I used to LOVE IT! I went off of it for a little while since I was since for 2 years and had no need except my heavy and painful periods, and back then it was $50 a month for me. I've gone back on it after experiencing the BC in my arm (that was HORRIBLE, had my period for 4 months striaght, no lie) and now I dont like it as much. My breasts have increased about a size (and I was a D to begin with) so I'm not happy about that, and I have no sex drive. I used to want it mutiple times a day and now I cant fathom it! My poor boyfriend.... I dont know if theyve changed since the formula or not, but these new side effects are not O.K. with me. | F | 21 | 4 years 1X M | 6/7/2012 | 2 | Induce a chemical period | I have been on the NuvaRing for about three months. In the first month, I was feeling great. I went on the NuvaRing because I needed to get my periods chemically induced. So during the first month I felt great, especially since I had not had a period for 8 months prior to inserting the ring. The second month, I began to develop extreme amount of pain in my breasts. It was unbearable when I slept, and I could stand being touched there. I ended up taking Red Clover baths to help ease the pain, and drank some red clover tea, one or two times, durning the second month. The pain in my breasts eased up. And I felt normal again. My next period was a little late. I was worried about why it didn't show up for 3 days. But when it finally arrived it was very heavy, and I figured it was fine. On my next month, I the breast pain continued. I was feeling really tired. When it came to taking out the ring. I had no period for 5 days, and then when it showed up it was brownish red, suddenly he | would not recommend | F | 28 | 69 days 1X day | 6/3/2012 | 3 | pregnancy prevention | I did not put the nuvaring and the discomfort during sex, vaginal dryness and crazy mood swings together until I googled PMS and nuvaring and found this site. Now that I've read these other reviews I see this is most likely the culprit. I love the convenience of not taking a pill every day but once my three Weeks is up I'm taking this out and not putting it back. The side effects are too much to handle!!! | F | 29 | 1 days | 5/31/2012 | 2 | To prevent pregnancy | The day after starting nuva ring I had developed a sore throat that came on saturday was fine on sunday and on monday again I had another sore throat, not to mention the second night of being on it was really restless, waking up in the middle of the night having extreme hot flashes and disorientation, then the discharge coming from my vagina was really gross and extreme breast pain also worst thing - ever tried. | F | 20 | 10 days | 5/31/2012 | 2 | birth control | Chest pain, irregular heart beat, extremely irregular periods, excrutiating cramps, thick white/yellowish discharge, slight odor, severe mood swings, hot flashes, crying fits. | I have seen numerous drs about my symptoms and never once thought it was from nuva ring until i saw a commercial tonight about the suits against it. Ive done some research and all the reviews i had read have got me set on callin my ob/gyn first thing in the morning. Thats the only dr i havent consulted regarding my symptoms. My drs kept tellin me its stress and to see a psychiatrist, im now thinking otherwise. Thank you ladies for sharing i dont feel like im crazy anymore things actually make sense. And my sex drive is actually increased. | F | 23 | 4 months 1X day | 5/31/2012 | 4 | Contraception | It has worked and i have not been pregnant while using the nuvaring. I started taking this in 2009. The pill makes me feel nausea so i stopped taking it. Recently i have noticed an increase in vaginal discharge, itching, always hungry, loss of sex drive. I even gained 50 pounds in a year but thought it was just my lifestyle. I have been treated for bv and yeast infections abd the itching and vaginal irritation is still there. I have painful intercourse and get very dry. I thought it waswas just me until i read all of these reviews with the same problem. I just took it out tonight because the irritation is too much. I'm going to talk tp my gyn and discuss the Mirena. I will update once change happens since removing the nuvaring. | F | 28 | 3 years | 5/28/2012 | 1 | contraception | Well, I stopped using it today... because i colapsed, totally.. Dunno if it is the reason or what, but it is "nice", even stories are pretty horrible to read, that I was not the only one becoming crazy... Vagina dryness, thick smelly flow... etcetera, all what has been said before except gaining weight.... At the beginning I loved it, after some time my body started rejecting if, my belly increased, not my weight, My mood was driving me out of my mind... Really, awfulll. anyway. i don't want to attach it the whole cause, but i feel much more natural and relax after this decision.... At least i know that if after some more time I am not becoming a nice relax person as I was in the past I really have a problem :) welll, it is a pitty, it was sooooo convenient.. I really would like to have contact with other girls that had experience the same, especially the transition without it... I'm pretty afraid... | F | 28 | 2 years 1X day | 5/24/2012 | 4 | Prevent Pregnancy | Slight loss in sex drive, but nothing devestating. Gained some weight, but that's all birth control. Been using it for 5 years and I think its great. You don't have to remember to take a pill everyday and it stays in place. Nuvaring uses a low dosage of hormones, so the side effects are minimal. | F | 28 | 1 days 1xM | 5/17/2012 | 3 | I hate taking pills and getting shots | i am soo moody!! my breast feel swole and sore as if im pregnant!! im always hungry no matter how much i eat. i'm always tired even after i wake up and lately i've gotten a bad yeast inection! | nuva ring is very convenient. but i cant deal with the side effects of it! after my third week is up, i will be taking it out and will never use it agian | F | 20 | 3 days 1X M | 5/16/2012 | 3 | Prevent pregnancy/Lighter periods | Weight gain, anxiety, depression, vaginal dryness, migraines | I went on nuvaring a couple years ago and I was on it for 9 months. I gained a ton of weight and could not lose it even thought I dieted and exercised. I was depressed, experienced anxiety attacks (never had those before), was very depressed, had mood swings, so I went off of it. Then I decided to try it again almost a year ago and its been great. I am forgetful, so this is a really easy way for me to stay away from pregnancy. Within the last couple months, I've gotten migraines (which I've never had before), and now that I think about it, I think I've gotten crabbier. Just this last month I've experienced extreme dryness and sex is painful. I'm going to stick with it and see if that gets better. I have not gained weight this time, which is nice. I've actually lost weight. Now I'm just concerned that if I stay with it for too much longer, if I will get more symptoms. If anyone else has suggestions/comments, I'd like to hear them. At this point I'm openminded, but I also don't want to experience other side effects. | F | 23 | 11 months 1 1X M | 5/16/2012 | 3 | Slowly gaining weight, lost my sex drive, always want to nap, and always finding myself at the refrigerator wanting to munch in something.. GETTING FATTTTTT!!!:( | F | 25 | 8 days | 5/15/2012 | 1 | Pregnancy pervention | Moody, sad, I'm breaking out, I feel fat and bloated. I cried over eggs the other day, EGGS! This is not working for me. I snap at everything and I am constantly picking fights with my family. I thought I was alone, I'm not!! Worst birth control ever !! | I hate the ring!!! | F | 27 | 2 weeks 1X day | 5/14/2012 | 5 | Birth Control/Mood Control | I have experienced some slow, steady weight gain (like a pound or two a month) but I think it's more directly related to my lifestyle (busy college student who eats crappy often) than the ring, but I have noticed it is much harder to loose weight when I try to. | Love nuvaring, it balances my mood (I experienced severe depression after going off of orthotricyclen-lo so I was hesitant to start another hormonal birth control, but nuvaring has helped so much) It is so easy and convenient and for the most part gives me very light periods (about once every 4 months I get a heavier crampy one) It does worry me a little the risks of clotting since I am a light smoker & high blood pressure runs in my family but so far have not experienced adverse effects. | F | 21 | 3 years 1 ring 1X M | 5/11/2012 | 3 | Birth control | Weight gain - 35lbs over the last year( was 120 now 150), depression, moodiness, crying spells, increased sex drive, breast tenderness, a strange increased desire to want a baby now. | F | 28 | 1 years 1 ring X M | 5/8/2012 |