NUVARING Reviews (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.3 (852 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUVARING with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NUVARING | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Reduce heavy bleeding/Birth Control | Major bloating and gas | It never ends. | F | 40 | 1 weeks 1X M | 2/1/2011 | 4 | Cramps, avoid pregnancy | Maybe had mood swings, maybe had decrease in sex drive, still had cramping and still had ovary pain. Initially experienced headaches upon the one week removal. But that only happened a couple times and could've been non related. | NuvaRing was amazing because I didn't have to remember to take it daily. I just can't do daily pills, not even vitamins!!!! So just that alone makes it a winner! BUT, it didn't completely cure my cramps which was my main objective. I also still felt pain during ovulation which confused me because BC is supposed to suppress ovulation. But I still had ovary pain and discomfort around mid month- in accordance with ovulation- so I'm not sure if I continued to ovulate or I just have some other issue that causes pain in ovaries. I'm pretty b*tchy and generally have a low sex drive so I can't say I felt extra moody or b*tchy while on it. But maybe? Either way, I had no significant side effects, or any symptom that was blatantly due to the Ring. I stopped taking the Ring after I broke up with my BF. But will consider using again once I am in a relationship. | F | 26 | 10 months 1X day | 1/30/2011 | 2 | Avoid Pregnancy | Extremely painful breasts, body aches, nausea/vomiting, extreme mood swings, depression, irritability, lowered sex drive, hysterical crying over nothing | I loved the nuvaring when I first put it in. I loved that I didn't have to worry about pregnancy and taking a pill everyday. However I have only been taking this for 3 weeks and have noticed significant changes in myself. I feel like I'm not me and its actually having an impact on myself, my boyfriend and my friends. Everyone has been complaining about how moody I have been. I cry over the smallest things and my body literally hurts on a daily basis. At one point I even thought I was pregnant because my breasts hurt to the point that grazing even made me yelp in pain. I feel nauseous to the point of throwing up and I get so irritated that my boyfriend has made comments about it. He says Im a different person and not as happy as I used to be. He is extremely happy that I took it out today. As a nurse I know that medications have different side effects for different people, so I think that you should try it to see if it doesn't have effects, but for me it is not the right choice. | F | 23 | 3 weeks NA 1X M | 1/26/2011 | 1 | Birth Control | Cramps, urgency to pee-a lot, constant brown discharge, tender breasts, bloating, cranky, muscle weakness, and cravings to eat-ALOT of carbs.! | My Doc. recommended the Nuvaring as a good form of Birth Control. Also, to start it on the first day of my Period. I did. First day, was great. No cramps, in a chipper mood and thinking-this rocks. However, as the days past I felt tired, super bloated and having super bad thoughts. After my period I was still having a brown discharge and symptoms of being on my period-a week after it had past. At day 11 I had enough and took it out. I'm feeling like "me" again. I am still crampy and spotting after days after taking it out. | F | 30 | 11 days 1X M | 1/24/2011 | 5 | birth control | None! | I think it's crazy how many dramatic people have been on here to complain! I haven't noticed any strange side effects while I've been on this drug. I have also been able to lose weight easily! Give this form of birth control a shot. | F | 19 | 3 months 1X M | 1/22/2011 | 2 | to prevent pregnancy | Put my nuvaring in YESTERDAY. Already having horrible pain and burning when I urinate. I am 23 and have only had one other UTI after having sex in a busy lake. Ouch! | F | 23 | 1X M | 1/21/2011 | 3 | Birth control | Cramps, discharge, irritability, lower sex drive, headaches, sleepiness, increased appetite, dry skin/lips/extreme thirst | My fiancee and I decided to go on Nuvaring last month and were really excited about the possibility of having some sexual freedom without the possibility of pregnancy. I have noticed some of the side-effects that others have listed, including headaches, cramps (sometimes about a 5/10 but they never last as long as typical menstrual cramps), a discharge, lowered sex drive (sometimes I don't even want to flirt or play around, or even be touched), wanting to sleep for 12+ hours, increased appetite (especially for carbs) and general malaise. We still use condoms just in case, since this is my first month on the ring, but hopefully my body balances out in the next month or two -- before the wedding and before I gain too much weight! | F | 24 | 2.5 weeks 1 ring 1X M | 1/18/2011 | 5 | I needed to stop my painful periods | Low Sex Drive | I'll never get off of this drug, ever. I have horrible disruptive, painful periods that put me out of commission for days. In college, my doctor suggested Nuvaring to be used continuously. I had been on OrthoTriCyclen a few years before and experienced awful side effects, so I was nervous about getting on a hormonal contraceptive. Since it's low doses of estrogen, I don't have any side effects other than low sex drive. That's not a big deal, since I'm single now, and I'd rather have a low sex drive than painful heavy periods. Now I only have periods quarterly (I use three nuvarings back to back, and take it out for a week after the third ring-so 9 weeks on the ring 1 week off.). No PMS ever, cramps only 4 times a year, and I'm saving so much money on tampons and ibuprofen. Talk to your doctor before you use it this way, as Nuvaring isn't indicated for continuous use. Good luck! | F | 30 | 4 years 1X O | 1/16/2011 | 4 | To prevent pregnancy; convenience. | Headaches, nausea, discharge. | I, like some other women on here, felt I needed to post my opinion about NuvaRing because I have had several of the side effects listed, but I would still recommend it. Sort of. I would recommend that if you're thinking about it, to at least try it. I have been on it for the first cycle (3 wks in, now it's out.) and I have experienced some anxiety and headaches. I have also had vaginal discharge, but nothing major. I would still recommend at least trying the ring because these symptoms could show up with any type of birth control. I've had similar symptoms on the patch and different ones on the pill. It really does depend on your own body. Even though the cases here are pretty extreme, normally, the symptoms are quite mild. | F | 21 | 4 weeks 1 Ring 1X M | 1/16/2011 | 1 | birth control | I suffered severe mood swings and depression including a suicide bout which I've never experienced in my 34 years...This happenned all within the first 3 weeks. I am about to take this out on Tuesday and will let you know what happens. If anything changes I will certainly file a formal complaint with the FDA. This is ridiculous. We have enough problems as women, do we really need birth control to add more problems? | If anything changes I will certainly file a formal complaint with the FDA. This is ridiculous. We have enough problems as women, do we really need birth control to add more problems? | F | 34 | 3 months 1X M | 1/16/2011 | 5 | birth control | none | all women react differently with every birth control. There are so many negative reviews out there that I felt the need to tell MY story. I absolutely LOVE my nuvaring. I've never experiences headaches, nausea, weight gain, ANYTHING at all because of it. I also have never had it come out during sex, which I read happens for many people. It's been incredibly effective this whole time, I only rely on my ring as my form of birth control and always always always get my period on time. I love that I don't feel it at all, it's extremely comfortable and I only have to think about it two DAYS a month: to take it out and to put it back in. My advice is to TRY IT. It may be as amazing for you, too! :) | F | 24 | 2 years 1X M | 1/15/2011 | 4 | Convenience, Get rid of depression | Moderate Weight Gain, Foul-smelling Vaginal Discharge, Brown Spotting. | It was recommended by my OBGYN because the pill caused heavy mood swings for me. I was on the pill for 8 years prior, but I would get very depressed. NR definitely helped me with the depression. I am actually much happier on it. But it gave me the uncomfortable weight gain problem. I gained 10 pounds the first two months, which nothing else besides pregnancy has done. I'm still going back and forth about whether or not to continue using it. The discharge is very inconvenient for sexual activity as well. My side effects seem mild when compared to others here. | F | 30 | 8 months 1X M | 1/14/2011 | 3 | Extremely painful breasts: started hurting about 2 weeks after starting the ring, hurts to lay on my stomach, nipples are not sensitive just the entire breast, have grown almost 2 cup sizes! Started spotting/brownish discharge on 3rd week. Slight mood swings | F | 23 | 28 days 1X day | 1/14/2011 | 1 | Convienience | Constant headaches, burning after sex, constant brown discharge, feelings of hopelessness | I noticed a change right after starting the NR but I related it to other things such as sinuses etc. However, the side effects have become worse over time. I constantly have a headache, I don't enjoy sex because of the burning I experience after. The way I feel, especially the week before my period, actually scares me. I know i don't have any reason to feel depressed, however, I am. I have worked for five years on an impatient psychiatric unit. I never understood how anyone could feel so bad. That is until I started the NR. I took it out today, and decided not to use it anymore. I'd give anything to feel like myself again. I am praying my headaches go away bc they are becoming unbearable. | F | 28 | 2 years 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 3 | lighter period and side effects | I have become extremely irritable and emotional. I can control my reactions and the things that come out of my mouth but with this BC, I have had horrible anger issues. I thought it was just me so I started an antidepressant, but now I really think its the BC. Everyone else seems to have the same issue. It is alot easier to use however because you dont have to remember it. Thats why I rated it a 3. It does work if you dont experience the anger issues... | F | 26 | 1 years 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 3 | birth control | Spotting the entire time the ring was in. Breast tenderness. | I've only been on the Ring for a month, but have had spotting & discharge almost every day :( My doc said it should go away after 3 months of usage. I HOPE SO!! The Ring is super easy to use & my boyfriend can't feel it during sex. Didn't get pregnant either! | F | 32 | 1 months 1X M | 1/6/2011 | 2 | Nothing else worked well for me. | Depression, loss of sexual interest, fatigue, vaginal dryness. | I think the body responds a little differently for each woman but I haven't been satisfied with the nuvaring. I started taking it because I was inconsistent with the pill, and condoms irritate my vag, plus my sister seems to love it. But, now I never feel like having sex and when I do I'm dry which makes it painful. Not to mention, I can feel the ring pushing against my innards during sex. I feel so bad for my boyfriend because I used to love having sex and now he's lucky if I'm open to it once every 3 weeks. Not to mention that I love good sex so to not be interested is just frustrating. Also, over the last couple of years I've noticed I've become incessantly tired and find myself feeling emotionally down way too often. I thought maybe it was just something natural that happens at 27 but I still feel like I'm too young to be experiencing all this. So, I've tried all these different things to improve my physical and emotional health: cook more at home, eat more fresh veggies and fruits, workout regularly, been seeing a therapist and have done some major spiritual soul searching. All this has helped a little bit, but my body sure still ain't functioning like it should be. So I'm gonna take the ring out tonight and look for alternative contraceptives that don't involve messing with my body's natural state and start a new chapter. I'm going to give it a 4-6 months and if I don't see a positive change then I may go back to it. | F | 27 | 2 years 1X M | 1/6/2011 | 5 | Forgetting to take the pill | None? | I have been taking nuvaring for 7 months now. I dont really understand what everyone is complaining about. Me and my boyfriend have tons of sex and I still love it. AND YES im still able to get super wet. Before I used to get severely heavy periods and now my periods are light and almost non existent by comparison. I was always pretty much a moody grumpy person and I dont really feel like nuvaring has intensified any of these aspects of my personality. If anything it helped me probably calm down. I never gained any weight off nuvaring other then from my own doing of eating too much junk food. It helps to clear my acne and makes me feel confident about having sex and not getting pregnant. The only negative side effect I have had from nuvaring is that sometimes i have ALOT of discharge and its pretty gross. Pretty much it only lasts a couple of days and then everything goes back to normal but it doesnt smell weird or bad or at all. Nuvaring does put more estrogen into the system which is why I could understand a woman being more emotional but weight gain and mood swings are all up to the individual how they control them. I can control opening my mouth and lashing out at someone its common sense. And i can control not sitting around and eating alot of fatty foods and never exercising. As you get older your metabolism naturally slows down. Therefore it takes more dilligence and exercising the older you get to maintain the same body weight as you did even three years ago. I would | F | 23 | 1X AN | 1/4/2011 | 1 | Convenient Birth Control | Mood Swings, Depression, Fatigue, Irregular Cycle. Palpatations, Cramps, Bloating, Weight Gain - You Name It | I took the NR out to manage my cycle and I found that I felt better. I put a new one back in on Sunday and Tuesday Im bloated like I'm pregnant. I told my husband that I thought I was experiencing side effects from the ring. Once I read the reviews off to him, he says you have all of those side effect. As of tonight this has got to go. (Mind you I just stocked up on goodies because of the hunger sensation that I have been feeling which probably caused the weight gain) I must admit I felt better when it was out. I'm sorry that it has happened to others but thankful that its just not ME!! | F | 40 | 2.5 years 1X O | 1/4/2011 | 1 | birth control | depressed, NO sex drive, constant brown discharge, occasional bleeding. | This is the worst BC ever. I noticed changes immediately. After week one I started feeling really sensitive crying for no reason. I didnt want my boyfriend around. Then I would realize how I was acting and then try to make up but couldnt because I would feel so nasty from the discharge and constant spotting. it was like I was paying 45bucks to just bleed and not want to have sex. WORST BC ever. DO NOT USE | F | 25 | 2.5 weeks 1X M | 1/3/2011 |