NUVARING Reviews (ETHINYL ASTADIOL; ETONOGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.3 (852 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUVARING with similar:
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| 1 | Birth Control | Reading these reviews, it's very disappointing. I recently had a bad pregnancy scare, which has left me with no confidence in condoms alone. I wanted to get on some form of birth control, along with still using condoms. But I have a type of kidney disease, so that rules out almost all forms of birth control. I felt relieved when I was first reading about the Nuvaring, seeing how great it was, and seeing how I could use it even with my kidney problem. After reading these reviews, I'm so disappointed.I could see if one or two people had problems, but the majority of everybody here... Definitely won't be going on the Nuvaring. | F | 15 | | 6/13/2008 | 5 | BC | Nausea in the first few hours of putting in, other than that....NONE! | I used to be on the patch, for over 5yrs. I got on here to see what other people had to say about the nuva-ring when my dr switched my BC. I really guess all of these horror stories really depend on the person, their age, and the kind(if any at all)of BC they were on. I have not had any of the side-effects that anyone has listed on here other than nausea the very first time I put the ring in. And amazingly you can't feel it at all during sex! | F | 25 | 1 months | 6/12/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | Vaginal Dryness, Anxiety, Depression, Continual Spotting, Sharp Stomach Pain, Psychotic Thoughts, Acne on my inner thighs and outer vaginal area, Hair Loss, Rashes, Extra Sensitive to Sunlight - rash with exposure, Moodiness, Loss of Sex Drive | The scary thing about this medication is that I did not realize how crazy it was making me. For some reason it made me lash out at my partner quite a bit. Thankfully he recommended that I take it out. The relief was almost immediate. Although the acne and nonstop period have not gone away yet. (1 week later.) | F | 23 | 3 months | 5/30/2008 | 4 | BC & to control endo. related pain | I have experienced little to no side effects. If anything, I am a little dryer in my vaginal area....but that just allows for experimentation with fun lubricants. Of all the BC I've been on, this one, by far, has not lessened my sex drive; I'd venture to say that it has increased it. I am not nearly as emotional as normal, and I usually have NO PMS like symptoms.! | I sometimes wonder why it takes different amounts of days to begin my period after I have removed the NuvaRing. | F | 21 | 9 months | 5/28/2008 | 5 | pregancy prevention/mood swings | ive been taking it for wow- 6 days now. initially head ache/nausea for the first day. spent all of yesterday crying and being depressed and anxious. fell out once but bc i had a tampon in. MADE MY PERIOD GO AWAY AFTER A DAY :)no weight gain. more discharge.been on mircette[moodswings, bleeding], orthotricyclen[HORRIBLE WEIGHT GAIN MEAN] and desogen[bipolar depressed] and i am extremely excited to see how this works out. im deeply afraid of weightgain and so far ive bee eating like a total pig but no actual gain yet. i dont see how it coud cause that much if its the lowest dose of hormones. no sex drive still but hey ive ben on bc since august and dont remember what its even like to be horny | i read on here that doctors say it take a little while to adjust to the constant hormones which makes sense so im definitely not giving up hope. my boyfriend doesnt trust it at all and thinks im going to get pregnant. but it seems a lot of people say it helps the mood swings so i can pray. | F | 20 | 6 days | 5/3/2008 | 1 | For heavy cramps | Outrageous mood swings, severe anxiety, low libido, vaginal dryness, foul odor from vaginal area. | I took Nuvaring for 6 months; ever since I started taking it I noticed a significant change in the way I felt about life and my wants to be a wife and happy mother. I pushed my husband away and would snap and yell at him for no really good reason, it sometimes ended in me hitting him not realizing what I was doing. I love my husband very much and I enjoy being a mom, and I just want my life back I want to be happy, as well as my husband and son want to be happy with me. Mood-swings aside I lost the want to have sex with my husband and did not want anything to do with him. I understand every woman is different but this was my terrible experience with this medication. | F | 22 | 6 months | 5/1/2008 | 3 | Endo | OK i havent actually started using the nuva ring, but i have taken ortho tri cyclin, Loveral, yasmine, ortho novum, and the list goes on. i am 23 years old and have advanced endometriosis symptoms. I read all these rating and there are negative for every single one! Does anyone have anything positive to say because every 3-6 months i try a new one and i read these for feedback and all you do is scare me. Im glad people post warnings but can SOMEONE post some hope for me because if i dont find something soon, they want to induse a chemical menopause and i just dont want to have to go through that. PLEASE HELP! | F | 23 | | 4/25/2008 | 1 | Birth Control/hormone therapy | Awful mood swings, suicidal depression, severe headache, muscle pain | I went CRAZY! Seriously, after about 3 hours (thats right 3 HOURS) I started having burning pain in my muscles (mostly back/neck). The next day I had horrible mood swings - I was having suicidal thoughts. My husband asked me if I had changed medication and I knew immediately...I yanked that thing out and about 6 hours later I was normal again. | F | 32 | 1 days | 4/8/2008 | 3 | POS, Endometrosis & Migraines | Discharge, Yeast infections, no sex drive....but decreased my migraines & POS & Endometrosis | I have been on the ring for over a year and in the beginning it was great. During the past 3 months I have been experiencing discharge and yeast infections. The Dr. explained that the plastic in the ring can effect your PH levels. My migraines only happen when I have a cycle (I now only have them once every three months)- but I think I might have to switch back to Mircette. | F | 40 | 1.5 years | 4/6/2008 | 1 | heavy periods | neck stiffness, headache during period,shortness of breath,aniexty before period | i still am having side effects after 8 months off nuva ring | F | 30 | 3 months | 4/3/2008 | 1 | birth controll | During my last papsmere, I told my Dr. that I dont know why I totally dread these visits and they are quite painful and discomphorting. She asked if it was been since I have been using the ring, wich I never put the two together to make a connection. But for the past three years now, I have loss of sexual drive, very dry during sex, ( I never used to be) burning during and after sex, painful burning if urinating right after sex. After the Dr.s appt, I researched and found all these blogs of people having the same side effects as me! to every one who reports these things on the web- Thank you for taking the time to report these things, I would of never asked someone in fear that they would judge my marriage,( i know its shallow)and im sure its embarrasing, but I will never take it again- One more thing, since I stopped taking it- my breasts are HUGE??? i thought it was sapoosed to be the other way around. | F | 29 | 3 years | 2/15/2008 | 1 | Hormone regulator | headache, nausea, muscle weakness, anxiety, tiredness | Started on Nuvaring because I suffered 2.5 weeks of PMS every month. It went okay for about two weeks, than started getting bouts of anxiety. Did not gain any weight with the ring because the anxiety was bad enough that it stopped me from eating. Also would get incredibly shakey, and would have weird headaches that would go down the left or right side of my head and down my neck. Finally had enough as it was completely messing with my mental state. Took the ring out and have another appt. Anyone have ideas for hormone regulators for people that are susceptible to hormone therapy? | F | 27 | 2 months | 2/12/2008 | 4 | birth control/period regulation | decreased sex drive, vaginal swelling | I love the Nuva Ring. I can't begin to imagine all of the symptoms everyone else has listed. I have noticed a big decrease in sex drive, but part of that I feel is related to just being a girl. Sometimes I want it, sometimes I don't. After the first few months, I also noticed that when it's time to put a new one in, it sometimes slips down. I have a tilted uterus, which is part of the problem. Overall I love the ease of the Nuva Ring, and the independence I get to have while using it. | F | 20 | 1.25 years | 2/8/2008 | 2 | Birth Control, to prevent pregnancy | extremely heavy vaginal discharge, NO sex drive, unbearably sore breasts, spotting for weeks at a time | Nuvaring completely killed my sex drive. I experienced spotting for the first time in my life. I had the spotting for about two weeks in the middle of my cycle. My breast were sore continously. They were so sore I had to wear a sports bra to even sleep. The vaginal discharge is very heavy. I constantly felt wet and disgusting no matter what I did. I stopped using this method after two months because the side effects were so bad. Also the cost is very high - atleast 40 dollars a month. | F | 24 | 2 months | 2/8/2008 | 3 | birth control | Panic attacks, anxiety, depression, moodiness, increased sex drive at random times, increased white discharge, increased/arrythmia heart rate possibly worsened due to combo with ritalin | Been on Nuva ring since I learned it came out, so over 2 years, maybe 3. Recently had brownish discharge during the time I would be ovulating, but obviously I'm not. Not pregnant. Was off it for a month used protection, then went back on and this happened. white discharge definitely more than when not on it, as well as less depression and anxiety when not on it. I highly reccommend the rythm method or natural family planning method for all women. Get one of those cycle calculators free online and u can tell when you are ovulating by actually keeping track of your core body temp and the viscosity of your vaginal secretions. when you ovulate your temp goes up for those days and your "wetness" can be "stretched" between two fingers. Anyways, good luck everyone and I think I'm gunna just stick to condoms, I don't like not knowing why I feel certain ways (anxiety, moody) | F | 22 | 3 years | 2/7/2008 | 4 | Birth Control | Headaches, Brown Discharge, some spotting, and breast tenderness and enlargement | I have only used the NR for about a month but I really don't like the brown discharge. And for some reason my breast hurt so much and they seem to have gotten larger. But other then that I do like the NR it's nice, easy, and I don't have to worry about taking a pill every day. | F | 21 | 1 months | 2/6/2008 | 2 | bc, regulate periods | anxiety, nausea, easily stressed out, extremely moody, headaches, no sex drive, painful intercourse, appetite suppressed, constantly bloated | I took the NUVA ring for about a year and really never made the connection that my birth control could be making me feel like this. When I first went on it I thought it was great, didn't have to take it everyday, and I didn't even feel it was there. Well, I had assumed that because i was working, going to school full-time and taking on night classes to get my LNA, that I was just overtired and needed a break. Well I finished all of that at the beginning of January and there had been no change in my mood, and I was actually feeling better when I got my periods (which as we know is unusual). I finally took my ring out last thursday and I have been experiencing withdrawal effects such as heartburn, pain in my lower back and chest, headaches and severe spotting. I would not recommend this to anyone as birth control and I will be going back to the pill in a few weeks. | F | 20 | 1 years | 2/4/2008 | 3 | Birth Control, Mood Regulation | Fatigue, Depression, Incessant mood swings and crying, Loss/gain of appetite, Loss/gain of weight, excessively frequent urination, Loss of lubrication (previously I'd been an ocean, it was ridiculous, but this was a bit extreme in the other direction), Loss of motivation, Blurred vision, Back pain and headaches, which I'd never had previously, etc. etc. | Initially, it served its purpose, but at length... Actually, within a month, I noticed I was a bit too dry for sex at times, and if the condom wasnt lubricated enough we were f-d (pardon the pun). It was nice to be liberated from the pregnancy risk, but given the side effects, i was... am... a bit wary, from time to time, and fret over it, irrationally. It hasn't yet helped with mood regulation, but I'm waiting for my body to adapt... Not sure this will work out. | F | 16 | 3 months | 2/3/2008 | 3 | birth control | mood swings, NO Sex drive...had a voracious sex drive before, started nuva ring-got married and now NO sex drive, headaches, severe cramps during my period, wt gain. | I've been on the nuva ring for 2 months and the no sex drive thing is killing me and my husband; I love how simplistic it is and don't feel it at all...but should I stop or give it another month or so???PLease help I have never found a birth control that I can take and not make me psycho..and now i'm thinking this is starting to make me depressed like the others. | F | 25 | 2 months | 1/30/2008 | 1 | Birth Control | A massive blood clot in my brain and left jugular vein with 100% blockage. I was in neuro intensive care for a week. Was on Heparin, Lovanox, and Coumadin. | F | 31 | 1 years | 1/29/2008 |