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 |
| 3 | Birth control and heavy period | 3 yeast infections 8 months and I have no history of them. Developed ovarian cyst. decreased sex drive. | I don't have a history of yeast infection nor do i do anythingo irriate that region but Nuva ring have given me 3 yeast infections. I can't have sex with painful infections,and i have a lowered sex drive. I also developed an ovian cyst in August that appears for two weeks each month, right before my perioid and during it, it's very very painful! It has made my periods shorter and lighter and it didn't make me throw up and bleed like other birth controls. I'm too scared to switch bc's. | F | 19 | 1 years | 5/8/2007 | 1 | Birth Control | Cramping, heavy brown discharge, extreme fatigue, decreased sex drive, headaches - especially on the left side of my head. | I needed something that I could put in and not have to worry about - now I can't even have sex b/c of this disgusting discharge and I really don't even want to. Maybe that's their method for birth control - to make you feel so completly gross that you never have sex again. I'm going to the doctor tonight, screw this stuff. | F | 23 | 1 months | 5/8/2007 | 3 | Birth Control | Sub-ZERO sex drive, weight-gain (10-20 lbs), no lube, fogginess and sluggishness (B-vitamins seemed to help though), headaches from time to time that was on L or R side of head front to back and a few migraines when never had them before. | Thought NR was best thing in the world - no condoms, no pills to remember. Have used many different kinds of BC since 18 & have gotten side effects pretty quickly with those. NR took awhile for side effects to come out or be bothersome. But after 3 years of starving my fiance out of sex (& myself b/c NEVER wanted it at all), and gaining 20 lbs (and I exercise ALOT & eat right), along with the other problems - it's just not worth it to me. I'd rather go back to condoms. If these are the noticable effects, God knows what other bad things BC could be doing. I guess he's trying to tell me "Don't mess with Mother Nature". | F | 30 | 3 days | 5/4/2007 | 2 | BC/regulate my period | Severe Panic Attacks, weight gain, bloating | At first i loved not having to think about BC everyday and for the most part it was working great, then 2 months into using it i was getting major panic attacks. To the point that my doctor had to prescribe Xanax! I thought i was going insane. It wasn't until i read the comments on this website did i put two and two together and realized it was the ring. I'm going back to pills and hope that OrthoTri Lo works for me. I also noticed that my moods would change at the drop of a hat. I was angry and moody and sometimes down right evil.. As for the weight gain, the week before i was to take the ring out i would notice that appetite would increase severely to the point i wouldn't get full.. Good Luck to all and i hope this helps. | F | 27 | 5 months | 5/3/2007 | 4 | Help with PMS | Not much. Feeling a little weird and not sleeping. | All of my friends have had very positive results with it, so I am hoping I will, too. My doc said it is weight neutral, which means I shouldn't gain or lose weight, and it should help with PMS. Will let you all know. | F | 28 | 3 days | 5/2/2007 | 2 | birth control | headaches, emotionaly, heavy brown discharge, decreased sex drive. | i just started my 3rd week using nuvaring and am having heavy brown discharge, and have headaches nearly everyday. i believe i am done using it. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 4/30/2007 | 2 | Birth Control | Severe and frequent mood swings; weight gain (20 lbs in one year); decreased sex drive. My period was short and at thesame time each month which was nice, but these side effects are NOT worth it for me. | I sincerely thought I was going crazy, it wasn't until a friend of mine started using it and commented on her increased moodiness that I realized my devasting mood swings started about a month or so after I started using the ring. I have gained 20 lbs since I started using it - though I also quit smking within that time, so that has contributed as well. I never want to have sex. As I feel right now, I could never have sex again and be ok with that. My poor husband. I took out as normal last Monday and did not insert a new one today. I'm going off it and probably getting my tubes tied (3 kids, 30 years old, it's time). | F | 30 | 10 months | 4/30/2007 | 4 | Birth Control | Periods come a few days earlier but are not as heavy. They are getting lighter every month which is great. I do notice a drecrease in my sex drive and the vaginal dryness. I haven't noticed a weight gain. In fact I have lost a few pounds after a few months of use. | F | 36 | 3 months | 4/25/2007 | 1 | Birth Control | Horrible headaches, leg cramps, abdominal pain, lower back pain, breast tenderness, mood swings.....This was all within the FIRST three days! Then I started noticing brown discharge which turned into heavy bleeding, I go through a pad almost every hour-2hours! I am in almost unbearable pain! | I can't believe how my body has reacted to this! | F | 23 | 8 days | 4/24/2007 | 1 | cramps | headaches/migraines, nausea, irritability, complete lack of sex drive, ring would constantly feel like it was falling out. | i gave nuvaring three months which is what my doctor told me to do. she said that the side effects would even out. they didn't, and they weren't going to. i stopped taking it. i'm hoping everything will return to normal. | F | 23 | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 2 | Birth control | Bleeding for over 2 months | Started the ring about 10 days after my period started. I began to experience some breakthrough bleeding that turned into a full blown period. Since that time I have not stopped bleeding. Sometimes its spotting and other times its massive clotting worse than any period I've experienced. It also very unpredictable when it will be heavy or light. My doctor has encouraged me to stay on it however I will switching in the next week. | F | 25 | 3 months | 4/22/2007 | 4 | Birth Control | Decreased sex drive | I have been on birth control for 18 years and I am 36. I have been on Nuvaring for 1 year now and I don't have any issues. The one thing I am concerend about it that fact that I can't loose any weight, now for 4 years. I have tried everything (diet, excercise, DR.'s). I am planning on going off of all birth control to see if that is the problem. Does anyone have any thoughts what could be hinering my weight loss? | F | 36 | 1 years | 4/19/2007 | 1 | Pregnancy Prevention, Period | Horrible headaches, nausea, no appetite, isomnia, lazy (all I wanted to do was sleep), heartburn, NO motivation at all, moody, irritable, no sex drive, yeast infection, increased vaginal discharge, abdominal pain, felt very dizzy and always in a "cloud" (so to speak). | I only had the ring in for about 2 weeks. The first week I only experienced headaches (which was enough to make me want to rip my hair out), then I noticed not being able to eat and having no energy to do anything. I did not want to be around people and I was very moody and irritable. I felt tired and all I wanted to do was sleep but couldn't. I had a yeast infection practically the entire time I was on it and I always felt like I was full after eating very little. I have removed it and I feel normal again. I would try it, but be aware of your body and what it is trying to tell you. Like anything else it will effect different people in different ways. | F | 24 | 17 days | 4/19/2007 | 5 | birth control | Absolutely none, except that being on birth control finally regulated the severity of my PMS and the timing of my period. No more mood swings, breast tenderness, cramps, and only a three to four day period! Woo-hoo! | I've been using nuvaring for just over a year, and I've been currently keeping a ring in for four continuous weeks and then switch to a new ring without a break to skip my periods for the past three months. My doctor says its perfectly fine, and I've never felt better. | F | 21 | 1 years | 4/16/2007 | 2 | Birth Control | Very moody,Extreme Intense Headaches(migraines) | First month were terible....I was very hormonal then I got better but I realized yesterday that It was exactly 2 months after I started taking Nuvaring I was very depressive, always crying and moody and I even went to see a specialist in migraines.....I have a headache every day and something migraines for over 5 days. I removed the ring yesterday and do not intend to take it back. | F | 30 | 9 months | 4/11/2007 | 2 | birth control | Nausea, muscle pain in legs( calves ect.)cramps. | After ONE day I experienced: Pain in my legs, cramps in my lower abdominal and lower back pain. Three day's later the doctor's little helper told me I should remove the Nuvaring. Great. Now I will stay hormone free for a while. The Nuvaring is a good idea I couldn't feel the ring and the ring never "moved" out of control, only the hormones are terrible. | F | 38 | 4 days | 4/11/2007 | 4 | Birth Control | Temporary, but slightly painful cramping week before "off" week, my bofriend says he can feel the ring occasionally during sex, some increased mucus/vaginal discharge(normal) | Generally, I really like the ring. You can just put it in and forget it for 4 weeks. I personally can't tell that it's there. I don't have any moods swings(unless I'm off of it, normal PMS I believe), and I haven't experienced noticable weight gain, which was nice | F | 19 | 3 months | 4/8/2007 | 1 | birth control | daily headaches, freakish swelling around eye, vaginal burning, possible yeast infection, depression & anxiety, breast tenderness | I am typically not at all sensitive to medications and have NEVER had any of the issues already listed (headaches, depression, yeast infections), so the nuvaring was the only variable & cause. i also experienced extreme discomfort & burning during and after sex. and if that wasn't enough, the tissue around my eye ball also puffed puffed up, almost to the point of not being able to open my eye. awful! i made it through 3 weeks on a diet of advil and do not intend to continue with nuvaring. | F | 31 | 24 days | 4/8/2007 | 4 | birth control | cervical mucus/vaginal discharge increased in thickness and slightly increased in volume; periods light and short with little to no cramping | First tried Nuvaring about 18 months ago, stopped after a couple of months because I kept feeling it, like it was pushing its way out. Later realized placement might have been an issue, so I tried again. I've been told that my cervix tends to point more down/back than most, so it turns out that proper placement is difficult for me (doesn't affect effectiveness, but it can affect comfort). Previously, when I put the ring in, it ended up sliding into the area in front of the cervix, so it wouldn't go very far in, causing me to feel it often. Now, with some more careful finger work (and awkward-looking squats), I've been able to get the far edge of the ring to go beyond the cervix (basically making a circle around the cervical opening), and I never notice it at all. If you find you feel the ring, or it is pushed out easily, see if you can find a better placement. With about 6 months use, I've been happy with the method (as happy as I think I can expect to be on hormones, at least). | F | 31 | 8 months | 4/6/2007 | 2 | birth control | ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND PANIC ATTACKS! decreased sex drive and decreased in self lubercation. | thought it was wonderful at first. I have never used th pill or any other form of birth control. I have noticed that I cry all teh time and fro no reason. The slightest thing will upset me... I am a nurse and i am crying al the time at work! I HAVE NO SEX DRIVE, before I was always wanting to have sex and had no problem with self luberication... now it is like what is the point of being on birthcontrol. | F | 25 | 5 days | 3/30/2007 |