YAZ Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 2.2 (250 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare YAZ with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR YAZ | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Pregnancy Prevention | Worse acne, muscle cramping, hair thinning, weight gain, COMPLETE loss of sex drive | Started taking Yaz after my son was born, it was great for the first year or so...after that all it did was prevent pregnancy. My moodiness did go down prior to my period. I had no desire for sex ever and when I did I experienced vaginal dryness and painful intercourse. Gained about 40 lbs in first 9 months with no real change in lifestyle/ eating habits. Since I stopped the pill I have been seeing weight shed off and my sex drive go through the roof. Heard far too many horror stories to recommend it to anyone. I'm afraid that I did irreversable damage to my body in the 3 years I was on it. | F | 22 | 3 years 1X day | 6/17/2010 | 4 | Acne + Birth Control | Skin became somewhat clearer | I have been taking Yaz for 2 years now and just stopped taking it a month ago because my mother was concered about side effects I might have in the future due to so many complaints shown on TV and websites. I did not want to get off the Pill because it prevents pregancy while keeping my acne under control. I experienced no negative effects while taking Yaz and I wish I could take it again but maybe it is healthier to not be taking any pills. Although, I don't want to be preggers anytime soon and all the other birth control options are getting bad reviews too so I guess it depends on the person. | F | 19 | 2 years 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 3 | Acne, prevent pregnancy | Brest tenderness, acne (the pill didn't help to change it at all), odd period lengths depending on if I have sex or not (No sex = short period. Sex = long period.), LOW sex drive :( | I started on the pill for acne reasons and because I had just become sexually active. I guess it initially helped with acne flare ups around my period, but if it did, it didn't help for long. I rarely have a completely clear face, and I always have 2-3 acne spots on my face (which are imposible to cover up) around my period. Plus my boobs always hurt during my period and I still get wicked cramps. Before I started the Pill, I was always really pissy before my period, but fine durring it. The Pill made it so I was fine all the time for a while (about a year). Lately I have noticed that I am the bitch from hell before and during my period. I get pissed off for no reason and get really depressed. All I want to do is sleep and I hate everything and everyone. Seeing as this is what Yaz is supposed to prevent, I think there's something wrong here and time to change birth control pills. Especially since I was never very bitchy before I started taking the pill. My periods before I went on the pill were 7 days long and miserible. After 9 months of being on the pill, they went down to 4 days!!! Plus it was really light so I could get away with using light and a few regular tampons (money saver!). Now I am starting to think that there was another reason it took 9 months for my period to go down to 4 days. I have noticed lately that when I am sexually active the week before my period, that my period lasts 7+ days, and if I'm not sexually active, then it lasts 4-5 days. No sex = s | F | 19 | 1.5 years 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | Pregnancy prevention & Acne | Heart palpitations, weight gain, mood swings, headaches, nausea, breast tenderness | I do not smoke or drink and am not overweight. I eat fairly healthy, am active, and take a multivitamin and calcium supplement daily, so I consider myself a healthy person. I have been experiencing heart palpitations like crazy since starting this medication. I also suffer from extreme mood swings now with lingering depression and thoughts of suicide which I never felt before beginning this contraceptive. I've gained 25 pounds over the course of a year and have had headaches more often as time has passed taking Yaz. After reading the warnings which the FDA has issued Bayer on this drug (not only for blood clots and heart issues for people who are not even at risk!!!, but violations pertaining to the advertising they've used to market this), I've decided to stop taking this poison and find an alternate form of birth control. I also have moderate acne which did not change much on the medication either. I have taken Ortho Novum and Ortho Tri-Cyclen regular and Lo versions in the past and have experienced some symptoms such as weight gain and breast tenderness, but never did have symptoms like this and to such extremes. Beware of Yaz and don't let the commercials with clear-faced vibrant looking young women fool you. It is fact, that there are indeed thousands of lawsuits filed against Bayer, which distributes Yaz and Yasmin, so please do some research first before you decide to take either one of these. | F | 26 | 12 months 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 5 | PCOS, amenorrhea, skin, energy, etc | This tablet is the best that I have tried so far, of any BC pill or progesterone therapy for my PCOS. Progesterone and its synthetic forms is VERY BAD FOR ME so I was surprised how easily I tolerated and actually liked taking the drospirenone, instead. Not surprising since it is a very different compound. | This is the first tablet I have tried which has actually relieved my constnat sense of thirst and dry mouth, which also comes together with urinary retention/water retention and weight gain from fluids. I am super happy about this bkz normally I have this all the time regardless whether or what I take. This prevents the major fatigue I usually have, but not to any impressive extent,. I am functional, but not my best still. But thats an improvement! I have supple, elastic skin which I have not had in years. I feel some pains in my ovaries when taking this, but its due to my condition and not the pill, I say. I havent taken it long enough to know if it brings a cycle, nor long enough to maybe see the full results. IE I havent lost any weight with this yet, which I really want to bkz I am 30 lbs heavier than I used to be. But I am really happy with this, byfar, for it brings me relief that no other pill has and no side effects! Best for women with high androgen caused PCOS, and not a bc of choice for 'normal' women or PCOS caused by insulin disturbances. As for libido, I have always had nearly none physically (tho mentally yes) so Yaz hasnt changed anythign for me LOL Beyond that.... I am very glad I found this, I feel alot better with it than without, although I still have quite a lot of progress until Im as good as I once was (before pcos). I will come back and write mroe info again as time goes on, so you can watch my progress (or lack thereof) while being on this. ;) | F | 26 | 2 weeks 1x daily 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy / regulate period | Severe mood swings, 4 weeks of breakthrough bleeding, increased acne. | This pill is supposed to do wonderful things. It's one of the newest on the market, and supposed to treat PMS and PMDD, but it totally did the complete opposite for me. -After 3:00 (when I took my pill) it was like Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. I'd go crazy, be crying non stop for stupid reasons, and get angry at the drop of a hat. - I experienced 4 WEEKS of breakthrough bleeding. Yaz is only supposed to give you 4 days of your period, but apparently I got 4 weeks. - My acne actually got WORSE. I didn't have much to begin with, but my face broke out so easily while on Yaz. Do NOT take Yaz! Bad idea. | F | 20 | 3 months 1X day | 5/31/2010 | 1 | regulate periods, prevent pregnancy | I'm so glad I found this site- I've been on YAZ for about a year now after getting off of Ortho-Tricyclen LO because I thought it was making me crazy. Since I've been on YAZ, my periods have stopped altogether, but I've gained weight and I have NO sex drive. | But the worst of it, by far, is the way it makes me emotionally. I am upset all the time- I can't handle any stress what so ever and I am not usually like that. The ONLY change in my life has been YAZ. I just can't believe it took so long for me to see this. | F | 29 | 1 years 1X day | 5/23/2010 | 1 | Period Regulation | F | 18 | 30 mg 1X day | 5/17/2010 Patient History | 2 | heavy periods | i still have a heavy flow is this normal? | F | 15 | 26 days 1X day | 5/6/2010 | 1 | Acne, P.C.O.S. | I've been on this for three weeks and am ready to quit! Since I have started it I have gotten WORSE acne, moodiness, crying fits, angry outbursts, insomnia, thickness of vaginal secretions (it's like yogurt rather than egg whites), increased appetite by a hundred fold, number of migraines have increased, shortness of breath, burning eyes, dry eyes, and woke up this morning with severe cramp in calf. I just took two Aspirin tablets after reading the reviews on here. Also had lower back pain like I had been punched in the kidneys and the faint feeling of a U.T.I. starting. Nausea, panic attacks... on and on! | This pill is terrible. There's no way I would recommend anyone taking this pill as the side effects just aren't worth it. There are better ways to control acne, other pills, topical gels, etc. that I wouln't have to fear dying over. I really dislike the feeling of having to worry that every migraine I get is a brain hemorrhage and that this current cramp is my calf is a blood clot. Too scary! | F | 29 | 3 weeks 1X day | 4/30/2010 | 1 | acne/ birth control | cleared acne, light periods, weight gain of 15lbs despite diet/exercise, celulite, depression, moodiness, tired all the time, crying for no reason, no sex drive, weird vaginal oder and dryness, and the list goes on..... | I was on yaz for about a year and at fist it was fine. My acne cleared up and i had light periods. But after a few months i started noticing celulite (which i have never had before) and weight gain. no matter how much i dieted and exercised the celulite or weight wouldnt go away. it was very frustrating but it cleared up my acne so i decided to stay on it longer. at about month 8 i started noticing how tired i was all the time and i would sleep whenever i would get the chance to. I also started got very depressed and wouldnt want to have any interaction with anyone. It changed me into a totally different person. I went from being really outgoing and talkitive to being a quiet isolated person. I finally figured that enough was enough and i missed my old self so i went off of it. I have been off for a few months now and my weight is coming off and my celulite has gone away and all i had to do was get off the pill. i didnt need to diet or anything. My acne never came back and my face is clear. My mood is also back to normal and i am my self again and it feels great! I would not suggest taking Yaz or any other bcp.. It may be convinient but its horrible for you and its definitely not worth it since there are many other alternatives. | F | 18 | 1 years 1X day | 4/28/2010 | 1 | prevent pregnancy | when i started taking yaz i started getting headaches, i felt hungry ALL the time i gained 5lbs the first month on it, i had mood swings all the time felt like crying for no reason at all. Sometimes i would get a pain in my lower abdomen.. i hated this pill but it did clear up my skin even tho it wasnt that bad to begin with. | i would not recommend it i was miserable the whole time i was on it! | F | 19 | 2 months 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 3 | Birth Control | cleared acne, superficial blood clot | I really loved taking Yaz for some time. It helped clear my acne and I felt emotionally stable taking it. However, about two months ago I was hospitalized for a superficial blood clot and was taken off it it (as it could have been the cause). Do not think that just because you are not high risk that you aren't susceptible to the warnings. I am not a smoker and still got the blood clot. Be careful! Also, if you get a blood clot do not let your doctor switch you to Micronor for birth control as it is the devil. Look it up on this website for more information... | F | 26 | 4 years 1X day | 4/24/2010 | 1 | more predictable periods, acne, pms | my 17 year old had a blood clot (DVT) and lung clot (pulmonary embolism) just weeks after starting Yaz. | It started with pain in back of the thigh when going up stairs. Went to the doc twice. Nobody realized it was a DVT. Then excruciating chest pain when part of the clot moved to her lung. Still, the doctors didn't figure it out until her leg swelled up and turned blue when the clot got large enough to completely cut off all blood flow. My daughter was skinny, non-smoker, in good shape and only 17. She was lucky to survive. Lung clots are about 30% fatal. 5% of American woman carry a super clotting gene that doesn't mix with birth control pills and it is starting to look like Yaz might be worse than other brands. Very few people with a super clotting gene are aware of it. Do you want to find out the hard way? | F | 17 | 45 days 1X day | 4/24/2010 | 1 | endometriosis & PMDD | Weight gain, major bloating, constant water retention, increase in breast pain/swelling, insomnia. | Great stuff for the mood issues and acne (those were cleared up) but I've put on almost 10 lbs in the past year while on it, and I bloat to where it looks like I'm 7 months pregnant. Also, water retention just never goes away while on this, not even during your period. Periods are heavier, crampier, and longer. Now I'm cramping on and off all month long (but that's also due to endometriosis.) I hate this drug and am going off it. Sick of having a double chin when I never used to. | F | 41 | 1 years 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 1 | Painful Menses | For those of you on thyroid meds or with possible adrenal deficiency, BEWARE of Yaz. | I had horrible stomach pain,diarrhea, back pain, fatigue, pimples, foot pain & foot cramps, horrible cold sores which I'd never had, very cold feet. Many symptoms of adrenal fatigue. It lowers your aldosterone levels and lowers your blood pressure. BAD for hypothyroid. I woudln't recommend this drug to anyone much less a person with low thyroid levels. My gyno insisted the med had nothing to do with any of it. So ignorant. | F | 34 | 90 days 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 1 | Birth Control | Painful sex; complete loss of sex drive | It took me four years to find a doctor who could tell me why sex was so painful--two gyns simply said "it happens." Finally, I found a doc who did blood tests and told me that my birth control pills had caused hormone levels to drop to frighteningly low levels, leading to a complete lack of sex drive, as well as changes to the vaginal tissues and nerves that made sex all but impossible. This was not "vaginal dryness" although other gyns thought so. It is not just Yaz, but all low-dose or "lighter" bc pills have the potential to cause these side-effects. These side effects are underreported because the average gyn doesn't know about them, and/or they don't take female sexual complaints seriously. If you have symptoms such as this, don't take your doctor's word for it. It doesn't "just happen" and its not "in your head." Do some research and find a doc who can help. | F | 43 | 4 years 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 2 | Birth control | HORRIBLE mood swings-would cry about nothing and get very angry and mean frequently; seriously began affecting my relationship. The last bc i was on made me break out and this one did clear up my skin from that. But I saw that some women on here had problems with yeast infections...I got the first yeast infection (plus uti) of my life a couple months ago, I believe it to be related to Yaz...I would NOT recommend taking it, especially with all of the possible dangerous long-term side effects!! Finally off of it now :) | F | 19 | 9 months 1X day | 4/7/2010 | 1 | birth control | made me absolutely crazy. I could not control my moods at all. | F | 33 | 6 months 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | contraception and decrease periods | YEAST INFECTIONS that would not go away | I could not get rid of my yeast infections and I couldn't figure out why I was getting them. My doctor even said it was probably my partner was cheating...which was true. Got RID of the BF. Stopped taking YAZ and they went away. Started taking Yaz again, got infection again. Tried garlic, yogurt, OTC, prescription meds, no sex, no sugars, low carbs, etc. Eventually i stopped taking Yaz and although I got a few more in the next 4 months..its been a year with no Yeast infection and NO BC pills. | F | 28 | 3 years 1X day | 3/10/2010 |