YAZ Reviews (DROSPIRENONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL)Average Rating: 2.2 (250 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare YAZ with similar:
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| 1 | Birth Control | Cramping at random times of the month, lower back pain, moodiness, depression, recurrent bacterial vaginosis, headaches, longer and heavier periods | I had tried a few brands a few years earlier and was not please with the weight gain and nausea, so I gave Yaz a try 4 months ago. Now, I seem to be getting every side effect BUT nausea and weight gain. My periods are longer and heavier. I cramp not only during my period, but a few days after. I still feel as though I'm ovulating each month (exactly 17 days each month after my period - hard to believe it's coincidental). I wake up with horrible headaches. My sex drive is gone and I'm completely dry, even when aroused. Twice during this 4 months, I've felt severely depressed and moody and cry at any given moment. I never had any menstrual issues or PMS or PMDD before going on Yaz and I feel like it has given me everything it is supposed to ease. | F | 25 | 4 months | 12/11/2009 | 5 | contraceptive, regulated periods | possibly lowered sex drive, but that was after 8 months of taking the pill and it returned some after 2 months | I've never really had an incident with this drug. The reason it's getting a bad rep is because people are taking Motrin or similar drugs regularly with Yaz, according to my gyno. This has really helped me become more regular. | F | 19 | 12 months | 12/10/2009 | 2 | Anti-baby meds | Wonderful for three years. Last four months down hill | I took yaz for about three years with no problems. I started working out about eightmonths ago. I do weight training 2x per week and cardio 4x per week. I also eat a low carb and sugar diet. From this plan my weight changed from 125 to 117, nothing too drastic. Unfortunately along with my new smaller jeans has come: spotting, cramping, extream moodiness, horrible skin, increased appetite, and waTer retention. Another friend of mine with the same eating and working out habits Had the same problem. I would not reccomend this to any athletic person or someone who eats a restricted diet. Hormones r too low and metabolize too quickly. Doc is puting me on ortho-novum. Wish me luck. | F | 25 | 3 years | 12/10/2009 | 4 | birth control | extreme moodiness, breakthrough bleeding when skipping placebo pills | Cleared up my acne better than anything I've ever tried! Also very effective at preventing pregnancy (which is the point). Plus, no weight gain, which is great! However, it makes me very moody and I cry at the littlest things. Also, when skipping periods, breakthrough bleeding ALWAYS occurred for me. Periods also seem to last longer than usual and are pretty heavy. | F | 23 | 8 months | 12/9/2009 | 1 | birth control | Good- By the end of the first week I felt like I had my life back. My mood swings were gone and I felt normal for the first time in awhile. Bad - During the 4th pack I started bleeding heavily and passing golf-ball-sized clots during the active pills. | F | 31 | 4 months | 11/23/2009 | 1 | birth control | super long bleeding during active pills; severe depression, panic attacks, anxiety | I tried taking Yaz a couple of different times. The first time I tried taking it I started to bleed after the first week and the bleeding didn't stop for TWO WEEKS. After 2 weeks I (and my boyfriend) was just fed up and sick with not being able to do anything. It wasn't that Yaz made me upset the first time I took it, it's that having a two week period made me upset. (Obviously) So I stopped taking it and (naturally) got my period. But halleluia it went away after a few days. I then waited through an entire cycle before trying to start Yaz again. (There was a question about whether I had started it on the right day the first time, I probably hadn't started it on the right day.) This second time I started Yaz was absolutely miserable. About 2-3 days after I started it I started freaking out and crying all the time and I wanted to jump out in front of a bus. (suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, depression) I nearly broke up with my boyfriend because of all of the crazy thoughts that this medication put into my head. I didn't realize that Yaz was causing it for about a week. Abour 2 days after I stopped it I felt 90% emotionally better. I had to start seeing a therapist because of the emotional side effects of Yaz and now that I'm off Yaz I feel SO much better emotionally. I'm still seeing the therapist because I have anticipatory fears that those emotional panic attacks will come back, but thank god I figured out that it was Yaz that caused it. | F | 18 | 7 days | 11/8/2009 | 3 | possible endometriosis | none | i found this has helped a lot, my acne isnt a problem, my periods arent debilitating any longer, and it just works | F | 16 | 4 months | 11/5/2009 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | spotting and HORRIBLE mood swings and uncontrollable crying | YAZ ruined the best thing in my life, my relationship. It caused me to constantly be "on edge" and constantly scream and yell at my boyfriend over little things. Everything seemed like a big deal and fighting DAILY was normal. I thought i was going insane, I am no longer going to take these horrible crazy pills. Not worth it. Yaz makes you insane. | F | 22 | 2 years | 11/4/2009 | 4 | monthly migraines. pms | none | no headaches anymore. I take continously with no break for periods. | F | 47 | 5 years | 11/1/2009 | 1 | birth control, irreg./painful cycle | Abdominal Distention, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Uncontrolable Crying, Loss of Libido, Loss of Appitite, Severe Mood Swings That Affect My Home Life, Cramps All Through the Month. | I started Yaz four months ago and it has been horrible. I've had mild deppression in the past that was always cured by getting some sun. I have never been this depressed ever. I hate everything and don't want to do anything. I cry at the silliest things. I've acctually thought of harming myself. I am not like this. I never want to eat anymore (and I'm a big girl, I used to love to eat). I like the fact that I've lost 10 lbs, but not because I don't want to eat. I have menstrual cramps all day EVERY day, they are light, but are ungodly annoying. I start screaming at my husband for no reason, and I've even (very very sadly) snapped at my 5 month old (I yelled "stop it!" at him when he was just being a baby, I did not harm him though). This is when I realized there has to be something different, it's the darn pill. And I also used to be a (as my husband would say) a "nympho". Before the pill and all through my pregnancy I would pretty much demand "lovins" about twice a day. Now I'm lucky if I even feel like doing it once a week. Not to mention I know 6 ladies who have gotten pregnant while taking this pill. | F | 23 | 4.5 months | 10/27/2009 | 1 | acne, birth control | Bad: anxiety, irregular heartbeat, vomiting, dizziness, headaches, and very bad muscle cramps in legs | My skin looked beautiful so I was sad to have experienced all of the other side effects. | F | 34 | 35 days | 10/22/2009 | 1 | Pre-IVF, prevention of ovarian cyst | Extreme mood swings and anxiety/depression, severe breast tenderness and swelling, nausea, vomiting, acne | The entire reason I was taking Yaz was to prevent ovarian cysts (of which I have a known history) before starting an IVF cycle. I had not had a cyst in two months, but the month I took the Yaz, I developed a cyst and my IVF cycle was cancelled (devastating to think I'm waiting another month because this didn't work!). The breast swelling was bad-- from AA to B cup in less than 5 days, and I'm still recovering from the pain. Yaz also caused nausea and vomiting for me. I'm usually very calm, but on the Yaz I became another woman entirely-- very moody and anxious. The acne was the least problematic of the side effects I experienced. My sister has PCOS, and she's taken Yaz for many years without any negative experiences. For me, it certainly wasn't the right birth control pill. | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 10/12/2009 | 4 | pmdd symptoms etc | First month terrible nausea all day, second month little less, third month nausea GONE. Lowered sex drive - but ALL bcp do that. Biggest issue - Elevated Potassium | Love this stuff - been on for a year - wish I could stay on it. I had been off BCP for 7 years - went back on due to total disruption of life w/the pmdd symptoms. Yaz worked great after getting over the nausea - which will happen with most bc pills when 1st get on them. My periods, moods, & cramps are wonderfully manageable now. However noticed my potassium levels elevated tremendously. This is a serious situation - elevated levels of K can do damage to your heart and its rythems. Currently looking into other types of bcp hoping only to switch and not go off all together again. | F | 39 | 1 years | 10/8/2009 | 2 | pmdd, severe cramps | slight nausea, bad migraines, smelly vaginal discharge, made my depression and anxiety ALOT worse. however, it did help my anger issues some. | F | 28 | 2 months | 10/7/2009 | 1 | birth control/ irregular periods | My period was never regulated by YAZ. I experienced breakthrough bleeding continuously throughout the 7 months I spent 'adjusting' to this pill. In the last 3 months, despite no change in lifestyle/eating habits/ etc. I have had a period every other week. Throughout my time on this medication, I have been fatigued, lack of interest in socialization, migraines (I have never had regular headaches prior to taking YAZ), vision problems and have gained weight. My skin is worse than it has been in the past. I was not at all satisfied with this product for me, but several friends are on YAZ and adore it. It was not for my body. I was just prescribed Loestrin today and hopefully will not have such drastic side-effects. | Not good for me. I wish I switched earlier as opposed to being encouraged to 'stick with it' for 7 months by my doctor. If I get one more pelvic exam and pap smear due to such extensive breakthrough bleeding (all with neg results) I don't know what I'll do! | F | 29 | 7 months | 10/6/2009 | 5 | irregular periods, acne | the only side effect i got was sore breasts. it didnt last long and wasnt very severe at all. | i love yaz! i know that people are getting sick and whatever but that doesnt happen to everyone so people just need to talk to their doctor about it. yaz helped my acne so much and i never got bloated or gained weight with it. i have been taking alesse for a few days and i hate it. i have already gained atleast 5 lbs and im feeling sick all day. i was on yaz for like 3 years and i miss it now that i stopped it.:( the only negative thing i have to say about yaz is its expensive... even with insurance it was $50 a pack. | F | 3 years | 10/1/2009 | 1 | Acne | Heavy acne, depression, anxiety, overactive gag reflex, no sex drive, dark upper lip, upset stomach | This pill was like poison to me! I can't believe I stuck with it for as long as I did because YAZ really did an number on me both physically and emotionally. Out of all of the nasty side effects I had while taking it, hands down the WORST was the dark upper lip. I noticed that someone else wrote about it, too. I switched to Loestrin 2 months ago and I'm feeling MUCH better now. However, I am praying that my dermatologist can help me because my "YAZ lip" makes me feel like a freak and my self confidence has deflated quite a bit. I realize that BCPs effect everyone's body differently. But, I really wouldn't recommend this pill unless you suffer from PPMD and are willing to take the risk that it may do more harm than good. | F | 30 | 6 months | 9/30/2009 | 1 | Irregular periods, acne | First month - nausea, second month - severe headaches. In general - INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS! | After one month of taking Yaz I began to have frequent urination, in two months I had pain and blood during urination. I began to spend 400$ per month treating this conditions. Than as a pharmacist I relized that YAZ increases level of potassium which might cause irritation of urinary bladder. I quited to take YAZ and any other drugs. In two month my horrable intersitial cystatis was gone. I hate YAZ. I also got a lump in my left breast after taking YAZ 4 months... | F | 24 | 1 years | 9/23/2009 | 1 | Regulate my menstrual cycle | Drug-induced sweets syndrome, depression. | I broke out in a skin rash. It started off slowly with a few sores, but the longer I was on Yaz, more appeared. On my back, neck, face and under the hairline. They were sore, red lumps and have left scars. Had to have a skin biopsy which showed that I had developed sweets syndrome. A couple of months off Yaz I went back on it at my doctor's request to confirm that it was drug induced. Sure enough, it came back! I also experienced incredible sadness and cried over all sorts of things. Don't like this drug at all! | F | 37 | 4 months | 9/20/2009 | 5 | PMDD | Had a uterine ablation a few years ago to reduce heavy monthly flow so that wasn't an issue but was continuing to have terrible physical and emotional PMDD--bouts of rage during week to 10 days before period--cramps, horrible acne, horrible breast swelling, horrible overall bloating, etc. Yaz has eliminated ALL PMDD. Although one month did experience 1 day of mood swing but that could have been a fluke. My doctor says I can stay on this until menopause, which is another 10-15 years away for me and I had hoped to NOT have to be on the pill--especially considering that I've had both an ablation and tubal ligation years ago. But right now I am desperate enough to stay on it to stay sane. My blood pressure has remained excellent (for some on the pill that can be an issue) and have had no notable side effects. | F | 40 | 4 months | 9/16/2009 |