AVIANE-28 Reviews (ETHYINYL ESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL)Average Rating: 2.2 (213 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AVIANE-28 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AVIANE-28 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Heavy periods | Headache, fatigue, sleep issues, can't concentrate, anxiety attacks! Bleeding every day on active pills, hair loss and acne | I wanted this pill to work. I wanted to be the 5 star review saying this pill created balance, and I feel great, but in reality, I can't find 10 reviews in any pill category stating they are 100% satisfied and emotionally stable for an extended length of time. If you can endure 3 months your body goes into a hormone coma, and you view that as relief. The drug company picks when you bleed by withdrawing hormones so you have break through bleeding NOT a period my friends. Here's to handing your emotional and physical health over to a big pharm company who doesn't care what synthetic-carcinogenic garbage they dump into our bodies, | F | 25 | 60 days 10 1X day | 9/22/2014 | 1 | Birth Control | Lost 8 pounds, and was already close to under weight. (5'9 133 pounds to start, then lost 8 in 2 weeks because I could not eat). Mornings were especially bad, feeling of throwing up, sweating, dizzy daily, called in sick to work. Felt like I had food poisoning the entire time I took it! Avoid this pill - please! | After not eating or sleeping for a week I called my doctor and told her about extreme weight loss, and not able to function, missing work, and she told me to call her in 3 months! What kind of medical school did she come from??? A woman's body is not a one-size-fits all hormone prescription, which is what ANY pill offers. The body types, ages, blood types, life styles, we're all different. How can doctors expect us all to fit into a cookie cutter pill. It's a recipe for disaster, and the only people suffering are the women who are looking for relief, NOT the doctors. Take care of yourself and don't fall into this birth control trap that ultimately leads to poor physical and mental health. Google anxiety attacks after STOPPING birth control. The effects of this monster last long after your last pill. I still had problems eating 2 weeks AFTER stopping, and continued to lose weight! This stuff alters your body chemistry at such a low level, it affects every body system, not just controlling your period. | F | 44 | 14 days 10 1X day | 9/21/2014 | 1 | Pregnacy prevention | Horrible. I've always been a happy person. I can't even function through the day. I cry at the drop of a dime. One min I ok then I'm so mad and depressed. I hardly have a appetite and when I do think I'm hungry I can barley eat. I have a constant headache. My hands are swelling. I don't feel myself. I just want to shut the world away. I could barely keep it together when I called my doctors office to let them know I can't take it anymore. Please save yourself and never try this pill. | F | 23 | 2 weeks 10 | 9/21/2014 | 1 | Birth Control | The first 3-4 days were fine, then I noticed an increased feeling of nervous feelings, and started waking up at 3AM sweating. By the second week by 6PM felt physically shaky and couldn't wind down to sleep. Waking up every 2 hours although felt fatigued and exhausted. Woke up nauseated, and head spinning every day. Called in sick couldn't drive 2 days, then entire weekend. Missed my mom's 64th birthday, my son's t-ball game, and Parent teacher night as a result of the anxiety and shaky, dizzy, nausea all around bad physical health this pill gave me. | It's been two weeks after taking the last pill and this morning was the FIRST day I woke up and could eat a light breakfast and I only have minimal shakiness in my legs. I put myself on a liver detox diet, bought supplements to clean the synthetic chemicals out of my body that the pill put in for 9 days. This stuff is evil if after only 9 days of taking it, it takes your body 2 weeks of intense detox just to function- Not even feeling 100% yet. Still have a tiny nervous feeling that hopefully will pass as I continue to detox. If you want to quit the pill, DEFINITELY look of detoxing your liver. It's the only way to completely get rid of it's negative effects. Thank God I found online how to get rid of excess estrogen, and it has been making a slow but positive difference. | F | 41 | 9 days 10 1X day | 9/20/2014 | 1 | Hormone balance Pam's | Daily morning anxiety and nausea, fatigue, sleep night mares wakings | How do you get ready for work when you can't walk to the shower because you have dry heaves and covered I sweat feeling dizzy. The entire room spinning an hour after waking up every day!so sick of feeling this way. Doctor says it will pass but I won't have a job by then. I am quitting this stuff! I never had this on the pill before. Help! | F | 30 | 13 days 10 1X day | 9/19/2014 | 2 | Birth control | Feeling of low blood sugar but cant eat, nausea,anxiety! Headache all day long. | I had to buy a blood glucose monitor after taking this pill. I have taken serval other pill brands over the years and never had this side effect! What is this mess! Try having to poke yourself every morning because you wake up shaking and dizzy! I have never had eating disorders or blood sugar issues ever ever! Buyer beware! I will not be refilling my second pack. Hoping this can be reversed by quitting. This is so messed up. All I wanted was an easy birth control method. Think again! | F | 28 | 21 days 20 1X day | 9/18/2014 | 1 | Peri menopause symptoms | Estrogen dominance, plus nausea, hot flashes got more intense, night sweats and waking, anxiety anxiety anxiety, shaking. | I wanted to start using progesterone cream for mild hot flashes I started getting. I didn't want to self medicate so I went to my doctor and asked if taking an OTC progesterone cream was ok. My very misguided and misinformed doctor told me since I still had my period I wasn't a candidate for progesterone cream!!! I swear that's what she said! Then she gave me a script for Aviane and said that would balance me! This is how medical malpractice suits happen, doctors who are just misinformed! I took the pill and it wrecked my health. My kids had to go to their grandparents because I couldn't get out of bed without throwing up and shaking. I didn't sleep. Didn't eat. Ended up I ER and was told I had to stop the pills ASAP. I thought I was dying. My husband missed 3 days of work. I am changing doctors! Now, a week after quitting, I am still suffering nausea, dizzy, anxiety, and using progesterone cream to try to combat the synthetic estrogen that was dumped into me for 2 weeks. I am so much worse off now than before. It totally threw my body into a hormone hell that I can't dig out of. If you have peri menopause issues do not take this. You will regret it. I promise. My poor 2 yr old has been stck in front of the tv for weeks now because I am so dizzy and anxiety ridden I can't get off the couch. I am seeing a naturopath next week. Praying for better guidance through this stage of life. The pill is not the answer. I wish I would have read a review like this before taking the pil | F | 42 | 14 days 10 1X day | 9/18/2014 | 1 | Pms | Can't sleep. Wake every hour. Can't eat. Sick feeling. Shaky, nervous, feel worse than flu! | This stuff should be banned. My life has been turned upsidedown. Now getting anxiety and depressed. Gotta quit today and deal with the consequences. Please don't do this to yourself ever.life lesson learned hard way! | F | 41 | 12 days 10 1X day | 9/17/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Acne, fatigue, nause! Headache,night mares , sleep problems | If you want to have the same hormone issues as your teenage daughter -then take this pill! When I realized that women in their 40's are being given the same hormones prescribed to a 17yr old. I started to understand what a grave mistake I made by taking this pill. This threw me In to EXTREME estrogen dominance. I am still having a hard time getting back to normal weeks after. I have to take progesterone cream just to stop my nervous panic attacks and headaches. I have only slept 10hrs in a week. I am delirious, anxiety ridden, my family can't depend on me for anything now. One cycle of these pills caused so much turmoil. I am going to a holistic doctor next week. I can't suffer any longer. Ladies this is not the answer to per imenopause. your doctor does not understand hormones if you get this as an answer. It makes things worse. I am living out this physical and emotional hell right now. Don't do it! Throw your prescription away! | F | 42 | 20 days 10 1X day | 9/17/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Can't eat, nausea, shaky. Feels like I am constantly plugged in to electricity. | I quit this after having a nervous breakdown in my car. I used to be a happy normal gal, now I am constantly sick, no energy ,no motivation even 5 days after last pill. This was more than I bargained for. Think twice, the effects are long term after your last pill! This screws up your body's ability to balance hormones. How long to return to normal? This is nuts! | F | 28 | 16 days 10 1X day | 9/16/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Headache, mood swing , fatigue, | Like many other reviews, I was healthy, worked out 5 days week, slept through night full8 hrs, 28 day period. Now I have become so tired, haven't worked out in 2 wks since starting pill. Bleed daily, nervous about everything. I have become a monster. This stole my health and life. I quit mid cycle and had to go to ER with severe insomnia and anxiety. Missed work 3 days. This stuff should be banned. Don't take it please! | F | 36 | 15 days 10 1X day | 9/15/2014 | 1 | Birth control | Anxiety, insomnia, night sweats, bleeding daily heavy | Anxiety so bad I am 5 days and counting can't function. Can't get up to feed kids without shaking and feeling sick. So sick waking every 2 hours. No sleep. This has ruined my life and my family's life. Think bigger than yourself before altering your hormones. It affects everyone around you, | F | 30 | 9 days 10 1X day | 9/15/2014 | 1 | Pre menopause balance | Insomnia, can't eat, nervous, tense, worse hot flashes. Magnified every problem I was trying to get rid of. | I read the other reviews saying they can't eat and now I know what that means. You are hungry, low blood sugar even , but can't put food in your mouth and swallow. It's weird, I am hungry and low energy but have to force food down. Also I wake every hour. Feel spacey in the morning then get nervous tension all day. No good! | F | 43 | 10 days 20 1X day | 9/15/2014 | 1 | Hormonal headache | Developed severe anxiety attacks, never had before. Tremors, vivid nightmares, nausea, inability to eat, 3am wakings soaked in sweat and shaking. | At five days in I got very nervous, started to have night wakings and night sweats. Doctor said keep taking it. At 10 days developed agoraphobia, severe tremors, couldn't eat. Called doctor and said to finish my pack! I quit that day, but continue to have bleeding, anxiety, inabilitybo eat, nausea 4 days later. There are no guidelines from the drug companies on WHAT happens when you QUIT. For hundreds of women who post online the side effects of the pill last for months or years after. I pray that I didn't do permanent damage to my endocrine system. I am so sorry I ever took the first pill. I feel poisoned. Please love yourself enough to not take birth control pills. You will eventually stop, and when you do all hell will break loose In your body and your doctor will act like they are clueless why you are suffering. This is bigger than not getting pregnant and there are other ways of hormone balance that may take longer but will work with your natural body. It's not worth the quick fix. This fix causes worse problems long term. Listen to the one star reviews. They are real women just like you. It can/ will happen. My life continues to be a living hell after only 10 days on this medication. | F | 40 | 10 days 10mg 1X day | 9/14/2014 | 1 | Pms | Nausea-depression-sleep disturbances | Ladies read the reviews- every one says the same things. These pills are no good for you. The older you get the harder it is to recover from the side effects. Take this into consideration,and look at Vitex, or black cohosh. Saliva test your hormones BEFORE trying things like birth control to create balance. You have to have a baseline before throwing hormones into the mix. Your body and mind are gifts. Take care of them! | F | 38 | 12 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/14/2014 | 1 | pms | Dont ever start this spin cycle of hormone imbalance. If you think being on the pill is bad try coming off it! Google anxiety attack after stopping birth control then make up your mi d. Its NOT worth it! I havent slept in a week since stopping. Prob. Will ha e to go on short Term disability. I cant function now! | F | 35 | 14 days 10 1X day | 9/14/2014 | 1 | Hormonal balance pms | Bleeding 11 days while on pill,extreme nervous, hypothyroid symptoms after7 days,shaky, nausea | My doctor suggested Aviane to balance my hormones. You start taking it on day one of your period. My periods were fine. Five days long every 28 days. On Aviane I bled every day I took it - Full on period 11 days with no sign of stopping. At day five I became super irritable and felt like I was on caffeine. Every day got more intense. I actually started getting worse hot flashes than ever. Dizzy, sick. I finally couldn't get off the couch to take my son to school and called the doctor. She told me to KEEP taking it for 3 months! Really??? I was one step from the ER from not eating and not being able to stand up! I didn't take last nights dose but it was still the worst night of my life. Soaked in sweat, shaking, dry heaves, I prayed for morning and time to pass to get these hormones out! This morning after no sleep my bleeding is minimal and I am able to eat toast, and stopped shaking. I have a few hot flashes and dizzy still but saw a few websites saying after 48 hours it should go away. My advice is if you start having unbearable side effects stop right away. Don't delay stopping. Get the hormones out of your body ASAP.. It gets worse not better. Some minor effects will resolve. But my symptoms were debilitating. Know when to quit. I am again unable to drive today and can't take care of my kids as a result of 11days on his pill. Use caution and your womanly instincts to know if this is a fit for you. For some it is,but not for me. | F | 42 | 11 days 10mcg 1X day | 9/12/2014 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | Have had break through bleeding after the first week, I am now on my last week of the pill for the first month taking it.. Ive had severe bouts of depression and feel nasty since the spotting doesnt stop. It makes me have mild cramps for the past two weeks.. Also had a bout of constipation that lasted 5 days an when I went bled. Never in my life experienced that. My mood is horrible/ get pissy/ feel like crying, not talking, an push people away, when typically Im not emotional an Im a very happy person. Loss of concentration an affects my daily life and work. Feel sick to my stomach an not eating very much. Never felt like this on any other birth control an as horrible as the side affects have been my doctor recomends me to continue to take it for the first three months. Anxiety attacks hit every morning when I wake up for the past three weeks feel worthless an almost out of control | F | 30 | 4 weeks | 8/31/2014 | 2 | Birth Control, PMS, Bad Cramps | The medication at first gave me mild nausea (which only happened to occur between 3-4 hours after taking the pill), and slight headaches. When I first took it, I bled for almost an entire month, due to it being an ultra low dose pill. Plus, it did nothing to help with the PMS symptoms I was experiencing, heavy bleeding, or bad menstrual cramps. I stayed on the pill nonetheless. The mild nausea eventually subsided for the most part, and the only time I would experience such is when starting a new pack, during the first couple of pills taken from the new pack. Overall, I didn't really experience any major stomach issues while taking this pill, which at least I was thankful for as I do have a sensitive stomach and alot of pills don't agree with my stomach at all. I did put on more than 10 pounds of extra weight after taking these pills and I did not like that. So, yes, I do believe that birth control pills do contribute to weight gain. However, the longer I stayed on these pills, the wors | Causes severe headaches and weight gain. Not a good pill at all! | F | 39 | 3 years 1X day | 8/18/2014 | 5 | control period and pregnancy | I have fuller breast. Minimal cramps. Possible small weight gain but maybe due to my own doing. On the pill my face is usually clear but around period time I get a few flare ups. I switched from Loestrin to Aviane because it made me itch! I have experienced a decrease sex drive and a change in my emotions but it's nothing I can't handle. The best bc pill thus far. I am pleased. | F | 23 | 3 years | 7/9/2014 |