SPRINTEC Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORGESTIMATE)Average Rating: 1.9 (297 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SPRINTEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SPRINTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Regulate periods | Depression, anxiety and feeling of hopelessness. Never been depressed before and this was awful. Grateful I figured out it was this pill. Would not recommend. | F | 39 | 4 months 30 mg | 3/9/2020 | 2 | Was switched from monessa tricyclen | Extremely emotional, shaky, lack of appetite, anxiety out the roof. I felt fine with the birth control I was on for 2 years but it was discontinued. I’ve taken Sprintec for 3 weeks now and I’m about to take the sugar pills— considering getting off birth control all together. I don’t need it and it’s just poisoning my body. | F | 24 | 1 months Not sure | 3/4/2020 | 1 | PCOS and PMDD | Nausea, intense anxiety, worsened depression, agitation and anger. Cramps from hell and diarrhea too. Been tons of ‘fun’ and might lose my job I blame this pill. | Avoid it like the plague !!!!! | 43 | 90 days | 2/24/2020 | 4 | Prevent pregnancy | When I first started taking it I was just having sore breasts, mood swings, and migraines when transitioning into a new pack each month. I’ve learned to managed my mood swings but I still have sore breasts a get a monthly migraine. Now I have ANXIETY and depression. 7 years is a really long time to be on the pill but it’s worked fabulously other than the side effects. But since it has been working I just learned to deal with the hand I’ve been dealt. Why switch when you can learn to get through it. | F | 22 | 7 years 1 a day | 2/23/2020 | 1 | Regular period | Anxiety, panic attacks, extreme anger, mental fog, confusion, insomnia, upset stomach at night, headaches, depression | F | 18 | 10 days 0.250/0.35 | 2/22/2020 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | Started taking on day 1 of cycle. It's been 11 days and it's still here! Frustrated. Thinking about discontinuing use. Crazy thing is, I went to doc for different birth control. Got home after the pharmacy, and discovered this brand. Very disappointed. | F | 41 | 11 days | 2/9/2020 | 1 | To not get pregnant | Horrible Anxiety, Emotional, Constant breakthrough bleeding, low libido, Frequent Panic Attacks, Problems with Contacts (very dry eyes when contacts are in), Insomnia | I've been taking Sprintec for three years and have had really bad anxiety for 2.5 of those years. I originally thought it was just anxiety from being in college until the frequent anxiety attacks began. I thought it was me overthinking and causing these anxiety attacks myself, but I never had anxiety attacks until I got on this birth control. I do not like who this birth control has made me be and I am constantly sad, crying, and in a bad mood. The anxiety, low libido, and breakthrough bleeding has taken a horrific toll on my relationship. I urge that no one else uses this birth control. I am constantly a messy roller coaster and will be going in to see my doctor next week about changing. | F | 21 | 3 years | 2/8/2020 | 1 | To not get pregnant | F | 21 | 2 years | 2/8/2020 | 1 | Severe stomach pain, cant sleep | F | 32 | 8 days 35mg | 2/4/2020 | 3 | Ovarian cysts | Insomnia and anxiety | Helps with the ovarian cysts so far. I’m not sure if the insomnia and anxiety will go away. | F | 28 | 1 weeks | 2/3/2020 | 1 | To not get pregnant | Headaches/migraines , Head pain and tension going from top of my head to my neck . Palpitations on head . Constantly going the restroom at night . | Do not recommend . | F | 28 | 10 days | 1/27/2020 | 1 | Birth control | Weight gain, extreme fatigue, diziness, migraines, nausea | I have never been sick like this before from the pill. I was on another pill for about 10 years and got off to focus on getting my anxiety and depression in check. I asked my obgyn to get back on the pill once i met my fiance and this is what she prescribed. It has been so awful and ive missed multiple days of work because I am so sick and at home in bed crying from how awful I feel. Ive also jumped in weight and want to eat constantly. Its so awful!!!!! | F | 34 | 3 months 28 day pil | 1/10/2020 | 1 | Heavy periods | Severe stomach cramping nausea vomiting I was completely fine until taking this medication so far been in the emergency room twice and can’t figure out why. | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 1/7/2020 | 1 | For cysts and regulate period | Itchy skin, itchy scalp, burning sensation on skin and face. | I've only taken this pill for four days and it's the absolute worst. My doctor told me I was supposed to start this when my period came on and I did. The first four days of taking this pill I was always tired and sluggish. After the last two days I started to get the itchy skin and my head was itching so bad. Got so bad to the point where I had to take my hair down, and washing my sheets cos I thought I had bed bugs. Although I keep a clean house it was something that I thought about. I'm not taking this drug at all... | F | 30 | 6 days 35 mg | 1/6/2020 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy | Weak,extreme fatigue, itchy skin, swollen lymph nodes in armpits that would come and go,anxiety,depression,body aches,joint pain,headache, numbness in hands,nausea, can't sleep, sore breast, awful breakouts. | This is the worst thing I've ever done to myself. So disappointed. I felt completely fine before taking these pills | F | 25 | 2 months | 1/3/2020 | 1 | Birth control | Shortness of breath, random itchy rash, rapid heart beat, anxiety and panic attacks, fluid retention or some kind of swelling in my ankles and calves, lower back pain, waking up during the night to urinate, weight gain, blurry vision, dizziness, nausea, random body pain | This crap is poison plain and simple. I was just at my ER last night getting tested for a possible pulmonary embolism. Luckily my chest xray and d-dimer came back fine. Still don't know what is causing the shortness of breath. I guess just simply this pill! I stopped taking it after Tuesday night's dose which is 4 days of no pill right now. I go to my regular dr monday to see if I can get answers and to make sure nothing else is going on in my body. I'm scared I'm seriously sick or dying with all the the things going on then I find this website and see so so many other women going through the SAME thing SAME symptoms and everything!!!! This is unacceptable and the makers of this pill need to take it off the market they are hurting women and are going to continue to do so!!! You're not alone ladies! I don't know how long it'll take for me to feel normal again so far I've had 2 good days and 2 bad days since stopping the pill. | F | 32 | 4 months | 11/23/2019 | 2 | To skip periods | Massive burning in stomach indigestion lost 15 lbs | 47 | 2 months 1 | 11/19/2019 | 1 | to stop heavy periods/cramps | severe anxiety, low libido, irregular bleeding, BV, discharge | This BC is the absolute WORST. I stopped because it turned me into a completely different woman. I’ve been on sprintec for almost 2 years and started noticing changes about 6 months in when my sex drive began to plummet. It wasn’t until about a year though, when my anxiety sky rocketed. I was hospitalized for it several times and my heart would thump so hard I thought it would come out of my chest. The discharge on this BC is just awful. And I got non-stop infections. My bleeding was irregular and would be heaviest towards the end of sugar pill week. I would t honestly rather my heavy periods and cramps over the side effects of this pill any day. It’s just that bad. | F | 26 | 1 years 30mg | 11/3/2019 | 1 | pregnancy prevention | debilitating anxiety, panic attacks, and depression; headaches and body aches; brain fog; extreme fatigue; nausea and loss of appetite | I started taking Sprintec a couple weeks ago, and I need to stop now. I already had moderate anxiety, and the pill gave me panic attacks that have made me afraid to leave my dorm, eat, go to class, go to social events, etc. I haven't been depressed in years and within the past week I've developed the most severe depression I've ever experienced. Brain fog and vertigo made it almost impossible to function. Felt hopeless and scared because I didn't know what was wrong with me. I will be speaking to both an OBGYN and a psychiatrist soon because the psychological effects of this BC are horrific. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 1X day | 10/25/2019 | 5 | To regulate my period | The only side effect I had with sprintec was nausea in the morning and upset stomach for the first month of using this pill. | I had nausea in the morning and upset stomach with this pill. Other than that I had no other side effects. This pill really helped me with my painful periods and hormonal imbalance | F | 31 | 69 days | 10/18/2019 |