JUNEL FE 1/20 Reviews (ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; NORETHINDRONE ACETATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (281 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare JUNEL FE 1/20 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR JUNEL FE 1/20 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Prevent Pregnancy | I was fine the first year with this medication although my breasts hurt so bad. Then i started to get irritable and moody. I was sad all the time and didnt have any reason for it. No family history of depression or anxiety. I cant even take my bra off without my breasts hurting. I have a headache everyday. My acne is uncontrollable and I have never had bad acne besides a few pimples here and there. | F | 20 | 2 years 20MG | 11/5/2019 | 1 | Prevent pregnancy and clear skin | Pelvic cramping, abdominal pain, intense hunger, weight gain with no change in diet or exercise. More frequent headaches and mood swings. No periods for 3 months then an extremely terrible period. This pill made it so painful to have sex and I was ‘diagnosed’ with Pelvic Floor dysfunction. But after stopping this pill and getting Kyleena, less than a month later I was losing weight, pelvic cramping and pain gone and sex was not painful and vaginal dryness was gone. Ladies if you have any of these symptoms get off this pill and see if things get better. This pill was the worst pill ever! | F | 21 | 1 years | 11/4/2019 | 1 | Period regulation | I only too this for one day. I’ve been through enough medications to know when something is not going to be right for me. Immediately made me dizzy, heart racing and stomach pains. I felt like I was on some type of drug. Enough for me to stop and not continue. | F | 48 | 1 days 30mg | 8/4/2019 | 1 | To help with acne | I already have anxiety and depression, but this medication has made it extreme and spiral out of control. I haven’t had a serious panic attack until last night and it continued until I threw up. I am anxious at all times of day. I cry so easily. I am in a long distance relationship and this has put a strain on it. I go in and out of questioning my emotions and if I’m happy, if he even loves me, if he’s going to leave me, about 1000x a day when I felt secure and head over heels in love before I started this medication. This medication is awful and has brought me to the point of pure panic and emotional break downs. I’m stopping it cold turkey today and can only hope I will get back to how I was. | Emotional wreck. Panic attacks. Depression. Hasn’t helped acne much. 10lbs weight gain. | F | 22 | 2 months 1 x D | 6/25/2019 | 1 | Birth Control recommended by OBGYN | At 45 I know what regular is and this birth control makes you irregular! I had periods, I had issues with blemishes under my skin, gaining weight. Do not take this! Lots of complications, there many other Alternatives in the marketplace. Do not take these! | M | 45 | 2 months 20MCG | 4/9/2019 | 1 | Birth control | Read the reviews before I started but still decided to give it a try, because my OBGYN recommended it. TERRIBLE. I have been on it for 10 months now. I have gained weight (15+ lbs.) without changing diet/lifestyle. I now have ovarian cysts which I have never had before now; extremely painful. My sex drive is nonexistent - not normal for a 22 year old. I get my period sometimes twice in one month, sometimes I do not get it for 3 months at a time which is scary! I have also developed deep, cystic-like acne which I never had before. I have so much anxiety I feel like all I can do is stay in bed - breathing is difficult and I constantly feel a pressure on my chest. I would not recommend this pill to my worst enemy. Please do not be like me and ignore the negative reviews - if you have been prescribed this, switch and save yourself the pain and suffering. | F | 22 | 10 months 1x/day | 1/28/2019 | 1 | Hormone regulation and heavy period | Swollen breasts, increased irritability, mood swings, heightened anxiety, depression, bloating, cramping, feeling of doom, tiredness, stomach cramps, discharge changes. | I went to my OBGYN about six months ago because I felt like my hormones were out of whack because my periods were not normal (I’ve always had very predictable periods, it’s been the same every month for the past 10 years). My OBGYN prescribed Junel Fe for me and I had never taken a birth control before but I figured I might as well try it considering I’m getting married in a few months. The first month on this medicine was great! My period pain was gone, I didn’t bloat, my breasts didn’t hurt, the bleeding was minimal. I pretty much felt like a brand new woman and questioned why I hadn’t done this years ago. The second month came and my period was heavier and more painful than before I ever took the medicine. I also noticed that my anxiety started heightening and I began to feel sad. Third month into this medicine and it was two and a half weeks before my period was supposed to start and my breasts swelled up and they haven’t gone back down since. They are constantly sore and in pain. Then I began to notice the depression and it would increase the week before I started. My third period was strange, I had brown and dark blood coming out and no bright red blood. The fourth and fifth month were pretty much the same, but with more increased anxiety and depression and the irritability was awful. I have never fought or cried so much. I feel psycho because it all gets worse each month. I do not recommend this to anyone, it’s put me in | F | 23 | 6 months 1.5/30 | 1/27/2019 | 1 | auto change from microgesten generic | I have been on birth control since I was 16 years old. I started my birth cobtrol history with the Depo shot, which I didn’t do well with. But have been on Yasmin, lo estren and the Mirena since then. I have never had that kind of reaction or experience, even when my body was pregnant with my daughter, than I had by taking this birth-control for five days. Extreme anxiety, depression, emotionally unstable. I gave it a chance and tried to not let reviews scare me off, but for the first time in my life, I’m the one here writing a bad review. It was that bad. | F | 35 | 5 days 1/20 | 12/16/2018 | 1 | To stop/skip periods | I took this medication for approximately 28 days. Previously I had been on Microgestin, but was switched to this after my last exam. During the short time I had taken this medication I have had swelling in the extremities (fingers & feet), a weight gain of 13 pounds with NO change in my diet or exercise routine (I am a routine spin class person), constipation, heart palpitations, chest tightness & migranes 3 weeks in a row. After the 3rd migraine, I called my prescribing HCP & she had advised to stop taking this medication , as the estrogen was likely causing these issues. I have a Paragard in place as well, so BC is covered. | F | 36 | 28 days 1/20 | 12/7/2018 | 1 | Birth control | migraines, weight gain (water retention), joint pain in my knees, horrible mood swings and anger outbursts, acne, anxiety/depression. | I’ve been on this for 2 months and it’s been horrendous! I’ve been SO moody with my husband and angry over the tiniest of things. My doctor told me to try this for 3 months before giving up but honestly, this is not a healthy way to live. I am making an appointment and going back to tri-cyclen LO. | F | 32 | 60 days | 7/21/2018 | 1 | Protection/prevention from pregnancy | Horrible, even for me. I don't react terribly to lots of meds, and this is my first time with junel, since going off birth control 6 months ago. Within the first few days of this, I've felt extreme extreme anxiety - heart beating out of my chest. Decreased appetite - seriously don't want to eat much, d decreased motivation to do anything. I felt like there was a cloud around me. Because of the anxiety, I had a tough time breathing and sleeping. The first few days have been horrific and I definitely don't want to continue, because I have definitely noticed a shift in how I feel, and how my emotions are managed. The anxiety and sleepless nights are terrible and I don't ever want to continue this again. I'm thinking about switching to a non hormonal IUD. Or, going back to my old brand of birth control pills after this leaves my system. Four days too long and never again! | F | 28 | 4 days 1.5 | 7/19/2018 | 1 | To prevent pregnancy | Have breast cancer now.Not genetic cancer.Had side effects that was told was from stress or working but now believe from this drug. | F | 30 | 1 years 30mg | 7/19/2018 | 1 | Birth control | I'm constantly hungry even after eating. I'm so angry. I can't even hear people breath without snapping. That's only 8 days of this. I literally feel my heart beating out of my chest. | They switched it on me without warning. It's horrible. I'm going off of it. | F | 28 | 8 days | 3/27/2018 | 1 | Contraception | Swollen lymph node in left armpit before and during period, severe cramps before and during period, bacterial vaginitis that does not respond to antibiotics, vaginal dryness, moodiness/irritiableness, nausea | I have inflammatory bowel disease and my symptoms are exaggerated during my period, and this pill made those symptoms much worse than normal. | F | 24 | 1 years | 12/27/2017 | 1 | Birth Control | Blood clots in the brain, caused seizures. | F | 23 | 4 months 1X day | 11/14/2017 | 1 | regulate period | This birth control is Toxic. Throwing up. Migraine. Had to call off work!! Its disgusting | Do not take. Its not worth getting deathly ill from | F | 30 | 2 weeks 20mg | 9/12/2017 | 1 | Birth control | Nausea constant migraines dizzyness and blurry vision | Dangerous pill! From day one this pill made me sick to my stomach and gave me constant migraines that won't go away even with Advil. I'm also extremely weak and dizzy and have blurry vision. I'm having trouble taking care of my two little kids from this pill. Do not take!!!! | F | 23 | 0 days | 8/30/2017 | 1 | Birth Control, Severe Cramping Pain | Helped easy bloating, and cramping, but that is the only good thing. Since being on this medicine I have experienced an anxiety induced meltdown. I have never experienced anxiety before. I went to the doctor from having dizzy spells and my blood pressure was 185/150. They wanted to put me on BP medicine but went with an anxiety medicine instead. I have never had high blood pressure before taking this medicine. I know have frequent (3/4 per day) hot flashes compared to 2/3 times per month before this medicine. I have had more headaches and sleeplessness while on this medicine than ever before. This medicine has effective my performance at work, I am not as productive as I was prior to this medicine. I do not accomplish as much in a day as I did prior to this medicine. I have yelled at my child more in the past two months than I ever have in my life. My SO and I have had more arguments in the past two months than we have in the past year. This medicine I strongly believe has effected my | F | 28 | 17 weeks 1X day | 7/18/2017 | 1 | Birth control | Weight gain, emotional, severe migraines, blood pressure increase | First 2 months thought it was great, second and third month was a different story. Started getting migraines which I never had before, was super emotional, blood pressure increased, and gained 8 pounds in 3 months. | F | 24 | 3 months | 3/30/2017 | 1 | Abdominal pain , sore and bigger boobs , lowers sec drive , overly emotional , missed periods , abnormal discharge | F | 17 | 4 months | 2/20/2017 |