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Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol for Menstrual Disorders User Reviews (Page 5)

Brand names: Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Loryna, Syeda, Nikki, Gianvi, Lo-Zumandimine, Zarah, Jasmiel, Zumandimine, Yaela Melamisa …show all brand names

Reviews for Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol

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  • unh...
  • September 30, 2016

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I've been on Yaz for five months. My periods are regular, great! However, regularity isn't worth the side effects. I experience crippling cramps, nausea and vomiting, horrible breakout/cystic acne around my period (I've never been acne prone), and insane mood swings... :( I don't like taking it, and it only got worse. AH! Talk to your doctor and don't do it on your own! Also, can I just say I think it's ridiculous the medical system labels menstruation effects as 'disorders' - last time I checked, it's pretty natural. Is my uterus really that diseased, doc'?"

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  • Bru...
  • May 12, 2016

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I started taking Gianvi when my pharmacy switched to it from the Yaz knockoff I had been taking. My periods were out of control. Some would be two weeks, I had more period days than non-bleeding days over the course of two months, which made me exhausted. I gained about 30 pounds as well during the course of that time, despite walking an average of 13,000 steps a day. And no, that was not muscle. I can no longer fit into most of my professional clothes and have actually ripped and overstretched a number of items."

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  • Tal...
  • February 24, 2016

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "Well, one friend of mine took this pill for birth control, and she almost died. For six months, she walked around the house holding on to the walls because she was so dizzy and weak. She almost never came out of it until she tried an alternative method, which released her from the terrible state she was in due to this pill. Please stay away from this pill. Another friend of mine took Yasmin for irregular cycles before her wedding day, and her mood swung so much she came to her wedding depressed and extremely irritated."

2 / 10
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  • Ano...
  • September 7, 2016

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "This pill has made me extremely sick, the nausea it brings me is awful and has made me lose 10 pounds in just a week from making me sick. It has made me vomit quite often. I used this to get rid of cramping, and it brought me sickness instead."

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  • Ano...
  • September 29, 2015

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I started taking this pill because of extremely heavy, painful, and irregular periods. The first six months were great, I had very light bleeding, no cramps, and my periods were very regular. Around my sixth month, I got terrible acne, I only ever had a pimple here and there, and I got cystic acne around my chin and cheeks. Now forward to the ninth month, I've been feeling very depressed, cry all the time, and just feel like a mess. I also suffer from severe nausea. I'm ending this packet, and then I'm switching to a much lighter pill, which will hopefully help me."

4 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • October 3, 2017

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I got switched to this from Yaz. The worst month of my life. Terrible mood swings, anxiety, not to mention I bled through the entire pack. I don't recommend this to anyone."

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  • Van...
  • June 8, 2016

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I am currently taking Ocella, and ever since I've been taking Ocella, my cramps have been worse, and my menstrual cycles are heavy and long."

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  • Anonymous
  • July 13, 2009

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "Ocella has worked so far for me. I have been on a couple before Ocella, and this has worked the best. I hope it keeps working for me-knock on wood."

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  • Anonymous
  • August 26, 2009

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "I have continued with my menstrual period after being on Yaz for 3 weeks. This is the reason I started the pill to regulate, not to have it all the time."

4 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • June 13, 2017

Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol "This medicine is by far the worst, literally. Instead of help, it makes me feel really tired, a lot of nausea, and vomiting."

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  • Ner...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • April 11, 2018

"Taking Yaz for endometriosis for 6 months, it caused difficulties breathing and sharp retrosternal pain. Difficulties sleeping as well as pain during defecation."

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  • August 15, 2017

"I started using Daylette 2 weeks ago because I didn't have a normal cycle. So this really helps your periods to be lighter. Everything's great. Except for blood, and my libido is low."

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