Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol for Menstrual Disorders User Reviews (Page 5)
Brand names: Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Loryna, Nikki, Jasmiel, Syeda, Gianvi, Lo-Zumandimine, Zarah, Zumandimine, Melamisa Yaela …show all brand names
Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol has an average rating of 6.0 out of 10 from a total of 103 reviews for the off-label treatment of Menstrual Disorders. 46% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 31% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol
- NickyKM
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- June 19, 2016
Yaz (drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol) "I was taking this pill for PCOS and heavy periods, and also birth control. While it helped my period become regular (which is very, very nice), and I guess lightened my period (but not by much), the side effects are just too much. I've never had such intense breast pain in my life (I even tested for pregnancy to be sure I wasn't missing something), acne that I never had even as a teenager has been plaguing me, and my mood swings are awful. I switch from happy to angry and depressed within minutes, which isn't like me at all. I'm moving off this pill thank the Lord."
- Anony...
- September 29, 2015
Yasmin (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."
- JOs
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- November 29, 2021
"I’ve had nothing but a great experience with this birth control. Not only is it an effective birth control but it has helped keep my endometriosis at bay. Another plus is I haven’t had a “real” period since starting it, I’ve had a few days of light spotting here and there but nothing major. Fabulous birth control!"
- Anonymous
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- November 8, 2016
Gianvi (drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol) "I have been on Gianvi around three years. I had always had extremely painful periods with clotting that would last 7 days since puberty, and really did not know how abnormal what I was experiencing was. Suddenly, in my mid twenties, I started having two periods a month, then they would last almost two weeks at a time. I was either having horrible pms or bleeding 100% of the time. Originally, dr had me on Apri. After 6 weeks of nonstop bleeding, dr switched to Yaz, which switched to Gianvi a few months later. The bleeding stopped, and each period got lighter and less painful. However, it did take two years for my periods to actually fall on inactive pill days."
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- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 3, 2017
Vestura (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"
- Vanes...
- June 8, 2016
Ocella (drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol) "I am currently taking ocella and ever since I've been taking ocella my cramps have been worse and my mistral cycles are heavy and long"
- Anonymous
- August 26, 2009
Yaz (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."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 13, 2017
Loryna (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"
- Anonymous
- July 13, 2009
Ocella (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."
- Spica
- 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."
- Nerdy...
- 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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Ocella (drospirenone / ethinyl estradiol) "I have been on this for over a year. I was on Sydea previously for a year. This birth control works great. There are no cramps, it's a lighter flow, I'm more emotionally stable, it's shorter, and I only had one scare because I forgot to take it for two days in a row and my period came late. The only downside I've noticed is that I have almost NO sex drive now. But my insurance covers it all until I'm no longer considered a dependent/full time student."