VyLibra and Pain: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• February 5, 2019

For Birth Control "I've always struggled with acne, which is why I tried birth control for the first time. This is my third week on these pills, and I've been breaking out with painful cysts. I've been crying over little things and have been having constant mood swings. I just hope my acne doesn't get worse and the pills will do what they were supposed to do!"

• nxo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 16, 2020

For Birth Control "First time taking VyLibra birth control, and I'm never going to use these pills ever again. This past week has been a nightmare. At first, when I read reviews, I was like, how bad can it be? But man, the first 2 days were going fine, got about 1-2 pimples, but that's expected. On the third day, I got weird leg cramping and swollen ankles, which I iced and they went down, so whatever, I just brushed it off. But on the fourth day, I had arm pain, chest pain, abdominal pain, and my anxiety started to go crazy. I had panic attacks at least 3 times a day, and I was scared I had a blood clot somewhere in my body. On the 5th-6th day, I felt lightheaded and my breath was shaky, played it off as just anxiety though. Today would've been my full week, but I went to urgent care because I was so scared and my chest was in pain. Nothing wrong, thankfully, but they advised me to stay off the pills. I'm now feeling a lot better, but these pills are honestly the worst."

• Doe...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 28, 2020

For Birth Control "I used this birth control pill, VyLibra, for 2 months. I spotted for a couple of weeks during the first pack, but that went away, and I was having cramps every day. Then, when I started the second pack, I had constant pelvic pain, it was so bad that it hurt to the touch and would hurt when I’d do anything, like laugh or cough. I also had really bad breast tenderness and nipple pain. I stopped it a couple of weeks ago, and my pelvic pain and cramps are gone, however, I’m still having some breast tenderness. I didn’t get pregnant, though."

• Mad...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 2, 2020

For Birth Control "This birth control Tri VyLibra pill gave me more acne. I had an allergic reaction to the IUD, so I switched to this. It was a huge plus that this was supposed to help make my acne go away, but it did the exact opposite. At the exact same time every month, I would get extremely painful cysts on my face, even though I had never had cystic acne before. On top of that, I got smaller, equally painful pimples on my jaw and forehead. I did some googling, and a few articles I read said it might get worse before it gets better, but it should improve after 3 months. At the end of month 4, I gave up and switched to Junel. Within a week, my acne disappeared. Tri VyLibra works well for a lot of women, but it just didn’t work out for me. I didn’t get pregnant, though!"

• Lyl...
• August 5, 2022

For Birth Control "This birth control has caused me really painful acne and made it so much worse. My chin has never been so broken out and in so much pain, I will be switching."