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Below are Depo-Provera (Medroxyprogesterone) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Depo-Provera has an overall score of 7.33. The effectiveness score is 10 and the side effect score is 7.33. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Depo-Provera review by 28 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Birth Control |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150mg/ml taken every 10-13 weeks for the period of for 9 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | OTC pain relievers | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I was taking this drug as birth control, and it has been extremely effective. (No children, yet!) The fact that you only need to take it four times a year is great, so it is difficult to miss a dose. (Unlike the pill, which you take everyday, and missing it even once alters it's effectiveness.) As an added bonus, I no longer have my period, which were extremely painful and disrupted my life for a whole week every month. I no longer suffer from PMS symptoms, either. I can not complain about this drug at all. |
| Side effects: | | I have not experienced any side effects from this medication. Losing my period was an anticipated side effect, and although many feel that this is too much for them and discontinue use of this drug, it is a good side effect for me. Also there are studies that show bone mineral density is affected by this drug, but I have undergone a bone density scan, with normal results. This is great, considering I have been on Depo for nine years now, since I turned nineteen and for most of my twenties. |
| Comments: | | This drug is administered into a muscle by injection four times a year, by a physician. The shot is given every ten to thirteen weeks. Besides being used as birth control, it is also used to treat other conditions. |
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| | Depo-Provera review by 29 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Birth Control |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150 mg taken (1) injection every 90 days for the period of Over 12 years total/break after 1st five |
| Other conditions: | | none when first starting depo |
| Other drugs taken: | | none when first starting depo | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The main benefits were absolutely no pregnancy and no menstrual cycles. |
| Side effects: | | The main side effects, which I noticed more predominately in the later stage of treatment was the contast hunger and weight gain as the result, moderate acne, and depression (I am still being treated for depression so this may not be due to depo, but it is actually one of the side effects). |
| Comments: | | I started depo-provera when I was 15 years old and continued treatment for five years and then stopped treatment at the suggestion of my doctor to take a break from it. During the first ive years on depo, I had no adverse effects I maintained a constant weight of 112-1/2 pounds throughout the entire five years. I started depo again at the age of 23 and was fine and maintained a constant weight until they switched me to the generic version at the age of 27 from that point on I struggled with constant hunger rapid weight gain and struggling to keep it under control, acne is another of the side effects I experienced after the switch to generic and depression. The depression could be the result of fluxuating weight and acne or heredity. I stopped depo treatment and switched to the copper IUD in November of 2007 and since then the constant hunger has stopped, I have already lost 10 pounds without really trying and the acne is beginning to decrease. I still am receiving treatment for depression at the moment. Hopefully, this will help you in your birth control decision. |
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| | Depo-Provera review by 42 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | contraception |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 shot every three months (dosage frequency: 8 times) for the period of 2 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It was 100% effectiv as contraception, the mayor benefit is not having to rememeber to take the pill every day and that it has only one form of hormon, which is important for woman over 35, especially smokers. |
| Side effects: | | The side effects were like a prevision of menopause - huge weight gain (20 pounds), incredible mood swings and severe bloating. My overall feeling was quite depressed and it took me a while to figure out that it had to do with the drug, not with what was going on in my personal life. I also thought that the weight gain was partially retlated to quiting smking. |
| Comments: | | One shot in the upper arm every three months, that's it! |
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