If you like yourself, DO NOT choose this form of birth control!!!...

Read all NuvaRing side effects

Posted at 11:22 PM on Oct 31, 2008 by mmandalakis, #36172

If you like yourself, DO NOT choose this form of birth control!!!!!! I experienced several side effects almost immediately within my first cycle of this "should be outlawed" drug including a cyst on my ovary that burst (PAINFUL!!!!!), very hormonal PMS and periods (like going through puberty again), heavy bleeding and clotting, swelling like I experienced after delivering my children - yes, even sitting was uncomfortable, painful intercourse, muscle aches, and cramping like afterbirth. Most of these symptoms subsided after I did the math and freed myself of this health hazard. All I have described sound hormone related and logical but wait, there is more . . . while on the NuvaRing, I also developed a tumor in my leg that attached to my bone and required surgery. I was blessed that it was benign but at first was told it was malignant by bone tumor specialists from three leading Manhattan Hospitals! My children were 3 and 1 at the time so you can imagine how I felt! Also, a condition that has not gone away after 1 year and 4 months of no more NuvaRing is chronic sinus problems. These sinus problems first developed when I made the mistake of using this venomous drug. I myself thought there could be no correlation until I went on line and read that other women suffered with sinus issues after using the NuvaRing. I have developed sinusitis that I've had no luck in treating holistically and these severe infections have been resilient to most antibiotics. I've finally faced this sinus issue and have scheduled a CT scan and ENT appointment for next week so I hope I can get to the root of the problem as I am sick of feeling sick! By the way, I'm extremely fit, a very healthy eater, and was in GREAT health before use of the NuvaRing! I'm writing this because I would not wish my experience on anyone and wish I had read comments like this PRIOR to making this poor decision. I so dislike this drug that I have to turn-off the TV when the commercial comes on. Again if you like yourself, DO NOT use the NuvaRing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply about 1 year ago on Oct 31, 2008 by propsguy, #14040

did you report your problems to medwatch? its the FDA's site. perhaps we can overwhelm them

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Reply about 1 year ago on Nov 21, 2008 by georgina21, #14714

in 2005 i was put on the nuvaring and the depo shot. everything seemed to be fine at first, then about a year later, things starting changing drastically. i went from having a healthy sex life to almost nothing, i went from going out all the time and being social, to just wanting to stay at home. my confidence dropped completely because i started to gain alarming amounts of weight in no time at all. everything started to bother me, very small things, completely stressed me out, and i was unable to keep focus on a task. i became very fatigued. any outing tired me out and simple things like shopping or even going out for enjoyment wore me out. i began drinking numerous amounts of rockstar energy drinks, and red bulls. nothing helped. this has been going on for the past 2 years, but most severely in this year, i started off 2 years ago on this drug at 129, now i am 185 and still gaining. when i went to a primary doctor, she explained that i should get off the depo immediately, yet my obgyn disagreed, i got a third opinion and they agreed that i should get off it. after finally having enough with all this mess, i looked up user comments and reviews on this drug and the depo. i was in shock, so many horror stories identical to mine, all over the internet. i am now almost 19. these two drugs have ruined me, my friendships, and my relationship.

make the right choice, dont let this happen to you.

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