http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840 Hi all! I just began taking YAZ two weeks ago and things were fine up until two days ago. I started experiencing itching on several parts of my boy an last night, realized I had hives on my waist at my back, near my underarms and have serious itching all ov Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:08:37 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4567 I also thought i should mention a rash kind of thing on my upper arm. like dry skin and bloating for another problem. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4567 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:17:46 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4568 Hi I have been taking yasmin for about 8 months now and 2 months into it i experienced simmilar effects. I experienced itiching on my face and noticed red bumps in my cheeks and neck, my mum told me those were hives. I still am on the pill the hives come a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4568 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:05:22 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4772 Yeah, I just started Yasmin, and already hate the severe itching and skin sensitivity, it ihas been only less than a week.I go NUTS scratching myself....I used to take Ortho tri cyclen lo, never had any of those problems....jeez, what in the world is that http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=4772 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:23:22 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5065 Hi. I just read your posting today.. and let me tell you.. I have suffered the same same same issue. I started taking Yasmin about july of 2007.. i got married in sept of 07 and went on a honeymoon. i thought i was getting bit by weird bugs cuz i noticed http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5065 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:04:11 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5368 Hi well,the never ending horror for women on the pill. I'm no good off it but microgynon seemed ok, headavches set in but were to do with medication i was taking but never the less i went onto yasmin,,,,,,oh my god, the excrutiating belly pain, bloating, w http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5368 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:27:14 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5437 How long did it take for the itching to stop once you stopped taking yaz? I've been taking 1 week and hives started this weekend. thanks http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=5437 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:23:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=7584 Wow! Thanks to you all, I do believe I have figured out my daughter strange rash! My daughter started birth control pills at age 16. She was put on the Ortho Tri cyclen. She took that for a year and all was fine. Last month it was time for her yearly http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=7584 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:54:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=7975 I am having the same problem. I started taking yaz about 2 mos ago and I am itchy periodically during the day and do break out in little bumps which look like hives. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=7975 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:12:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=8909 OMG!!! I had my hair in a pony tail this morning because of the rain and my co-worker said "OMG!! What are those bumps on the back of your neck!?" needless to say, I let my frizzy hair down to hide them and just made an emergency appt to see the dermatolo http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=8909 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:12:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9048 Thank god it is not just me! I have just been taken off Yasmin (after 4 months). I switched after taking Diannette for 10 months to sort out my hormonal acne. Being 35 my GP said that Diannette is too strong for someone my age to take for any length of tim http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9048 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:11:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9600 Today is the 9th day of taking Yaz. i wanted to try it to help my hormonal acne also. Yesterday i started noticing itchy bumps on teh inside of both thighs. I believed it to be from walking too much on the treadmill and sweating. Then the rash came up all http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9600 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:06:47 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9619 I wrote last night about the rash I have received since starting Yaz. I also forgot in include the mood swings. I have suffered severe mood swings this past week. Didn't realize it also was related to Yaz until now. The rash i was talking about? Well I sto http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=9619 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:01:03 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=10359 I recently had this bright red, extremely dry patch on my left cheek. It's SO embarassing! I thought this was Eczema concidering I have had it my whole life....but it had never spread to my face ago. I thought back to when it started, which was Februrary, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=10359 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:49:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=10470 Wow, thanks so much everyone for taking the time to post your symptoms. This has helped me tremendously and I will stop taking these pills - they are not worth the sleepness nights, the uncontrollable itching and burning and the dry rash on my neck that ma http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=10470 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:30:01 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=11697 hi, i was on yaz for 2 weeks when i got a rash on my left cheek , chin, and around the left side of my mouth. it didn't look like acne and no amount of acne wash has made a difference. i have been off of yaz for 4 days now and the bumps are at least not http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=11697 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:05:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=13439 Thank you all so very much. I have this itchy rash on my face - it almost looks like acne but I get a dry patch also. I suspected it was Yaz. I have gotten headaches also. Any one come up with how to treat it? or just switch pills... http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=13439 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:43:23 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=14369 I developed very dry itchy patches on my face, hands, and neck when I started yaz. It seems to have gotten progressively worse and I have finally switched back to ortho tri lo. Yaz gave my skin the blues http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=14369 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:28:13 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=14566 I have been on yaz for about a month and after about two weeks on it I developed a severe itchy rash all over my legs. It looked like I had been bitten by hundreds of bugs. The itching was so bad that I would scratch until I would bleed. I use to be on o http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=14566 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:25:34 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16016 my daughter is taking yaz andd she bleeds alot more. has anyone had this problem? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16016 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:00:25 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16041 The SAME thing is happening to me. I just had a baby so the itching is ALL over my stomach and hips and my forearms! I scratch til I bleed and this is crazy. I find it's even stronger when I drink. You can stop mid month, just have something else to start http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16041 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:32:20 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16530 Hi! I have had these side effects a few hours after I took my first pill yesterday. I had large itchy welts on my stomach, arms, back, and behind my knee caps. I took Benedryl to ease the itching but I contacted my doctor to switch my prescription... My hi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=16530 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:35:53 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=17295 I am going through the same thing but the rash is only on my stomach. It is VERY irritating. Only on the stomach. Nowhere else. Also, I have now gotten a yeast infection that is double irritating! Is anyone else out there having the same or similar is http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=17295 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:58:28 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=18956 Girls! Yes yes yes... experiencing this for a couple of days now but just started my second week of pills. Good God the woman who has been off of this for 2 months and experiencing the same side effects- I hope that doesn't happen to me. I was happy to fin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=18956 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:44:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=19393 I have been taking Yaz for about a month now..fixing to start the fourth row..I have already noticed weight gain. I am already a little over weight and for even my boyfriend to recognize im gaining a little weight it makes me sad. Also, i have noticed that http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=19393 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:08:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20255 i was on Yaz for one month and stopped because of the following: itching all over stomach and arms (near armpits) and even ankles, upper legs. extreme tiredness and inability to get motivated for the gym (which i would do 3-4 times a week after work with http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20255 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:55:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20600 Wow! Hi all, I'm 34 years old. I've been taking Ortho-Cyclen 28 for the past 5 years. I heard a lot of good things about Yaz and figured I try it out. I've been taking Yaz for 2 weeks now. The ITCHING started the beginning of this past week! OMG, I was goi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20600 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:58:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20615 I'm on my third week of Yaz and have never had much luck with the pill.This pill was recommended to me by my GP for its minimal side affects. The first week was all about the nausea, dizziness and general vertigo. The second week was all about the constant http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26840?item=20615