what should i expect?
I'm 18 and I've never been on birth control and have hard but regular periods. I wanted it cause of my acne and heavy periods with sometimes severe cramps. My doctor gave me loestrin 24 but I haven't started it yet. After reading all these posts abou - 43% more...
Loestrin 24 Fe Side Effects
Side effects and experiences with Loestrin 24 Fe by users like you.
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im 18 and are currently taking it for the same reasons my periods(before hand) were regular and not that bad but i have had some really bad back aches severe mood swings racing thoughts nausea trouble sleeping and difficulty concentrating on anything - 25% more...
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honestly, you're hearing the bad side of it all! the only negative side effect i've experienced is mood swings during the actual period. i never really suffered from mood problems before, but yes, life does feel somewhat harder during those few days - 71% more...
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Quitting after 2 weeks of pills
I am a healthy, non-smoking 22 year-old. At my last gyn checkup I questioned about different bc methods and my gyn prescribed this pill. The "sunday starters" start the pills the first sunday after the first day of your period. My period st - 73% more... -
13 year old with a lot of problems!!!
ive been taking this for a week. i i took the pill after i was done with my period and i started bleeding a week after i started the pill. i have had 2 periods within 10 days! i had sever cramping before the pill, its not helping. it takes a lot of p - 36% more... -
2 weeks of loestrin 24
I've been on loestrin 24 for two weeks now and I've had a period the entire time. I've also (like almost everyone else on here) hadthe worst breakouts of acne on my chin! Also I've never really experienced cramps very badly before I was on any birth - 50% more... -
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Loestrin 24 Fe dr tomorrow, cramps, long term effects, larger breasts, going off the pill
My 20 yr. old daughter was on Loestrin 24 Fe for almost a year with seemingly few side effects (except larger breasts). When her Rx ran out, the doc would not prescribe more until she had an exam. She ended up going off the pill for a couple of month - 84% more... -
oh my god this same thing is happening to me, im a complete wreck, i feel like im going crazy and im usually always happy, i just want it to stop. i just stopped taking the pill like 4 days ago after reading all these things but i feel worse than eve - 32% more...
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Thanks to Loestrin 24 FE I have felt depressed, sick and crazy!
I only took Loestrin for 1 month, and after all the crazy side effects decided not to continue into month 2! When I switched from a 28 day pill to this one I never imagined I would have such negative effects from it. The first week of taking it I fel - 69% more... -
Thank you so very much Cania! You cannot understand how worried I am about this and regretting that I took this pill! Hopefully you get back to 100% soon.. Thanks...
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I was on this pill for four months before I realized it was the cause of the symptoms you stated above. It's taken over six months but I'm finally feeling like myself, although still not 100%. Your body will get back to normal and you'll feel better - 15% more...
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I support you on this! I took this pill for one month and it is not 2 months later since I STOP it and still have side effects. I had all you have except the headaches and now I am worried that my body will never go back to normal again. Did yours?
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I second this!!!! - Although I just stopped mid cycle the other day & I have been bleeding for 10 days. The worst experience & will never take a pill again.
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I also have had hair loss. I have had all kinds of blood tests to rule out anything auto immune.
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I just stopped taking a generic form of Loestrin for similar symptoms. I never had a "real" period on this medication. I was also having problems sleeping because if the pain and slipping into a depressive/anxious state. I have been on it f - 30% more...
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Am I still protected when I'm on brown pill?
I am on my first day of brown pill and still haven't started my period, but I am terrified of not being protected since I was sexually active today, its only my first month on BC. Should I be worried? -
I've heard that the brown pill is infact birth control, just a lower dose. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I would like to know for sure. I'm not sexually active, but only because I wasn't on birth control before this. It worries me that I do - 14% more...
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Loestrin 24 Fe stomach pains, nausea, headaches, fatigue, breast
I have been on this BC for three weeks and have had Major fatigue, bloated,breast tender,headaches, nausea, stomach pains, also I haven't stopped being on my period!!! Its light and brownish red ..... -
I've been having the same problems. And it's the exact same thing that I have had problems with.
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Extreme Breast Tenderness, Exhaustion, Bleeding while not on sugar pills
I started Loestrin 24 Fe about 2 1/2 months ago, after having surgery because of a large cyst on my ovary. Since starting I've had my period both months, but BEFORE the sugar pills. I missed one day the first month, so maybe that started it, but I'm - 47% more... -
I have only been taking them for two weeks and I usually have sore breasts during my cycle but it usually starts the week before me period not two- three weeks before. Not sure if it's the pill or not since I have also had sex during this time.
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Loestrin 24 Fe class action lawsuit, loestrin 24, blood clots, 9 months, lungs
I was on Loestrin 24 for 9 months and thought it was wonderful....until I was recently hospitalized for 2 weeks with blood clots in both lungs. The doctors determined that it was the Loestrin. If anyone knows of a class action lawsuit against them, p - 7% more... -
I had been taking Loestrin 24 for 6 months and was recently hospitalized with double Pulmonary embolism and doctors attributed the formation of the clots based on 2 factors - the birth control and/or a long road trip (immobilization) I took the week - 61% more...
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I developed multiple bilateral PE's after a year on Loestrin 24Fe. I was 25 at the time (2 years ago) and otherwise healthy, in good physical shape, non-smoker, no high blood pressure or anything. I went to the ER after about 3 weeks of slowly growin - 82% more...
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Bleeding while on the pill
Its like I'm having a regular period. I have been on Loestrin about 5 months and have only had light periods since. In december there was about 2 weeks I was without the pill when I finished my third pack. When I started again there was the brownish - 35% more... -
Spotting thouhgout period?!
i have been on Loewstin for about 4 months now and Ihave not had my period fully, no blood, just brown spotting!? What could it be? -
Loestrin 24 Fe mood swings, angry mood, weight gain, birth control, switch back
I've been on this for 3 months. I have had Horrible Angry mood swings. Weight gain. -
Since August, when my daughter started Loestrin24, she has had a terrible time breathing. She had to get a nebulizer and she uses it two to five times a day. I am so angry with the pharmaceutical company and her gynecologist for never alerting her to - 63% more...
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Loestrin 24 Fe headachs, mood swings, final 4, co worker, close friends
For those of you who have not experienced any of the symptoms mention on this site, Great! Lucky you! but for the rest of us, they do exist. It's not like we are all making this up. I am so relieved to find this site. It is unbelievable how many wome - 78% more... -
Do NOT take Lupron!!! I gained 50 pounds, was so emotional,I cried everyday!!! It was horrible!!!! I had already read those were the issues people had but I tried it anyway and that's what happened. I started at 120 and went to 170!!! For me, I have - 23% more...
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Loestrin 24 Fe pills
and people are saying all these side effects well if u read the paper that came with the pills they say that those side effects may occur -
Every pill in the world has side effects! This is just a board to discuss those issues. I think it's great! My daughter (10 years old) just went on this cause her periods are so heavy and she gets so moody. Needless to say, HUGE mistake!! She has had - 40% more...
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Loestrin 24 Fe fibroid uterus, heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, loestrin24, cyst
I'm 32 years old, never taken bc or been pregnant in my life. My gyn recommended loestrin24 for my CONSTANT pelvic pain and very heavy, crampy, painful 7-8 days periods. I started taking it, i had some spotting during the first set of pills and some - 67% more... -
I am 20 and since I have been on LO24 I have developed a terrible rash, at first I thought it was my eczema but after reading your post it sounds a lot like the same kind of problem. I have also had extreme pelvic pain and irregular periods, has anyo - 17% more...
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Longer Period
I started taking Loestrin 24 Fe about a month ago (jst started my second pack today) and ive been on my period for two weeks. at first light then heavy and back to light again. before i had my baby i had the IUD which my period then was only two days - 3% more... -
Loestrin 24 Fe crazed person, oh my goodness, sex drive, headaches, diet
Oh my goodness...I thought I was really the going crazy, getting fat, huge boobs, headaches, and NO sex drive -on the pill person. Thought it was just me. I have also been extremely moody and depressed---crying while watching a commercial? Yeah, pret - 71% more... -
I hae been on this pill for over a year, I have been working out 5 days a week and eating super healthy and have not dropped a pound. I just stopped taking my pill yesterday. I understand what you are going through. Before the pill I was up for sex a - 31% more...
