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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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this birth control has caused me so much pain!! it made me depressed, lose my hair, gain weight, panic attacks, extremely low sex drive, and has almost ruined my relationship!! i was on this for about a year and i’m switching off of it and never going back
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Reviewer: Frnkakioph, 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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So much better than other oral contraceptives I have tried. Literally no side effects, and improved mood and lighter/ less painful periods
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Reviewer: thispillisok, 19-24 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I have been on this for 9 months now. This drug does what you want it to do most: prevent pregnancy. However, up until month #6, I was vomiting, getting nausea, and getting weird spiky feelings all over my body every single time I took my active pills. It sucked. Yes, I took them after eating too at night. I am going to get a new brand as soon as my current subscription runs out. You still get you
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Reviewer: Kat, 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I started taking this birth control for about two weeks now after having my daughter 6 months ago. I�ve experienced light bleeding, nausea, horrible cramps, migraines, I feel like I�m on fire, in extremely moody (more than usual lol) I don�t know if I just need to get used to it or not but it seems as if others are having t
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Reviewer: Mbrown, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been on Orsythia for almost a year now, when my pharmacy ran out (actually, they told me that it had been discontinued, but I won't get started on that). So the pharmacy gave me Levonorgestrel-ethinyl Estradiol and told me multiple times that it was the exact same thing as Orsythia. Within the first week I was vomiting, had extreme mood swings and persistent migraines. I'm now halfw
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