Reviewer: queenie5523, 19-24 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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First I would like to start off by saying I never write reviews and the reason I am is because this is the absolute worse thing I have ever put into my body. I wish that I had listened to the bad reviews on here before taking this because it made my life miserable. I hope that by writing this review I will stop just one person from taking this pill. I experienced constant bleeding the whole time I ... Show Full Comment

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First I would like to start off by saying I never write reviews and the reason I am is because this is the absolute worse thing I have ever put into my body. I wish that I had listened to the bad reviews on here before taking this because it made my life miserable. I hope that by writing this review I will stop just one person from taking this pill. I experienced constant bleeding the whole time I took the pill (10 months) and excruciating cramps which I never experienced on the 2 other pills I was on prior to this. I also had heavy bleeding every time I had sex which had never happened to me in my life. I honestly think this pill should be discontinued and feel so much happier now that I am not on it.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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So, I started this pill a month and a half and it's been great , I haven't spotted at all or gotten any acne like some have said, but I have been very depressed since starting and it just occurred to me today to look up side effects because I have never felt like this ever and I remembered I changed birth control around the same time, so I will be stopping but I think this may only be an i ... Show Full Comment

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So, I started this pill a month and a half and it's been great , I haven't spotted at all or gotten any acne like some have said, but I have been very depressed since starting and it just occurred to me today to look up side effects because I have never felt like this ever and I remembered I changed birth control around the same time, so I will be stopping but I think this may only be an issue for someone who's been depressed before . Otherwise it was great I'm sad I'll have to change
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Reviewer: Nop, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I've been on this for 2.5yrs now. The first pack was not without its complaints, but once you go through 2 or 3 your periods shorten, cramps are tolerable, acne at a minimum. My sex drive has been untouched. The first period I had with this was awful, but since have been better and better.

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I've been on this for 2.5yrs now. The first pack was not without its complaints, but once you go through 2 or 3 your periods shorten, cramps are tolerable, acne at a minimum. My sex drive has been untouched. The first period I had with this was awful, but since have been better and better.
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Reviewer: CLD, 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I feel like most of these reviews do quartette a disservice, so I wanted to weigh in. I switched to quartette for the first cycle from lutera. I have had 0 incidents of spotting, my mood is typical, and my sex drive is just fine. I will say that I do feel like it has contributed to some acne for me in terms of increased breakouts but I have acne prone skin already. It's annoying but not so sev ... Show Full Comment

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I feel like most of these reviews do quartette a disservice, so I wanted to weigh in. I switched to quartette for the first cycle from lutera. I have had 0 incidents of spotting, my mood is typical, and my sex drive is just fine. I will say that I do feel like it has contributed to some acne for me in terms of increased breakouts but I have acne prone skin already. It's annoying but not so severe or painful or anything like that. I will start my first period since beginning quartette soon and I do expect it to be painful (can feel cramps already in middle of night following last active pill). Can't speak to length of bleeding yet. Just wanted to emphasize that this is a good bc for me and I haven't had one incident of spotting the whole 3 months!
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Reviewer: AlexP, 19-24 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I'm reading a lot of the comments and it seems like many women just give up in the first pack. I have been using this for a year now and I have no complaints. I did bleed for about 3-4 weeks but that's because it has to thin the lining for your uterus (one of its methods to prevent pregnancy). After that I only bled every three months for about 4 days with minima crapping. I did have acne ... Show Full Comment

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I'm reading a lot of the comments and it seems like many women just give up in the first pack. I have been using this for a year now and I have no complaints. I did bleed for about 3-4 weeks but that's because it has to thin the lining for your uterus (one of its methods to prevent pregnancy). After that I only bled every three months for about 4 days with minima crapping. I did have acne but no worse than when I was a teenager. Eventually, (took almost 8 months) the acne subsided. It helped with my vaginal abscesses which surprisingly are caused by the same hormones as acne. As for the other symptoms, you shouldn't gain weight because of the pill. The pill can cause water retention of like 5 lbs but it doesn't slow your metabolism or magically increase all the calories you're eating. As for all the other symptoms, I haven't dealt with anything worth stopping the pill over. Some breast tenderness and heightened emotional reaction to situations (if you get depressed this could prolong it). I would recommend this product if you can tough it out after the breakthrough bleeding
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