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Reviewer: CassieP, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I absolutely loved the nuvaring at first. The. One day I was getting really bad chest pain, I went into the hospital because I just knew something was wrong. They diagnosed me as having a pulmonary embolism. I was only 21 years old! I could’ve died. This happened 8 years ago. So no I do not recommend this birth control!
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Reviewer: panda11, 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Iâ??ve, personally, had a great experience with Nuvaring. Iâ??ve been using it for 2 months and itâ??s the first form of hormonal birth control Iâ??ve tried. I couldnâ??t imagine relying on remembering a pill everyday so I thought Iâ??d give it a try. Itâ??s super easy to use and I downloaded an app that tracks the insertion and removal dates so forgetting is not
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Reviewer: king, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I have only been on the nuvaring for approximately half a year however I have found that it has caused my sex drive to decrease substantially. Both my boyfriend and I can feel the ring during intercourse and I find that I feel the ring rubbing when I am walking around. I get intermittent pain to my cervix & I have tried repositioning the ring etc however I still have irritation. Has anyone had
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Reviewer: MLH, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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PLEASE DON'T USE. I'm honestly surprised this hasn't been discontinued. Of course, when I started using Nuvaring it was new, so hopefully some time soon doctors realize the horrible long term effects. It was great at first, no mood swings, no weight gain, acne went away, it was easy to use and didn't think about the pill. However. 2 years after using it, I started to bleed (a lot
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Reviewer: Heatherannmccosh, 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I LOVE nuvaring!!! I used it from age 17-20 (then got a copper IUD, had complications and a surgery) and I'm now using nuvaring again in my 30s. I forget it's there to be honest. It's important to check it's there atleast 1x a week but I've never had it fall out. It doesn't make me sick (like the patch) no weight gain or other side effects. If you use it right it works! A s
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