Ortho Tri-Cyclen (Birth control) Reviews
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Caroline, CA
Mar 11th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | not pregnant, regular light periods |
| Cons: | Have to take it every night |
| Bottom Line: | I'm pretty good about remembering to take the pill and otherwise I've had no adverse reaction to it. In the beginning I would get nausea after taking it but that wore off by the end of the first month. I've been on it for 2 years now, and nothing else seems better suited for me |
| Recommended: | Yes |
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Elvia, Los angeles, CA
Mar 8th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | not pregnant |
| Cons: | a had just got rid of my mild acne i started talking ortho try cyl lo and i got the worst pimples ever like two days to seven days later |
| Bottom Line: | dont take this it makes some people break out and i was going crazy crying at everything and its so unlike me bla |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Elvia has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 15.00 |
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A, Irvine, CA
Mar 6th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | No period pimples, bigger boobs, no pregnancy |
| Cons: | After two years of taking it still experiences break through bleeding, nausea, weight gain |
| Bottom Line: | The first year on the pill was amazing I saw results in everything! But, all of a sudden, the second year on it towards teh end of the second year I was getting erally moody, crying a lot, getting more bloated than usual, getting mroe nauseous than usual. A little odd after two years? Your body is supposed to regulate but I guess mine did the opposite. They just switched me to the Lo version and I am pretty skeptical. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
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Annie, Dale City, VA
Mar 3rd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Cleared up acne, great as birth control, regulated period |
| Cons: | Expensive every month, hard to remember to take |
| Bottom Line: | I was on the pill for almost a year before I was forced to go off for a couple days. Now my period is a week late, and I don't think I'm pregnant...hoping it's just my system getting back to normal. LOVED being on the pill, it was GREAT at completely clearing up skin, regulating periods, and as birth control. It was hard to remember to take and did cause some weight gain, (though I've just recently gained more weight from being off it) Intend to go back on, even if I wasn't using as BC because its so great to use for clearing skin/regulating periods. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Annie has used this item for about a year. |
| Price Paid: | 40.00 |
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Anonymous, Minnesota
Mar 2nd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | while on the pill no cramps and no breakouts and more importantly no baby |
| Cons: | while on the pill severe mood swings |
| Bottom Line: | I started taking the pill about 3 years ago right before I got married. It worked fine, no breakouts, no cramps and shorter predictable periods. About 10 months ago I decided to stop taking it because the horrible mood swings. Since I have been off of it, I have had the worst cramps every month and my skin is progressivly getting worse each month. If I could ever tell anyone don't even start taking this, try natural family planning. None of this crap is good for you. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Price Paid: | 30.00 |
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Anonymous, California
Feb 28th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | No condom, Regular period |
| Cons: | I never had pimples, now there everywhere!!! Overly sensitive and emotional, bacterial infection, Belly weight gain!! |
| Bottom Line: | Great at prevnting pregnancy. Worked when I was younger... now my b ody just isn't liking it very well. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
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Erin, California
Feb 28th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Prevents pregnancy, regular periods |
| Cons: | I haven't found any yet |
| Bottom Line: | I just started my 4th month today. When I started it my skin seemed to clear up and this past week has been just hell. I don't think it will help out with my acne too much (NOTHING has...and I've tried just about EVERYTHING!) but my period finally got regular with the pills and started exactly when it should have. I tried some other pills in the past and I didn't like how they made me feel, but I've had absolutely no side effects with Ortho Lo. I just hope one day my skin will be clear of acne and I will finally have the confidence of not wearing any makeup :( It's so embarassing. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Erin has used this item for a few months. |
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anonymous
Feb 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | kinda clears up your skin, super light periods!!, bigger boobs |
| Cons: | weight gain/bloating, you feel fat, it hardly works with acne |
| Bottom Line: | overall, i liked this cause it made my boobs bigger (i'm 16) but it also made me bloated. i've always been skinny but when i was on this it made me feel fat. i loved it cause of the boob growth (it only made me like half a cup size bigger but still i was happy) and the amazingly light periods! i went on it only cause of acne (i'm not sexually active) and it worked kind of. i guess it's a tiny bit better but i still have acne and major scars. you might want to try it but it hardly worked for me but it didn't make it worse but it gave me lots of scars. however, i still want to stay on it just cause of the light periods! now i'm going on accutane which will (hopefully) work, wish me luck! =) oh and i think the cost was fine but my parents paid for it so i don't know. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | anonymous has used this item for a few months. |
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Mizz V, florida
Feb 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Prevents pregancy and cramps less painful |
| Cons: | Spotting, dizziness and nausea |
| Bottom Line: | Causes me 2 break out my thrid week, nausea(a lot in the white and light blue pills) and dizziness(the whole pack except for the green pills)....loss of appetitie(lost weight)...despite all these problems I think ortho lo does its job...... |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Mizz V has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 15.00 |
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brenda, kamloops, canada
Feb 23rd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | not pregnant. predictable periods. 98% clearer skin. doesnt make you feel sick. |
| Cons: | still 7day period. lowered sex drive. fatigue |
| Bottom Line: | ive been on tri-cyclen Lo for 2yrs now, its great.my periods are normal. my body handled it much better then some of the other pills ive tried. Instead of cramping for a week before, I now cramp 2-3 days before now. not complaining. Great for beginners. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Price Paid: | 23.00 |
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