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YAZ oral contraceptive pill Reviews
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Tara from Australia
April 23, 2012
| Pros | No weight gain (experienced this with all other pills) Cleared up acne Shorter, lighter periods No pregnancy |
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| Cons | Boobs hurt a bit the first couple of months |
| Bottom line | I love this pill, only one that hasn't made me put on weight. Definitely worth the extra cost, I have been on it for 6 months and won't be changing any time soon! Definitely the pill for me :o) |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $35.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Meg from Calgary, Alberta Canada
April 22, 2012
| Pros | Cleared up my acne - I have only 1 zit left! |
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| Cons | Makes me angry, depressed, suicidal. Spotted all month I don't even want to be around my partner, I cannot control my anger and it is ruining my relationship and it is like night and day being on the pill versus off. My friends and partner noticed a mood change and when I went off the pill I was extremely happy and noticed a huge change, but my acne came back :( |
| Bottom line | Don't do it. Try a different pill. Yasmin and Yaz are horrible for me in the mood department, I'm going to try Marvelon next to see if it reduces my acne and allows me to be sane. This is not worth it!!!! |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $13.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Emily from Australia
April 6, 2012
| Pros | It's better than Diane35 and Yazmin (DONT TAKE THEM!) - I've run out of Pro's :S |
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| Cons | - Gained 5 kilo's in 10 months - Migraines - Constant Headaches - Anxiety - Depression - Didn't really clear my acne - Digestive problems - Insomnia - I had a day where I had one blurry eye - Chest Pains - Cravings - Only felt good when I was on the sugar pills (GO FIGURE) - I developed intolerance's to things too So many more things! |
| Bottom line | I dont like to be negative but please look at different alternative's. I've done some research and the newer pills seem to have a lot of problems. I've tried everything to cure my acne and the only thing that seems to work is if I try to de stress as much as I can, drink heaps of water, limit alcohol, eat a healthy diet, take out dairy, exercise and try to eat foods that are easy to digest. My acne decreases and sometimes clears up completely whenever I've achieved a good balance of all of these things. From experience I believe that severe acne is caused by stress and diet ..... HOWEVER your acne won't clear up if you just de stress for one day - you have to add it to your daily routine. Back to this pill; i had so many different side effects from this. It's horrible. I've also don't a lot of research on this and theres heaps of side effects. People have even developed blood clots and died. I stopped it recently when I had a blurred eye for a day and then looked on the net and found a youtube video on somebody who became permanently blind from the Yaz pill. NO JOKE! OH and my friend was on it for 2 months and developed a clot in her leg. Luckily she's fine but what if she didn't pick that up? it could have travelled up to her lungs!! Anyways; good luck! i know how horrible it is to have acne but don't let it bother you - your going to find out what works for you, just keep on trying and monitor the effects. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $25.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Emily from Richmond, VA
March 12, 2012
| Pros | Cleared most acne within 3 weeks Bigger boobs |
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| Cons | Vomiting Constant anxiety and nausea Horrible panic attacks |
| Bottom line | I can't explain how TERRIBLE this medicine made me feel. I'm on Welbutrin and Prozac, which have been successful in helping with my anxiety disorder and depression. I was prescribed Yaz after being diagnosed with PCOS to help with acne and excess hair. After staying up ALL NIGHT vomiting during the third week of taking the pill, however, I had to stop taking it. For a month after stopping, I had the worst panic attacks I've ever had in my life. I was suicidal and felt like I was never going to feel normal again. After a month I started feeling better, but if you have a history of anxiety or depression, be prepared just in case! From what I can tell, these are fairly common side effects. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $13.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Jess from Canada, ON
March 1, 2012
| Pros | Didn't get pregnant. |
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| Cons | EXTREME mood swings Irritability Depression Irregular periods Didn't lighten my period Bad cramps Nausea Dizziness Made my skin worse (acne) |
| Bottom line | It made me miserable, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Anonymous from Ontario
February 24, 2012
| Pros | no pros |
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| Cons | abdominal pain vomiting nausea heavy periods long periods ( i had it for 27 days) headaches back pains lost of appetite |
| Bottom line | I will not recommend this product, i have never felt this bad in my life. It put me in the hospital for days. |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | very light |
Anonymous
February 22, 2012
| Pros | NOTHING |
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| Cons | Mood Swings Acne (When I've NEVER had bad skin) Period won't stop KILLED my sex drive The most horrific burning inside my vagina after stopping which is supposedly "normal" in some woman. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE for side effects like this... |
| Bottom line | Don't EVER take this, you will regret it...I do... |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $25.00 |
Anonymous
February 6, 2012
| Pros | --lighter, shorter periods --cramps less painful --has almost completely cleared acne in three months use |
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| Cons | --never full, always hungry --more emotional --very expensive |
| Bottom line | i was somewhat worried to start this birth control after reading reviews online, but everyone's body is different and it has completely worked for me. i would recommend yaz to any woman who has been struggling with mid-20s acne to give it a try. i use yaz in combination with aczone and my face is almost perfect now. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $25.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Meghan from Ottawa On.
January 29, 2012
| Pros | -reduced pregnancy risk -helped to clear my acne on both face and back -lighter, shorter, trackable periods -helped my ovarian cysts -small pill -covered by health care |
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| Cons | -lowered sex drive -constantly threw up during first few months, which ocurs sparcly still -weird vaginal discharge |
| Bottom line | This is a good product if you get through the enitial first few months of being sick (might have just been me who knows). It did help to clear acne after a month or two, but has lowered my sex drive conciderably. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Tabitha from Oshawa, Ont
January 18, 2012
| Pros | -Skin cleared up really quick -Periods lightened & became more regular |
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| Cons | -Major depression -total numbness physically and emotionally -weight gain -anxiousness -severe migraines -back pain -fatigue -insomnia -abdominal pain -rashes -change in appetite -vomiting -dizziness -extreme emotional lability -extremely low libido |
| Bottom line | It was the worst I have ever felt in my entire life. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
| Acne severity | very light |
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