Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

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Active Ingredients:
Cyproterone acetate 2 mg, ethinylestradiol 35 micrograms.

Inactive Ingredients:
Lactose, maize starch, povidone, talc, magnesium stearate, sucrose, polyethylene glycol 6000, calcium carbonate, glycerol, montan glycol wax, titanium dioxide (E171), and yellow iron oxide (E172).

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February 26, 2009

Pros:

didn't experience any side effects, just involves taking a pill so easy to do, no complex regimen required.

Cons:

did not work! i used it for years but only because i was not offered anything else that worked either.

worth a try if you are someone who's skin is helped by bcp's / if you think it's hormone related acne, but did not work for me.
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February 10, 2009

Pros:

Clears up large amounts of acne on places like back and shoulders and stops some of my face acne

Cons:

Severe weight gain over the 6 months - almost 2 stone.
Increased breasts in a small amount of time meaning they are painful
Horrid moodswings and borderline depression. Tiredness, short temper, horrific headaches, the list is endless

I wouldn't ever recommend dianette to ANY of my friends nor enemies. It's the worst thing i think i have ever done to my body and has left me basically emotionally scarred. I don't think the same nor do i act the same, i lost a relationship because of the fact my paranoia just increased for a week a month and he couldn't take the change he was seeing in me. I would kill to have the old me back and i really think this pill has ruined me as i'm only 16 now and going up 2 dress sizes isn't what any teenage girl wants to have to suffer.
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January 17, 2009

Pros:

kept acne under some sort of control
bigger boobs!

Cons:

mood swings, lethargy, depression
migraines and severe headaches
when you come off it, which you have to eventually, skin goes crazy, much worse than before

knowing what i know now, i would never have started taking this as the cons outweigh the pros in my experience. my advice is: try everything else first. don't take it if there's a history of DVT in your family, and if you do take it stop immediately if you get a migraine - my doctor assured me when i was 18 that i could keep taking it despite the migraines but three months ago ( i'm now 25) a different doctor took me off it because migraines are a sign that blood flow is affected which puts you at greater risk of stroke.
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January 14, 2009

Pros:

Bigger/less tender boobs
Slightly clearer skin

Cons:

Tiredness
Emotional
Mood swings

I have only been on this pill for 2 1/2 months, there was a slight improvement in my skin (i only suffer with spots on my upper back), however when i stop taking the pill for the 7 days whilst i have my period my spots come back worse! My Dr said it can take up to 3 months to see an improvement. I hope they clear up before my wedding next year!
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December 26, 2008

Pros:

Bigger boobs, Contraceptive.

Cons:

Went up a dress size, Mood swings!

I went on this pill when i developed a few spots and it cleared them up perfectly leaving me with porcelain skin. About a year later i decided to come off Dianette too see if I would lose the weight i gained while on it- i did! but my skin and hair became very greasy (it was never so bad before) so i went back on Dianette and i have yet to see the beautiful skin i had the last time i was on it and to top it off, i have put the weight back on :(
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October 18, 2008

Pros:

boobs get bigger

Cons:

weight gain, moodiness, hightened emotions, stomach aches, nausea and for some reason my periods have become more painful and heavy than they have ever been, it is supposed to have the opposite effects

this pill seems to work very well for some women but i have been using it for 3 months and have seen no improvement in my skin. i have also gained a stone in weight, gone up 2 cup sizes and had hellish periods.this pill seems to work for some women but you can get a bad reaction from it. i will be asking the dermatologist for roaccutane, i'm tired of mucking around with drugs that dont work
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September 27, 2008

Pros:

made skin less waxy,reduced skin flare ups

Cons:

weight gain no sex drive what so ever.moody emotional

it worked but its taken 4yrs and still on going i havent taken it 4 a week and my skin feels so much better dont really want to take it again but iz it ok just to stop taking it if anyone can help
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August 20, 2008

Pros:

Skinned cleared up afer a couple of months

Cons:

Moody, loss of sex drive, weight gain

I was on dianette for 6 years, had you asked me a year ago would I recommend it I would have said yes purely because it cleared up my adult acne completely. I came off 9 months ago and my skin is worse than when I went on it, my periods are irregular, and I'm getting hair growth under my chin and on my chest. Have been trying to conceive for 9 months now.
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July 24, 2008

Pros:

cleared all my spots after about 2 months

Cons:

when i came off, spots came back, same as before!

i was on dianette for about 7 months for my skin and it cleared it up fully within about 2 months, i was delighted! i had no other side effects, no weight gain, moods, cramps etc! when i stopped taking it because i was going travelling for 6 months my skin got bad again, well the same as it was before, not much worse but im really depressed about it, if you have spots you know it puts you in a bad mood all day! so i decided i would go back on it until people started telling me about the fertility aspect and acne coming back way worse. my periods are really irregular, 2 yrs ago i didnt get a period for 9 months, then a yr ago i didnt get one for 6 months until i started the pill again and this yr since i came off ive had 3 normal periods and they have stopped again. im considering going back on just because it the easy way to get rid of spots for the time being but now after reading all the horror stories im not sure. maybe it makes you periods irregular and gives you more spots?
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May 16, 2008

Pros:

Clear skin...more confidence

Cons:

Increase in appetite leading to weight gain!

Dianette takes about 6 months to work and clear your skin up so just be patient! My skin is spot-free now! Just a little worried about the consequences when coming off the pill.
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