Re: Nuvaring Side Effects?
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 28 17:59:56 2007
Oh no. I just started my second ring this month. This freaks me out- i
dont need anymore trouble and we are going to try and conceive next year
around this time. Not happy about this..... thanks for sharing your
story however- it may save me alot of pain and frustration.
~Lisa H.
At Thu, 27 Sep 2007, nuvaringvictim wrote:
>
>I am having terrible side effects as well. My husband and I decided to
>try for a third child. I got on the nuvaring site and it said I could
>remove it at any time in my cycle and resume to my normal cycle to
>concieve. I removed it Friday night...by Sunday morning I knew
>something was seriously wrong. Now it is Thursday...my back feels like
>I am having back labor! I am bleeding so heavily I bled through a super
>tampon, huge pad and pants this morning (I have been soaking a tampon
>and pad together in one hour). I loved the ring when I was using it (
>for over a year), but now I am in serious pain and very tired from
>bleeding so heavily. I am considering going to hospital soon if things
>don't look up. I am very upset tohear about the problems conceiving. We
>got pregnant right away the first two times, and I had assumed it would
>happen again. I am not up to the disapointment of not being able to
>concieve. Have you learned any new info?
>
>At Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Erin wrote:
>>
>>*******HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS*******
>>
>>Hi,
>>This posting looks pretty old but I'll post anyway because I think it is
>>so important and others might read as well.
>>
>>I used the NuvaRing for over a year and really loved it. So did my
>>sister. Now, we've both been off for over a year and are having the
>>worst side effects. It's not just us, I have talked with 4 other women
>>who are having the same problem after discontinuing use of the NuvaRing
>>and still others who know of women in the same position.
>>
>>I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND THIS DRUG. Aside from other things, think about
>>this: placing something synthetic, filled with hormones and goodness
>>knows what else, UP AGINST your cervix? I wish I had thought of that
>>before I used it. Literally, it touches your cervix, which is where
>>your baby grows and developes. It does damage, emits all those
>>synthetic hormones and stuff to the exact location where your baby will
>>be developing.
>>
>>The side effects the 6 of us women are having now is very painful
>>ovulation (which we were told was our bodies "re-starting themselves"
>>and would only last a couple months, haha), really hard and abnormal
>>periods, awful PMS, INFERTILITY and MISCARRIAGE. Might I add that the
>>pain is so great and localized that I know from month to month exactly
>>which fallopian tube I am ovulating from that month.
>>
>>This drug causes horrible side effects once you quit using it, please do
>>not use it. The medical field will not tell you this, heck many of them
>>don't even realize it, and the pharmacudical industry doesn't care one
>>bit about you, all they care about is their money. They don't care if
>>they put drugs on the market that will cause serious problems or even
>>death in people, as long as they get their money first. The FDA is NOT
>>there to help us, they are there to make their money any way they can.
>>
>>My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant now for over a year
>>but my symptoms have not gotten any better in that time and we've had 2
>>miscarriages. I do know of one woman who (after 3 miscarriages) seems
>>to be carrying a baby now but it still early to tell if she will keep
>>the baby or if her body will reject it. She had 2 kids before this,
>>might I add, with no problems.
>>
>>This drug does something to your system and creates a hostile enviroment
>>for a baby and the body ends up rejecting it, if you even get pregnant
>>that is. I am going to do some research to try to figure out just
>>exactly what happens because I don't know yet, I just know the outcome.
>>I hope one day we can have more kids, we desire them and are young.
>>
>>Please, please do not take this awful drug. You won't know how horrible
>>it can be until you quit using it. This may not happen to everyone,
>>drugs do affect people differently, and I know drugs affect people of
>>different ethnic backgrounds differently. I would urge you to find an
>>alternate means for birth control. The Patch is really bad too, you've
>>probably seen the commercials out now and the law suits going on with
>>that.
>>
>>I personally will not take another hormone birth control. It is not
>>natural, it alters the body. I would highly reccomend a book entitled
>>"Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About" by Kevin Trudeau.
>>Wonderful book. The information is there, we just have to THINK FOR
>>OURSELVES instead of letting others make up our mind for us (such as
>>advertisements, the FDA, the governement, peer pressure). God Bless
>>you, and I want you to know that I am praying for you. This is a very
>>important decision. I just wish I had known about this before I took
>>it. As it was, I did research it and could find not one person telling
>>of negative side effects such as this. Had I found one, I would have
>>taken it very seriously. Of course, the drug was pretty new when I
>>started on it.
>>
>>At Fri, 7 May 2004, Amanda wrote:
>>>
>>>Has anyone else tried the Nuvaring? I am wondering if you had any side
>>>effects with it. I have been in constant pain (which could just be the
>>>endo) and seemed to have gained weight from it. This is lower dose
>>>hormones than the other BCP I have tried so it surprised me. I try to
>>>exercise through the pain and eat good so this surprised me. How is
>>>everyone else doing on it?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>Amanda B
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