Depo-Provera: asking the FDA to investigate

Top 419. Sep 19, 2006 10:51 PM

» nkoch - Depo is horrilbe

In response to Depo is horrilbe posted by flababe811:

I was on Depo for 2 years, my last injection was June 15, 2005. May of '06 was my first period, which was very light, then mid June I started spotting which last a month, then 1 1/2 weeks later I had a completely normal period. With just a light period the end of August that last 3or4 days, followed by spotting ever since. I've seen my Dr, who did labwork and all was normal. Also had a sono done that showed a small fibroid. (that was all in July) I get headaches all the time which happened a lot before depo. but i'm also very tired all the time which started not long after my first couple injections. I gained 40lbs, i did lose 10lbs. w/ weight watchers, but it was very hard. I really want to get pregnant now, and I'm afraid that I'm going to have problems since the depo. I'm very interested in hearing other people's experiences with the after effects and conception.

-- posted by nkoch

Top 420. Sep 22, 2006 5:13 PM

» als1211 - Over ten years and depo

Totally normal ...then 1994 ... took one depo shot ....gained 80 lbs in less then 6 months ...never changed my diet ...it just shot thru the roof ...period??? went totally non exsistant ..which u think is great until u wanna have kids ...went thru fertilty testing and the whole 9 yards ..couldnt find anything wrong with me ..had husband tested ..wasnt him either ...mood swings from hell ...in 1997 out the blue I finally got pregnant ...figured body would be normal after that ...NOPE ...period went away again ...then ...it came ...full force and non stop ...blood all over floor ...huge clots ..pads ..tampons ...toilet paper and wash clothes ..NOTHING kept up with it ....went to doc ...he put me on mass doses of BC and that finally stopped it ...now ...im not on the BC ....not on anything ...and its been 8 months since my last period ...hair loss I didnt experiance ...HAIR GROWTH from hell I did . In all the places u dont want it ...depo has wrecked my life . Why are there No law suits out there??? WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS ..AND WE ALL TOOK THE SAME DRUG

-- posted by als1211

Top 421. Sep 23, 2006 7:41 PM

» kjbickford03 - I am new to this site as well

In response to Re: New to site - Hope someone has advice posted by slsa2000:

I am 24 years old and have been married for 3 and a half years. Recently I found out about the law suit against the FDA due to DEPO causing many serious problems. I was concerned so I went to my physician and asked for a bone scan and an ultra sound due to excruciating period cramps. I have a cyst on my right ovary the size of a golf ball and my bone scan came back as osteoporetic (Sp??) in my L2-L5...my spinal cord....lovely. Now i am having regular or pretty regular periods but they are lasting forever....very very light the first four days...then BAM heavy bleeding for the next 5....should I be concerned or is this just another wonderful side affect of yet another body damaging birthcontrol method??

-- posted by kjbickford03

Top 422. Sep 23, 2006 7:46 PM

» kjbickford03 - lawsuit

In response to i think that the depo has ruined my life. posted by cyndiar33:

I was asked to be in that lawsuit a couple of times. An atorney here in La called me and said she would send me a packet...no packet yet...I'm wondering if I should call or just forget the stupid lawsuit....I've never been very fond of suing people any ways....

-- posted by kjbickford03

Top 423. Sep 23, 2006 7:50 PM

» kjbickford03 - email

In response to Re: New to site - Hope someone has advice posted by slsa2000:

my email address is mrsbic03@hotmail.com if you would like some personal insight on Depo and the lawsuit

-- posted by kjbickford03

Top 424. Sep 23, 2006 8:23 PM

» taxchick12 - IUD

In response to IUD posted by Naturalhoney15:

I had an IUD twice (Copper T). I absolutely loved it. I had it put in 3 months after my youngest child was born and kept it in for 5 years, then started having periods every 2 weeks. Wasn't sure if it was from the severe stess I was under or just my body going nutso, anyway, I had it removed and my periods went back to normal and had my second one put in. Had the same thing happen this spring, but again lots of stress in my life and had it removed. I am 37, recently divorced and decided to get my tubes tied. My Dr. recommended the depo shot until I could get on her schedule for my tubes. I had the new Essure procedure which actually blocks the tubes, still have 1 more month to go before I have the ultra sound to find out if they are completely blocked. All I can say is i wish i would have just never gotten this horrible depo shot and stayed with the IUD. Its wonderful!!!! The first few months the bleeding is heavy and lots of clotting, but after that, its the best thing on the market. I would have rather dealt with the period every 2 weeks i was having instead of the weight gain I have had since getting the shot, the mood swings and the non-stop bleeding!!!!!! Get the IUD, its the best!!!!

-- posted by taxchick12

Top 425. Sep 23, 2006 8:40 PM

» kat724 - Depo Symptoms

I have taken the depo shot for almost two years. I'm due for my shot in a few weeks but I'm not getting it! When I first got the shot things went fine but in the past 6 months everything changed. I started to have my period and sometimes it wouldnt stop for weeks! Also I've become moody, very depressed, and my blood pressure is high. Now that I"m getitng of the shot I'm worried that I wont be able to become pregnant sooner then hoped. When I got the shot I wasn't told that it could ruine my chances of getting pregnant even after I discontinue it for months. I think this shot is very overrated and I wouldnt recommend it to anyone!

-- posted by kat724

Top 426. Sep 24, 2006 3:59 PM

» marymo - iud

you crazy person, do you not realise that it is not an ultrasound to see if your tubes are blocked it is an ultrasound on your head. Realise this your fertility is your most intimate and valuable posession, let some ignorant sadistic physician take it from you and no matter how much or how little bleeding you have you are at a loss. Healthy women have regular menses, in line with the lunar cycle, us and the great apes are the only animals on the planet to be so in tune with the universe it is our greatest gift and most beautiful intuitive symbol. It does not matter how perfectly manicured your nails are or how silky your hair is or how expensive your clothes are, if you are not in tune with your own fertility and do not value it your self nobody will put any value on you.
Can any woman who posts on this site for one second imagine a man who would stamp out his fertility, not have an erection , give up his right to procreate? And actually pay for the favour?
Keep in mind girls the other use for depo provera is casteration of male sex offenders, depo provera first and secondly iuds are the greatest insult firstly to women but also to the human race that has ever been invented.
Chech out these sites if you need any validation of my argument, and by the way iud, my friend had one of those violent things inserted she had an ectopic pregnancy and now may never have another child.
Article on history of Depo
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/ka...
http://dominionpaper.ca/health/2005/01/1...
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/is...
Population control kills
http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?EID=898
http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?EID=103
http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?EID=776
http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?EID=806
and if you still think that it is okay?
Depo is 99.7% effective what about the .3% that are born?
http://www.epinions.com/kifm-review-5E57...

Drug companies like pfizer pharmacia elan etc are not in business to heal people they are in business to make profits, they are run by people with mba's and no ethics in fact most medical physicians have very little in terms of ethics either but as a matter of fact they can be corrected for reasons of ethical considerations, mba's cannot.

What happens girls if the theme in Children of men is real, what happens if we are all becoming less fertile and the reason is not simply because we were poisoned in to thinking that family planning was about planning our families it was really about stamping out our fertility, making us incapable of giving children to those we loved, messing with our hormones so that our marraiges broke up or we got breast cancer or endometrial cancer, what happens if we cannot get our fertility back, suing pfizer will not give us children to love or husbands to look after and cook for and depend on?

I am interested in any answers to these questions.
But are there any answeres when people who are supposed to have taken a hippocratic oath to act in the best interest of patients have stampped our fertility for the sake of a profit margin or next quarters sales figures?

-- posted by marymo

Top 427. Sep 24, 2006 8:12 PM

» bly1020 - Depo is horrilbe

In response to Depo is horrilbe posted by nkoch:

Dear Sistahs,
If you ever thought about getting the Depo shot DON'T DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been on the depo shot for little over a year now. After the first month I started bleeding. I went to the doctor and they assured me that that was unusual. So I continued on. I found myself moody and stressed out more so month after month. I cannot take the pills they put me at stroke level. This was the first birth control that didn't land me in the hospital. I didn't loose any hair or gain a lot of weight. I just feel like I am the Mississippi river. Deprovera has had some great success but it has had 100 times more problems and its just not worth it. I don't desire to have anymore children but my hands are tied. I will try abstinence hope my husband doesn't leave me afterwards

-- posted by bly1020