Combined pill and lower back pain
How our community feel they have been impacted by lower back pain on the combined pill
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
66%
A bit
14%
Quite a bit
11%
A lot
5%
A great deal
3%
Out of the 2507 reviews for the combined pill, 845 people (34%) reported lower back pain.
Reviewers that reported lower back pain as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 12 - 18 mo
24 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 6 days ago
At the start all was going great but in the last 2/3 months things have started going really downhill, I have started shedding hair at an alarming rate, I have gained weight, I have developed thrush on my boob, my eczema is awful, the skin on my face is so oily, I constantly feel down and sad which I used to only experience when I was in the week before my period. It’s definitely not a long term solution.
Somewhat negative mood
2 more effects
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 6 - 12 mo
15 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 23rd Oct 24
This pill has been awful for me. I went on as had really bad irregular periods but i have seen no change except bleeding in between, extreme abdominal pain and hair loss. I have also seen my skin which is normally clear be breaking out all the time. I am only speaking of my experience
Very negative mood
2 more effects
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 12 - 18 mo
27 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 18th Oct 24
main thing for me was the super low sex drive. filling this out, interested to also see sweating a lot as an option. As I do sweat a lot, very easily so very interested (and hope) that is a side effect as looking to change/come off.
Decreased sex drive
0 helpful
0 comments
Combined pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
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