Does depo-Provera injection cause tender breasts?
How our community feel they have been impacted by tender breasts on depo-Provera injection
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
57%
A bit
24%
Quite a bit
11%
A lot
4%
A great deal
4%
Out of the 175 reviews for depo-Provera injection, 0 people (0%) reported tender breasts.
Reviewers that reported tender breasts as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 12 - 18 mo
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 22nd Oct 23
Stopped periods after 2nd injection… fairly happy with this contraception compared to the pill. Biggest side effect for me is low sex drive
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
16 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 11th Oct 23
I was on it for 9 months and I only started the pill today but the injection had made me bleed nonstop and have really bad back pain and the weight gain was really bad I didn’t feel myself and the sex drive at the start was high but it kept getting lower and lower the cramps are worse than the ones i used to get and my family have a high estrogen level it doesn’t work that well when you have high estrogen levels.
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 24th Aug 23
It was my first time on any contraception and I wanted to take necessary precautions before travelling abroad for two months, so I was advised by my Nurse Practitioner to have the Injection rather than go on the Pill so I wouldn’t have to worry about missing days, losing pills, etc., and was told that she’d received no negative feedback about the Injection and that the side effects would be minimal. Perfect, or so I thought. My overall experience was horrendous, and after discussing methods of contraception with strangers I met abroad and hearing their own negative experiences with the Injection and from friends, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself and pretty miffed (to put it politely). I’d missed a period prior to travelling, and my breasts had felt so tender and painful for the first week or so, but then I bleed continuously for my whole trip (yep, two months straight of bleeding in countries where sanitary products are few and far between) and my mood swings absolutely battered me, not to mention my libido dying upon arrival in SE Asia. Now I’ve been home for a few weeks, and yes things are slightly better, but my moods are still all over the place and I’m still spotting everyday. Yes, with the Injection you don’t have to worry about taking pills, but never again will I subject my body to this. I just wish my Nurse Practitioner had offered me more options and have been more upfront regarding the side effects, and instead not dictating what I needed and sending me on my way. I would also like to mention, as a non-binary individual, that this form of contraception did at times make me suffer with body dysphoria, however I appreciate that users may respond differently to the Injection and other methods of contraception.
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Depo-Provera injection common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
42% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported tender breasts
41% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported vaginal dryness
35% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported vaginal discharge
31% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported lower back pain
30% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported period like cramps