Gedarel 20/150 pill and lower back pain
How our community feel they have been impacted by lower back pain on gedarel 20/150 pill
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
51%
A bit
22%
Quite a bit
18%
A lot
6%
A great deal
3%
Out of the 131 reviews for gedarel 20/150 pill, 64 people (49%) 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
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 2 weeks 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 8+ yr
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 31st Mar 24
I had terrible experiences (bouts of acne) around age 17/18 with higher dose pills like Yasmin. Eventually settled on Marvelon and was put onto Gedarel (higher dosage) when there were stock issues. After 2 years I moved to the lower dose of Gedarel, and had a relatively positive experience with it for around 5 years but things have worsened recently. Side effects have been; spots around chin around end of pill pack, some spotting when taking back-to-back, lower sex-drive. More significant side-effects have been water-retention/weight gain and boob size increase. I am now thinking about coming off Gedarel as I have noticed the side effects have become more dramatic and all other things are equal - my boobs change massively in size throughout the course of a pack of pills, they are tender, and my weight is also massively fluctuating (I assume from water retention - between 55 - 60kg within the month). I am very active and generally healthy, if anything I am less stressed and have a healthier lifestyle now than I did a few years ago, yet the frequent changes to my body are making me feel uncomfortable in my own skin.
Increased sex drive
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 12 - 18 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 30th Jan 24
I have now taken this for a year and the side effects of this pill are more prominent than my previous pill. I bleed and spot after having a break, my sex drive has decreased and I encounter random strong period cramps randomly throughout the month
Somewhat negative mood
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Gedarel 20/150 pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
69% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported tender breasts
58% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported period like cramps
53% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported breast enlargement
49% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported lower back pain
48% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge