Gedarel 20/150 pill and vaginal dryness

How our community feel they have been impacted by vaginal dryness on gedarel 20/150 pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

54%

A bit

20%

Quite a bit

12%

A lot

9%

A great deal

6%

Out of the 139 reviews for gedarel 20/150 pill, 64 people (46%) reported vaginal dryness.

Reviewers that reported vaginal dryness as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 3 - 6 mo
24 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  4 days ago

I’ve always struggled with my mental health, and believe I have PMDD. but before starting this pill I’d been in a really good place for quite while, the first few months where okay but then I started to become more emotional, progressing to depression and severe anxiety. I also experienced a lot of UTIs that led to me being on long term antibiotics, this only started when I started the pill. I did eventually learn to manage the utis and didn’t get any in the last couple of months. But in the week leading up to the break I became very dry and itchy down there. All together just a really bad experience with this one

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Very negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
17 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  30th Aug 25

I started this pill to help with my hormonal acne that had come on when i was on a different pill so decided i needed a change. Everything was fine for the first week or so, I went abroad and accidentally missed a pill due to different timezones. I bled consistently for 3 weeks after missing one pill. My anxiety has been increased and i am extremely fatigued all the time. I have painful sex, due to hormonal changes and vaginal dryness. I am now coming off this pill for a week to bleed and then i am going back on the pill i was on previously.


Somewhat negative mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 6 - 12 mo
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  26th Jan 25

Was an okay pill, had been taking for around a year if not longer but I got pregnant on this pill so am now changing pill type/brand


Somewhat positive mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Gedarel 20/150 pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

66% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported tender breasts

58% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported period like cramps

52% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported breast enlargement

48% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

48% of gedarel 20/150 pill reviewers reported lower back pain


Possible gedarel 20/150 pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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