Levest pill and heavier periods

How our community feel levest pill has affected their periods

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Lighter

52%

No change

13%

Don't know

5%

Out of the 133 reviews for levest pill, 16 people (12%) reported heavier periods.

Reviewers that reported heavier periods as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 1 - 3 mo
41 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  4 days ago

I am one of the happiest people you will ever meet, I’ve always been positive and upbeat and although of course I have down times like anyone I never stay down for long. Within 3 weeks of taking Levest contraceptive tablets I was like a completely different person and I didn’t know what was happening to me, I cried uncontrollable every day, I didn’t want to be here anymore and was actually thinking of ways I could end my life, I was waking up in the middle of the night with a dark pit feeling in my stomach and felt unbelievably low I didn’t know what was happening to me, then it clicked, the only thing I was doing differently to usual was taking the levest pill. I called the GP the next day and they told me to stop taking it immediately, within 4 days I was back to my usual self mentally then I came on the worst period of my life, like a slaughtered animal and so many blood clots. I’ll never take this pill ever again and would definitely warn others about taking it, who’d have thought a simple contraceptive pill could cause so much harm

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Very negative mood

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Used for 1 - 3 mo
18 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  22nd Mar 25

Went on this pill to try and ease my intense cramps, but it made my periods much much heavier and I’m not sure its worth it.


Worse skin

2 more effects

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0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
  •  8th Jun 23

I start 3 years ago on the levest pill, and since then I have put on lots of weight and tried to lose it but it hasn’t gone. I only started the pill to regulate my periods, which it has only made them more heavier. I want to change but I don’t know what to?


Very negative mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Levest pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

57% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

55% of levest pill reviewers reported tender breasts

50% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness

47% of levest pill reviewers reported breast enlargement

47% of levest pill reviewers reported period like cramps


Possible levest pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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