Levest pill and period like cramps

How our community feel they have been impacted by period like cramps on levest pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

53%

Quite a bit

18%

A bit

18%

A lot

7%

A great deal

5%

Out of the 131 reviews for levest pill, 62 people (47%) reported period like cramps.

Reviewers that reported period like cramps as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 1 - 3 mo
44 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 month ago

If you have androgenic hair loss this makes this worse. My GP put me on it to manage my periods when I had originally asked for HRT. The hair loss is severe and is seriously affecting my mental health

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Somewhat positive mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 6 - 12 mo
35 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  7th Aug 25

Since taking this pill it has regulated my period , I take it 21 days then have a 7 day break , i stop on a Saturday then I come on , on the Thursday and I finish on the Wednesday. It’s like that every month , but when I do stop taking them I get cramps and a bellyache and also runny stools , but soon as I start them again the pains subside and my stools become harder . I am finding a little more discharge than usual but I’ve heard that’s normal because of the hormonal changes . But overall I’d definitely recommend to anyone who fits the criteria 🙂


Top side effects not reported

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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2nd May 25

Ive been on 3 different pills and Levest was my long term. My skin got clearer and my periods have been much more managable (I used to be prescribed meds for pain control). However the main effect is decreased sex drive dramatically and just feeling 'meh' all the time very dampened emotions over everything. Not many highs not many lows just an overall feeling of meh.


Somewhat negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Levest pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

58% 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 period like cramps

47% of levest pill reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible levest pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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