Progestogen-only / Mini pill and vaginal dryness
How our community feel they have been impacted by vaginal dryness on progestogen-only / Mini pill
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
64%
A bit
13%
Quite a bit
11%
A great deal
7%
A lot
6%
Out of the 1513 reviews for progestogen-only / Mini pill, 542 people (36%) 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
18 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 2 weeks ago
Ive been on this pill for over 5 months and I’m stopping. When I started about a month in I got horrible acne breakouts but I started using benzoyl peroxide and now it’s okay. I’ve had 3-4 periods and each one I’ve bled for weeks at a time so I am switching to a different one
Somewhat negative mood
2 more effects
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 3 - 5 yr
37 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 weeks ago
Would have been ok apart from the bile acid diarrhoea anytime I ate anything with fat in it! Thought I was lactose intolerant, stopped pill and suddenly I could eat dairy again! Weird, went on it again after having my son and the diarrhoea suddenly came back doctors said it couldn’t be the pill but I’m not on it now and after 3 weeks no more diarrhoea. Bit of an odd coincidence if it’s not the pill
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 12 - 18 mo
37 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 weeks ago
Vaginal atrophy, painful sex, painful urination, extreme constipation, right sided abdominal pain that felt like being stabbed (caused by constipation), dizziness from low blood pressure, fainting, extreme anxiety, chest pain, high cortisol, insomnia, depression, crying a lot, depression, dry skin, thirst,
Very negative mood
2 more effects
0 helpful
0 comments
Progestogen-only / Mini pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
49% of progestogen-only / Mini pill reviewers reported tender breasts
46% of progestogen-only / Mini pill reviewers reported period like cramps
41% of progestogen-only / Mini pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge
39% of progestogen-only / Mini pill reviewers reported breast enlargement
36% of progestogen-only / Mini pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness
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