Rigevidon and lighter periods

How our community feel rigevidon has affected their periods

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Lighter

51%

No change

14%

Don't know

8%

Out of the 606 reviews for rigevidon, 306 people (51%) reported lighter periods.

Reviewers that reported lighter periods as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 1 - 3 mo
21 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 days ago

Within the 1st month, I had terrible mood swings; I become angry and irritable towards my parent. I seemed to calm down but then pick back up again in the next week. From withdrawal from this, everything was ok, apart from having a few pains and it also made my periods light. I didn’t have any symptoms of nausea or vomiting but I did gain a bit of weight and had breast tenderness (i dont know if my breast got bigger). By the 2nd month, I ended up feeling really low and had quite dark thoughts; my headache got worse and I was crying a lot during the day/night. Because of this I’m no longer taking this pill.

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Somewhat negative mood

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Used for 1 - 3 mo
22 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 weeks ago

Started taking this and within the first couple of days I started to get really dry which is something I’ve never experienced before especially just under my vagina it would get so dry my skin will have slight tears that will bleed and sting and I’m more itchy down there regularly and have had thrush symptoms twice after going 10 years without.


Worse skin

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0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
17 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  25th Apr 26

Went on this at 15 because I had very painful and heavy periods, which the pill stopped entirely. I had no physical side effects aside from the complete stop of periods however it did severely affect my mental health (I already have a history of mental health issues prior to going on this pill but it made them notably worse and I’ve noticed improvements after coming off it). I would notice that I’d get very suicidal and anxious a couple weeks before I was due to have a 4 day break from the pill and this would then go away after the 4 days, I also experienced feeling dazed and derealisation which has somewhat improved after coming off this pill. I came off the pill because I was scared of the blood clot risk that had not been properly explained to me by doctors, so be aware of this also.


Very negative mood

0 helpful

0 comments

Rigevidon common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

49% of rigevidon reviewers reported vaginal discharge

49% of rigevidon reviewers reported tender breasts

47% of rigevidon reviewers reported period like cramps

44% of rigevidon reviewers reported breast enlargement

35% of rigevidon reviewers reported lower back pain


Possible rigevidon side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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