Side effects
Depo-Provera shot common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Breast enlargement
64% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported breast enlargement
Period like cramps
64% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported period like cramps
Lower back pain
64% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported lower back pain
Headaches
64% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported headaches
Tender breasts
55% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported tender breasts
Depo-Provera shot rare side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
9% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported discomfort wearing contact lenses
9% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported thrush
9% of Depo-Provera shot reviewers reported pelvic infection
Possible Depo-Provera shot side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
- Breast enlargement (64%)
- Period like cramps (64%)
- Lower back pain (64%)
- Headaches (64%)
- Tender breasts (55%)
- Dizziness (46%)
- Sweating more than usual (46%)
- Vaginal dryness (46%)
- Hair loss (46%)
- Nausea or vomiting (36%)
- Vaginal discharge (36%)
- Migraines (27%)
- Body hair getting darker (27%)
- Migraine with aura (18%)
- High blood pressure (18%)
- Discomfort wearing contact lenses (9%)
- Thrush (9%)
- Pelvic infection (9%)
- Cystitis (0%)
- Body hair increase (0%)
- A latex allergy (0%)
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 1 month ago
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Used for 3 - 5 yr
Lowdown user
🇺🇸 US
• 5th Feb 24
The shot has worked wonders as far as no longer getting the monthly, but I do feel as my cramps have progressed
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
20 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 26th Jan 24
It’s great after your body is used to it. Feels invasive when you first get it because of the mood swings, weight gain, loss of sex drive (this is almost permanent for me) and cramps. But……. Worth it i guess #nomoreperiods
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
18 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 19th Dec 23
I think this is a great birth control method if you have absolutely 0 other options, but it DESTROYED my sex drive and made sex painful because I was no longer getting as much lubrication as I used to. I also gained a good bit of weight and retained a lot of water.
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
22 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 23rd Aug 23
horrible mood swings, paranoia, depression and anxiety- my doctor told me that the depo shot would not affect my emotions like other birth controls i’ve been on previously. this is by far the worst. i gained weight, my hair is beginning to come out in clumps in the shower, my cramps are very painful. please do research and talk about the side effects with your doctor before considering.
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