User Reviews for Sprintec (28) oral

I loved the way this birth control made me feel. Except I regret taking it because I got gallstones and portal vein thrombosis of my liver a blood clot, Very sick in hospital. I do not recommend to any woman. Get yourself an IUD.

I have not been happy on this birth control. I thought it would help my acne, but it only made it worse. I cannot wait to finish the pills and switch birth controls. The only good thing about this pill is periods are light and it prevents pregnancy.

Made me very moody to the point all I wanted to do is cry and tired. I was taking it every morning at 630am and by like 1030am I was so tired I felt like I needed a nap.

Reading through these reviews, I can't help but wonder - do people realize it takes 3 to 6 months for the body to adjust to any new kind of hormonal birth control? If the side effects within that timeframe are life impairing - like constant debilitating nausea, cramping, heavy bleeding, you name it - I can understand quitting ANY new med, no questions asked, but come on. Just because you've gotten a few zits within the first 2 weeks of starting BC doesn't give you the right to tell others that the brand sucks and no one should buy it. I'm currently on my 3rd week of Sprintec and I've been spotting for a few days, developed two or three pimples on my jawline, might have some fluid retention. These are all very normal and (fortunately for me) mild side effects that are to be expected after introducing new hormones into your system. Sure, it sucks that my previously clear skin now has a few blemishes, and I could reaaaally do without the breakthrough bleeding, but it's only been 18 days since my first pill. I'm aware of the adjustment period and I'm willing to push through it because these pesky side effects will most likely subside. I want to give this birth control a chance. I plan to update my review, or delete it and submit a new one in a few months. This is mostly just a rant about all the one star "less than 1 month" reviews adding absolutely nothing of value to this page. Read More Read Less

Gave me a stroke with just the use of two pills.

This birth control got rid of my acne and completely regulated my period (like to the hour and day!) so I know exactly when it’s coming. It also made my periods significantly lighter and my alleviated many of my period pains. Almost never have cramps anymore, just some breast tenderness, but that’s literally it! Also haven’t gotten pregnant yet, either!

I’ve been on Sprintec for over 11 years now. Amazing skin, never been pregnant, it got rid of my horrible painful ovarian cysts and because I take the pill everyday even on my sugar pill days I no longer get a painful period every month. I can’t remember the last time I had a period . But be warned! If you miss a pill it does really effect your mood and you mood will be up and down for the next day after missing it and the day of .

I'm 23 and I've taken this birth control for the last 4 years. I thought that it was working fine because my acne cleared up and it regulated my period. I also finally got boobs which was a plus for me but I was also the most anxious and depressed I've ever been in my life. I considered suicide a few times which was very unlike me. I attributed it to starting college, working and moving away from my family, but I had spent years abroad before starting birth control and never had an issue. I finally decided to switch to the depo- shot because I was having a hard time remembering to take the pill. It felt like a cloud was lifted. I'm so much less tired and miserable. I had no idea I had just been surviving for the last few years. Read More Read Less

This pill made me borderline suicidal. My doctors denied it for years, until I came across a Reddit forum of young women just like me who were experiencing crazy mood swings and bouts of DEEP depression and anxiety that left me bedridden and unable to function for days at a time. After 5 years of taking it and thinking my depression and anxiety was normal, but once I found others who felt the way I did on Sprintec I decided to throw them in the garbage and haven't looked back. I gained my life back, as well as my personality, my happiness, my relationships and friendships. Please do not take this pill, I would recommend against ANY form of hormonal birth control period, but I know that isn't feasible for everyone. So please do your research before blindly listening to a doctor and make sure to ask them a lot of questions about short term and long term side effects. You know your body better than anyone and no one will ever advocate for your health as strongly as YOU. If you got this far, thank you for reading this.Read More Read Less

I started this birth control December 2021. When I started it I was having horrible mood swings and just felt constantly angry. This is typical when I start a new birth control because I have been on a few. The main issue I have with this pill is that it has made me gain almost 10 pounds. I kept my same diet and worked out just as much yet I just kept gaining weight. Other than that it has been fine.

I started taking Sprintec August 19, 2021. I’ve been feeling normal and have regular periods and acne disappearing. September came and I noticed my tongue was swelling a little, but I didn’t think nothing of it because it was one of the side effects. Fast forward to April, I started feeling suicidal, sad, less sleep, and my swelling on tongue worsened. On April 9, 2022, I went to my doctor to get a blood test on stds to make sure I was negative for everything after loosing my virginity to my bf on March 11, 2022 and the results came back negative. On May 31, 2022 I stopped taking Sprintec birth control due to uncontrollable side effects I was having. I haven’t contacted me doctor yet about it but I will! It’s a scary experience and it doesn’t feel normal. I looked it up on google and it said after stopping birth control, it’ll take 4-6 months to clear out your system. Let’s hope ot works for me.Read More Read Less

Terrible do not use. Boobs are 4 times the normal size, I'm always bloated and it looks like I'm 2 months pregnant. Constant fluid retention that won't go away no matter how hard I work out. Restless all the time because of this pill and depressed. Don't let birth control CONTROL YOU!

Hormones affect everyone differently. I had tried other brands of oral birth control and bleeding and pain got worse and on onother I got pregnant anyway so when my doctor put me on Sprintec for menorraghia, and horrible pain due to fibroids, I had low expectations. However, this was like a magic pill and it completely made my periods normal, the pain was normal level. I had no weight gain or side effects. In fact after my hysterectomy, I opted to keep taking it without the 1 week cycle, to avoid PMS (your hormones still cycle if you have your ovaries) and it's been working so mental health is better with no PMS mood swings. Lately I have put on some weight so I'm going to stop, though I think that's more due to the hysterectomy and being almost 40. If anything I've read taking estradiol helps but I'm gonna see how things go. Anyway, Sprintec has been my saving grace for years. Read More Read Less

I was on Sprintec for 2 years after Loestrin stopped working for me. I had extremely heavy long periods. I guess my body was already used to being on birth control because if I skipped a pill I personally never had any break through bleeding. Yes there occasionally were some tender breast symptoms but that happened when I wasn’t on any birth control as well. When I started on Birthcontrol it took several months for my body to adapt to it but over all it was effective. I later developed diabetes and so I had symptoms due to that but I don’t feel was related to the birth control. Read More Read Less

Sprintec works amazing in preventing pregnancy and regulating my period. HOWEVER, there is a list of negative side effects that come with this medication. I’ve been on the pill for over 2 years and ever since I’ve started it every month (at least 12 days before my period) I am hit with consistent migraines, feet and back pain, feet swelling, all over body pain, constipation, and EXTREME bloating. The bloating hits about a week before my period and it is terrible. I get so bloated I look about 8 months pregnant. Nothing helps the bloating either, I tried taking Midol and that won’t even help. When I wake up in the morning in hopes of seeing that “morning skinny” I look as bloated as I did when I went to bed. Once my period starts the bloating goes away- a little bloat is okay but this extreme bloating is very frustrating.Read More Read Less

Let me start this by saying, everybody is different, and WILL react differently to anything hormonal. I started Sprintec in 2017 at the age of 16. It was my first ever pill and it wasn’t that bad. I took it as religiously as I could (only missed a pill or two, and if I did miss one I took it early the following day), and had little side effects. GRANTED, before getting on it I barely had a period, and when I did it varied drastically. Sprintec never made my period easier, it just made it regular. I still had it for 5-6 days, and it was moderate. I had bad cramps the first three days but the rest of the cycle was easy. I’ve always had anxiety, but Sprintec did make my worries more active than usual. I never got pregnant, and I was definitely happy about that! However, in 2021 as a 21 year old I had to switch birth control, as I experienced break through bleeding. Then my doctor prescribed me Junel FE (worst thing ever)Read More Read Less

I'm a 33 years old, healthy, petite female and I've been taking Sprintec for over 4 years. I started feeling sick and had a bad cough so I went to the ER, all COVID and flu tests came back negative. Due to my cough and other symptoms, they did blood work and did a scan of my torso area. So, good news, no COVID, bad news, you have a pulmonary embolism. The doctor found several small blood clots in the bottom of my left lung. I literally cried myself into a panic attack. How did this happen? I eat extremely healthy, do not smoke or drink, lead an extremely active life, and I am so safe with literally everything I do... I was in shock, fear and disbelief. They kept me in the ER for 3 days with an IV of Heparin (a blood thinner)in one arm and a saline drip in the other, had blood withdrawn every 6ish hours, sometimes more, and then was placed on another oral blood thinner called Eliquis when discharged. As of now, I have to take blood thinners for 3 - 6 months, maybe longer, need to see a hematologist, and have to now re-teach myself how to live my life as if I'm in a bubble. I can bump my head because I can have bleeding in my brain, getting a cut could be serious because my blood will now take longer to clot. You don't think it'll happen to you until it does. I caught mine early, and I hope this saves my life, but now I have to fight for it. Im writing this to warn others. I am an extremely happy, optimistic person and my entire life has been thrown into chaos, fear and instability.... Find something safer.. I read the reviews and always thought "I don't know anyone that has had blood clots from this, it'll never happen to me, I'll be fine." And now here I am. Read More Read Less

I've been on it for six months, originally to shrink an ovarian cyst. Cyst is gone and the pill worked fine at first. I dealt with minor nausea in the beginning, now nausea is too much to bear. I'm considering quitting cold turkey because I'm up late every night feeling horribly sick. It might work for some people, it's miserable for me.

Been on Sprintec for two months after randomly being switched from Estarylla (which I’ve been taken for 2 years). The effectiveness of Sprintec seems fine but I have been breakthrough bleeding for 2 weeks. I had a stomach cramp so bad a couple of days ago that I couldn’t move and the pain went from my stomach straight through my back. I had never felt such a paralyzing pain before (my period cramps with Estarylla/ before birth control were never that terrible). This morning after the “nasty” with my boyfriend, we were going to take a shower and I felt dizzy but was trying to fight it off. I started to pace and shake as I felt the water was too hot and if I stepped in, I’d pass out. Which was odd to my boyfriend for me to say the water is too hot (while on medium) because I shower with scorching hot water all the time. As I walked into the shower, I started to lose my eye sight and black out (something that never happened before sprintec). Shading my experience for someone that may be looking for a comment with similar affects. Read More Read Less

I was using this birth control as to regulate my periods and hopefully, regulate my hormones. After a month of taking it, I was always angry and extremely stressed. After 2 months, I had started experiencing symptoms of high blood pressure and was told I would have to be put on pills. After doing research on how to naturally regulate my period and try to find some normalcy with myself, I came across a book that has helped tremendously. Hormonal Birth control is a great option for some, but it isn't the only option. If you are in the process of looking at hormonal bc, do your research before hand because the doctors will tell you all the benefits, but not the side effects. Read More Read Less