Need insight on the Patch

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-09-2003
Need insight on the Patch
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 11:55am
Hello! I was taking the pill but if my ins. covers it and after I talk to my GYN., I'm thinking of looking into the patch. I would just like to know if anyone has expiranced any side effects to those similar as being on the pill (ex. weight gain)? And also has anyone switched from a low dose pill to the patch and noticed a difference better/worse in side effects? Thanks in advance!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-15-2004
Sun, 08-15-2004 - 1:41am
I have been on the pill and on the shot and gained so much weight from both. I've been on the patch now for a year, and i've lost all of the weight i gained when i was pregnant(i started the patch at my 6 week check-up), and still about 15 more pounds on top of that. I've never really had any side effects form the pill, except when on antibiotics. i think that the patch is great; much better than the pill and the shot.
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Registered: 07-14-2003
Sun, 08-15-2004 - 11:47am
I was on the patch last year for about 4mos, and I hated it! It looked ugly. Even though you can cover it up with clothes, whenever my boyfriend and I were fooling around, he would start laughing at the ugly patch. Then, when I would take it off, it would leave a red square on my skin that would stay for weeks! And since you have to move it every time you put a new one on, after a month I was covered in red squares! That was a real turn-off for me, and now I switched to NuvaRing, which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE!! I recommend all women try it!

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