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Reviewer: Pamela, 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have just basically started this shot, and I have been getting severe acne on my body. It's as if it's not even acne, it's just eating away at my skin.. I have pain in my bones, and I haven't been able to sleep a full night's sleep for two weeks now. There is nothing in the side affects about the "acne" I am experiencing, and that is more concerning for me. I don't suggest anyone ta
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Reviewer: lynn, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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too soon to tell
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Reviewer: Alli6, 13-18 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I started two years ago, and now I have ended up in the ER twice because of symptoms this drug is literally poison in your body. Im off it now because of it eating away my bones. I didn't get any weight loss or gain. but its caused me to be in so much pain since initially getting it my advice would be not to touch the stuff I was in so much pain for two months and they could do nothing for it. its
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Reviewer: stansbjr, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I got on the depo shot when I was 16. I wanted to get on it so I would not have a period. I bled for three months straight and almost got off of it. My doctor told me it should stop after the second shot. Which it did. After the second shot I would only spot about two weeks before my next shot was due. I liked it also because I only had to get a shot every three months and not worry about taking a
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Reviewer: Disgusted, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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DONT NOT GET THIS SHOT. I took this shot 1 time and my body went down hill from there. I spotted the whole 3 months. I had night sweats, anxeity, shaking/jitters, depressed, crying, ill feeling. I didnt go back to get the next shot because of these side effects and started having withdrawl symptons. I couldnt eat, felt sick, worried. I lost 10 pounds and I was only like 118. I went to the ER twice
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