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(also known as Medroxyprogesterone)
Progestins are hormones.
The low-dose progestins for contraception are used to prevent pregnancy. Other names for progestin-only oral contraceptives are minipills and progestin-only pills (POPs). Progestins can prevent fertilization by preventing a woman's egg from fully developing.
Also, progestins caus... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Polycystic Ovarian Synd... | 382 |
87% |
| Endometriosis | 199 |
52% |
| Menopause | 33 |
70% |
| Infertility | 20 |
90% |
| Trying To Conceive | 3 |
67% |
Overall, 75% (646
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Provera Reviews
Working / Worked
Made me start my cycle
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I take this to bring on a period when I wasn't having them. Worked great.
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itook one it made my cycle sart but nothing really happened . It did lower my hormone levels alot
Working / Worked
this med helps my menstral cycle to come on
Working / Worked
I was on Depo Provera for over 10 years. Gyno. said I had been on it for too long...suggested NuvaRing this week (Dec. 2008).
Working / Worked
Always does work but sometime I have a bad feeling about taking it. Im on it now and this will be my 3rd time in 4 years
Working / Worked
Used this to get my period once
Working / Worked
yeh i think it did work im not 1000% sure on what it was meant to do
Working / Worked
I am now going to start taking a 10 day cycle every month for the next couple of months to try and regulate my period and to thin the lining of my uterus which is really thick right now. I originally started it because my period had lasted over a month and a half.
Working / Worked
It worked when I took it for about 7 days then start birth control pills at that time.
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Provera/Medroxyprogesterone
Hi Daisy814- I just went through this process and it worked for me. i got my period about 4 days after I took the last pill. Good luck! [More] -
Provera/Medroxyprogesterone
I too had this problem, I took provera twice before I responded. AF always shows for me about 2-3 days after my last pill. Turned out that I have P... [More] -
Provera/Medroxyprogesterone
No, I actually meant Birth Control. I've been on Bromocriptine for almost 5 months now and I am trying to get the green light to conceive. I already... [More] -
Provera/Medroxyprogesterone
Does BC stand for bromocryptine? I've been on it for over a year, and its not that bad. The side effects were irritating at first (nausia and nasal ... [More] -
Provera/Medroxyprogesterone
Hi Everyone, I was just prescribed medroxyprogesterone, which I believe is the same thing as provera, since I haven't gotten my menstrual cycle bac... [More]
