Getting Buffed While On Depot-Provera

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

Since starting depot-provera three months ago a friend of mine has noticed large weight gain. She has expressed an interest in exercising to get in shape. Have any of the board members had experience with a fat loss regiment while taking this? Does anyone know how it interacts with other supplements be they hormonal or otherwise? Thanks for any input.

 

[wilson6]

Depot-Prov is a progesterone, it increases appetite and will make you fat, not buff.

W6

 

[MS]

Just think what it does to pregnant women, and there's your answer!

 

[FitFossil]

Just about any type of hormonal birth control can cause weight gain. It depends on the person and some brands are better than others, but Depo-Provera has the reputation of being "fat in a syringe".

Along with weight gain, it can have other side effects such as loss of sex drive (it's been used as "chemical castration" for sex-offenders), depression, irregular periods (sometimes no period or constant bleeding), migraines, etc. While I've never used it myself, I've never heard anything good about it. How did your friend decide on Depo-Provera?

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

She decided on Depo because of a fear of forgetting to dose regularly with pill form birth control. Any other suggewstions.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

Well I got on Depo right after I had my son and it made it SO VERY hard to loose the weight. I only got one shot and I got off of it. maybe she should try that new patch or something.....

 

[Temple]

IMP the reason depo is such a good form of birth control is that it makes you so fat nobody would want you. Pill, patch or IUD are all preferable although from a BB standpoint the latter is the best option.

 

[wilson6]

"the reason depo is such a good form of birth control is that it makes you so fat nobody would want you."

That would be a good marketing line for Pharmacia and UpJohn.

W6

 

[FitFossil]

The "official" listing of Depo side effects says 'weight gain @5 pounds'. From reading the stories on this Depo site:
http://www.abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/horrorstories.html

these women say it's more like 5+ pounds for each shot!

or worse.....

"...as a result of depo provera birth control injections that I took for a total of one year...50lb weight gain"

"...In the course of 6 - 7 months I went from a size 8 to a size 18..."

"...After a couple of months of being on it I gained 100lbs. In any event, since I have a Hiatus Hernia, such excessive eating would be nearly impossible for me and it should have been blatantly obvious that I didn't gain the weight by 'pigging out'...."

 

[circusgirl]

hmmm maybe this would explain why I am having so much trouble losing fat. I'm eating 1700cals a day, I'm constantly STARVING and I have not lost a single pound in 2 weeks.....