NuvaRing is the trade name for a combined hormonal contraceptive vaginal ring manufactured by Merck (formerly Schering-Plough , formerly Organon ) that is available by prescription. It is a flexible plastic ( ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) ring that releases a low dose of a progestin and estrogen over three weeks. NuvaRing was first approved in The Netherlands on February 14, 2001, then by all 14 other countries then in the European Union on June 12, 2001, and in the United States by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 3, 2001. --> NuvaRing was first marketed in the United States in July 2002 -->, followed by several European countries in late 2002. In March 2007, Organon announced the market launch of NuvaRing in Australia, bringing the total number of countries where NuvaRing is available to 32. NuvaRing is currently used by approximately 1.5 million women worldwide. -->
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I am XXXXXXX. I've been using the nuva ring for almost 2 years now and it has worked really well. This month Im going back home so I decided to skip my period so I put a new nuvaring in the same day I was...
i feel fluttering at the botton of my stomach but i have the IUD
I just found out I am pregnant and was using the nuvaring (and have been for the last couple of years.)
How is it possible to get pregnant with this form of birth control?
Is it possible it was an old ring (expired)? or
Can heat affect its...
this is the question i sent that you could not see...I have a mirena iud for almost 5 years. i had issues right away but i was told not to worry about it. developed itching. black discharge in the first few months. then a cyst of 10 cm on ovary...
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So, my girlfriend started using Nuvaring at about 1am on Saturday morning, Sunday morning she woke up with nausea, dizziness, and wouldn't even try to keep food down. Now, 1am on Monday, she has a fever of 102.1 F, and I'm reading about stuff...
I am 47. I have been having fairly heavy periods, occasionally bleeding between cycles. Generally cycle is 25-28 days. This month I started after only 19 days. Some clots. My ob/gyn said he suggests I start on the Nuvarinig or Sprintec (birth...
birth controli inserted my nuvaring one week after the 7 day waiting period... the entire time the nuvaring was out i had unprotected sex 7 times... i put the ring back in and 2 days later i started bleeding but it is very light and have been...
Been diagnosed with hand tremors [essential] and prescribed propranolol - 60 mg daily. Could the tremors possibly be a side effect of the Nuvaring???
Hi, I used to be on Nuvaring birth control, for about 2 years from 2007 until XXXXXXX 2009. Prior to using Nuvaring my periods would occur every 25-28 days and would last 7-8 days with cramping on first day and 2...
I had un protected sex, that same day I inserted my nuvaring. I kept it in for the three weeks took it out had a full five day period but it was heavy like normal it was very lite. And every since I've used the...
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User : hi. how long after a D&C will nuvaring be effective
Doctor : nuvaring is effective after about a week of its insertion.
User : when will my body be able to sustain a pregnancy
User : i had a d&c...
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User : i just started the nuva ring 3 weeks ago an i took it out today an no sign of my period... should i be worried?
User : or is it normal for it to be late?
Doctor : when was your last...
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User : hi there, yesterday i had a d&c
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User : i started nuvaring today
Doctor : ok
User : i would like to know when the nuvaring will be effective
Doctor : May i know your age?
User : i am 19
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User : hi there the information that i need is not for me but a friend
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User : since i am a member thought i would find out
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User : she wanted to know if it is...
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User : hi there, on thursday
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User : i had a d&c
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User : due to a medical abortion that did not work propely
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User : i started nuvaring yesterday
User : i would like to...
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My girlfriend is 20 weeks pregnant. She has been really wet and as a result had been wearing panty liners for a month straight and since has devolved bumps and red rash around vagina area which has now spread to on her lips . Is this irritation from being wet with panty liners or something word and what can be done to resolve this?
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hello i am on the nuva ring for about two years never had a problem now i had to remove my ring for free week on august 1, 2012 n was to get my period but it never came on aug 7 i had spotting very little i spotted at around 5pm and by 9pm i had nothing. i put the new ring anyways on aug 8, about 3 wks ago start having funny syptoms: headache ,...
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hi,i am a 20 year old.4months now im on yasmin(zarah) birth control because i have pcos .i am usually on time when taking my tablet but past few weeks i have been a few hours late and i had sex the next day after my period finished.can i be pregnant?
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I forgot to put a new nuvaring in for 2 weeks. Have had sex with my husband. What are the chances of being pregnant?
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Hi I am on the HCG diet and also using birthcontrol ( nuvaring ). my period is 3 days late which is actually very strange since I am very regular, especially with the birthcontrol. what are the chances that I am pregnant? I m scared to take the test bc it might be a false positive. what should I do?
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Hi, I am currently on birth control and I am a Sunday starter. This means I generally have my period on the weekends. I wanted to know if it was safe for me to start my new pack on a Thursday so I would have my period during the week instead of the weekend. Thank you.
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I just found out im 4 weeks pregnant .I have a 8 month old and 2 weeks after i had my 8 month old i had to get an D&C (October 08,2010). And April 15,2011 i had to get my appendix removed and found out i am severely anemic .. I just found out three days ago that i am pregnant and i was also on birth control ( nuvaring ). Do you think i can have...
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i put my nuvaring late had sex with my boyfriend took it out never put back in now i had my period two times this month I had sex on the 13th of may I had already tooken out my nuvaring .put my nuvaring late had unprotectedsex again my boyfriend took out my nuvaring never put it back in again..now I had my period two times this month..now Im sacred
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I stopped taking birth control about 3 months ago and havent had a period since then and have also noticed an increase in my hair sheeding. Is this correlated? And when you stop birth control is the usually a delay before you begin a regular cycle again?
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hi. I was on the the nuvaring and stopped last month. Im just now getting my period a month later, but it looks brownish purple with a little red and i am having a lot of stomach and back pain before today. And I also am very tired like I feel like a drag and like I have to puke throughout the day. Is that normal or am I pregnant?
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