B12 deficiency and Depo Provera?

[Keyja]

Hello all! :smile:

I'm new to the forum (and a 3-week vegan!) and was just reading around about B12 deficiency on here which made me think of a question. (I tried searching for a similar thread, but was unable to find one. )

Does anyone know how the Depo Provera birth control shot effects your B12 intake? I've been contemplating going off it for a little while, and this may make my decision. And I've also read that it is not vegan...?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks guys! <33

[Korn]

Hi Keyja,

I just googled Depo Provera and found this: http://www.birth-control-comparison.info/bcdepo.htm. Depo Provera seems to have a lot of potential side effects, and if it isn't vegan either, I'd just try to find something else...

http://www.steadyhealth.com/how_soon...048_st10.html:

...I did some research on the B-12 shot and diet and found out that Depo neglects you of the B12 and B6 vitamins that is why you always feel drained all the time.

[Keyja]

Thanks for the links Korn. I've been on Depo for about a year or so, and my next shot will be next week. I think it will be my last one.

[Kahdeksantoista]

Hi Keyja, I have been on more contraception than you can shake a stick at (mostly because everything causes depression and a sore chest!). I went on Depo once for only 12 weeks as I got fed up of being on Dianette and no family planning clinics ever having any handy. Did you notice anything different when you went on it? Now I am on nothing and feeling so much better but I am strongly considering an IUD, I assume these are vegan friendly? Maybe a daft question but you never know...

[Keyja]

When I went on Depo, I did notice weight gain (most likely because I ate a lot of cheese!), but other than that, I loved it. I'll be switching back to normal birth control the next time I go in to my doctors appointment. Oh yeah, and since going vegan, I lost all of that Depo weight. Hehe.

And here's a link for you on IUD in case you need some info: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/hea...l/iud-4245.htm

And IUD is vegan friendly. I just don't have the extra money to spend on something like that, and the birth control from local health departments is free! Can't beat that I guess.

[missbettie]

Everyone I personally know thats been on the Depo shot has had cysts. EVERYONE. Which is scary enough for me!! And several people once they go off it that I personally know are having difficult times getting pregnant...And actually my SO's Aunt was on it and she just went through a hysterectomy because she was having so many problems with cysts...

not saying it happens to everyone...but...its enough to make me not go near it.

[Keyja]

That really sucks missbettie.

I'm personally going off of it for calcium reasons. I don't want to have fragile little bones!

[missbettie]

well thats good at least you know what its doing to you and you're not in the dark! its so weird though how many people have issues with it!

[Keyja]

I know! The most prominent side effect was weight gain, which is what the doctors were more concerned about when I would go in for my next shot. I feel like I was one of the lucky ones to not have a ton of problems from this method of birth control.

[Sahj]

Depo is vegan.


"The good news is that Pfizer's Depo-provera, a contraceptive injection, is in the clear (though its other products contain lactose and magnesium stearate)."
http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?catId=7&pageId=971