Ortho cyclen-21 side effects, by duration, gender and age (a phase IV clinical study of FDA data)

female:

1. Drug exposure during pregnancy
2. Abdominal pain
3. Accidental exposure
4. Affect lability (emotional incontinence)
5. Affective disorder (mental disorder)
6. Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
7. Anaemia (lack of blood)
8. Angle closure glaucoma (term used for several ocular diseases that ultimately result in increased intraocular pressure (iop) and decreased visual acuity)
9. Aphasia (damage to the parts of the brain that control language)
10. Atrioventricular block second degree (heart block second degree)

male:

n/a

0-1:

n/a

2-9:

n/a

10-19:

1. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
2. Pelvic venous thrombosis (blood clot occurring inside a blood vessel and thromboses (dvts) that form in the deep veins of the legs or in the pelvic veins)

20-29:

1. Adjustment disorder
2. Abdominal pain
3. Colitis ulcerative (inflammation of colon with ulcer)
4. Drug exposure during pregnancy
5. Abortion spontaneous (naturally occurring miscarriage)
6. Affect lability (emotional incontinence)
7. Affective disorder (mental disorder)
8. Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
9. Anaemia (lack of blood)
10. Angle closure glaucoma (term used for several ocular diseases that ultimately result in increased intraocular pressure (iop) and decreased visual acuity)

30-39:

1. Accident
2. Acne (skin problems that cause pimples)
3. Confusional state
4. Constipation
5. Cough
6. Deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in a major vein that usually develops in the legs and/or pelvis)
7. Dermatitis bullous (inflammation of the skin characterized by the presence of bullae which are filled with fluid)
8. Flatulence (flatus expelled through the anus)
9. Hypertrichosis (hair growth on the body in an amount considered abnormal)
10. Oedema peripheral (superficial swelling)

40-49:

1. Asthma
2. Abdominal pain
3. Menorrhagia (an abnormally heavy bleeding and prolonged menstrual period at regular intervals)
4. Menstruation delayed (late menstruation cycle)
5. Pulmonary embolism (blockage of the main artery of the lung)

50-59:

n/a

60+:

n/a

< 1 month:

n/a

1 - 6 months:

1. Aphasia (damage to the parts of the brain that control language)

6 - 12 months:

n/a

1 - 2 years:

n/a

2 - 5 years:

n/a

5 - 10 years:

n/a

10+ years:

n/a

not specified:

1. Drug exposure during pregnancy
2. Abortion spontaneous (naturally occurring miscarriage)
3. Accident
4. Accidental exposure
5. Affect lability (emotional incontinence)
6. Affective disorder (mental disorder)
7. Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
8. Anaemia (lack of blood)
9. Angle closure glaucoma (term used for several ocular diseases that ultimately result in increased intraocular pressure (iop) and decreased visual acuity)
10. Atrioventricular block second degree (heart block second degree)