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A member asked:

The area on my skin where i got the depo-provera shot is starting to itch?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Depo-Provera: That is a common side effect.

Answered 5/8/2015

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I got the Depo-Provera shot yesterday, my arm is realy sore and burnng at injection site also a hard lump under the skin around injection site. Is this normal?

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So my left breast has been itching and bothering me, I dont know if it has to do with me feeling sick from a withdrawl from Depo Provera or what. I took a look at my breast today and there was a dark spot in my nipple... What could this be??

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Have you ever heard of a skin condition appearing 4 months after a Depo-Provera injection but at the injection site? it is pink and the skin feels "thinner"

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Would the rod (birth control) mess with your pierod or stop it? Two of my friends had one of the one they put in your skin not this one or the Depo-Provera but somthing else an they both had there's for 3 months straight

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Pregnant? I am on the Depo-Provera have been since i was in middle school. Im 20. Boobs hurt, darker skin, no period, peeing a lot, cramps all over body, weight ga

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