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A member asked:

I'm on the depo and have a lot of symptoms of being pregnant does the depo give you same kind of effects?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Depo shot: Depo shot is an effective contraceptive because it slowly releases a hormone into your blood stream so your ovaries "think" you're pregnant and don't release a new egg. The rest of your body, being bathed in the relatively high levels of a progesterone, feels like it's pregnant! Voilà!

Answered 7/9/2016

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