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Virginia Beach, VA

I just received my first depo shot this month and have since developed an itchy skin rash on my back, neck, chest, stomach, under my breasts and on the backs of my legs. It's really itchy and I have ended up causing myself to bleed due to the scratching. I have tried taking an antihistamine but the rash is not going away.

I looked up the side effects of the depo shot, but a skin rash is not mentioned.

Anyone else have this problem?

March 28, 2016
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A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

I never got a rash from depo, but i developed horrible rashes from lupron. So it is highly possible its from the shot

March 28, 2016
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

yes ive had the same issues ..omg

December 4, 2022
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

Im mad im just seeing this.. ive been on depo shot for 3 years .. earlier this year i started breaking out a few weeks after i had went in for a shot ..omg itchy rash that comes with water filled bumps all over i was losing my mind..started on my back then was all over my entire body..then i started having a reaction in the palm n bottom of my feet as well they get swollen starts to strip n get little red rashes on them to the point where i couldnt use my hand to do anything they would burn so much ..took me months to find out it was the birth control that was doing all this to me.. currently off the shot n getting better now..whats odd is it took years for my body to start reacting to this damn medicine..

December 4, 2022
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

I know this was left 3 years ago but this is the only review of this drug that I have found including a rash, I am desperate for a response. I got my first depo shot 5 days after my baby was born, 2 months ago and I have a full body rash, it started on my hip and spread to my breasts then my legs, arms, back, stomach, neck, everywhere but my face. Did you ever find any relief from your rash? Was there something the doctor could give you? I'm am desperate, the itching never stops and I am covered in scabs and bruises on my already crappy post pregnancy body. I can't sleep because of the itching, nothing helps. I won't get another shot but I was just wondering what happened with you? How long after you stopped the medicine did the rash hang around? I'm losing my mind, please respond.

February 12, 2019

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