Wonderful This medicine has been life-changing for me. I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries at age 17 and have struggled with it now for almost 20 years. I have had chronic cystic acne since my teenage years, as well as an oily scalp, and hursuitism. I have had to tweeze chin hairs on a daily basis.

A year and a half ago I was put on spironolactone. The cystic acne has completely gone away, my scalp is no longer excessivley oily, and I have found my moods to be a lot more grounded. Plus, my chin hairs have decreased to the point where I only have to tweeze about once every 10 days.
I also believe it has helped even out my food cravings. In a nutshell: I feel (almost!) normal now. Better than I have in years.

I stopped taking spironolactone for about 3 months when my prescription ran out and I never called my doctor for a refill. My cystic acne came came with a vengeance in about six weeks, the hairs came back, and I was getting terrible food cravings. I started again about I will never stop taking spironolactone again, if I can help it. I think that it should be every doctor's protocol to prescribe it for those with PCOS. ( I was prescribed it only after going to my doctor for acne medicine to prepare for my wedding. If I had not specifically requested acne medicine, despite my having PCOS, hursuitism, and elevated testosterone, I would have never been prescribed the medicine.)

Since being on this med, I have experienced leg and feet pain. Having problem sleeping at night because of the pain. Has anyone else experienced this problem? It has lowered blood pressure, but the pain is getting to be a problem.

Once I hit 30, I started noticing cystic acne, which were huge, painful and took a long time to go away. I also suffered from hyper pigmentation, so these little buggers around my chin and the sides of my face left me dark scars. I spent alot of money, going to the dermatologist for accutane, laser and antibiotics. I'm 37 now & it got really bad that I couldn't even cover it up with makeup bcuz they're just too many and too bumpy. About a month ago, I started reading up on aldactone. 2 weeks ago, I started taking saw palmetto and noticed that the bumps were going away. I did this in preparation of aldactone, which I started taking about a week ago and I have NO NEW BUMPS - I can really get used to this!!! The first couple of days, I did go to the bathroom alot. I'm taking 25mg in the AM, and 25 mg in the PM. Where has this drug been? So happy and can't wait for the hyperpigmentation to go away, which I am treating with Tazorac.

My Great Help I have almost every classic symptom of PCOS. Within a couple of days of starting Aldactone, my scalp wasn't oily anymore and the cystic acne on my face stopped, which has helped with my self-esteem. The only side effect I've had is urinating in the middle of the night (especially the week before my period).

made stomach shape round in appearance. is this one of the side effect also would not keep it at same pressure chaged med in march first

It did help my acne and hair loss. At the same time it game me continuos mild cramps and mild nausea, also constant thirst, but what I can not tolerate is the over size of my breast, two cups over I think and super tender, and weight gain too much. I already had enough boobs., too bad. I only use it for three months, two weeks two pills a day and then four pills a day. After my boobs and weight have receeded I hope here soon, I may talk to doctor to try again later on, only a low dosage. Other people may have a better time so I recommend.

I suffered with acne all of my early teen years and into my mid 20's. I tried everything from creams to acutane and nothing worked. I would get below the skin pimples that would creat huge red bumps that woudl last for weeks at a time. I finally went to a wondeful dermatologist who thought I had a hormone problem. Sure enough I did. She prescribed me 50 mg twice a day...I was on this dosage for about 3 years and it cleared up my skin beautifully.After the 3 years, I tried to ween my self off of aldactone This worked at first but eventually my acne came roaring back. I recently went to a new dermatologist and she prescribed me 100mg once per day and I can say I am here to stay. My skin looks the best it ever has and I have lost a few lbs too! I would highly recommend this product to anyone that is suffering from acne. No one should suffer with acne. Good Luck :)

I never suffered acne as a teenager, but cystic acne hit hard in my late 20s. I tried everything - I even tried Accutane, but got seriously depressed for the first time in my life and dropped it. I've been on Aldactone for several years and it has worked great for me. I still have a few outbreaks around my period, but nothing like what I used to suffer.

I have struggled with acne most of my teenage years and was still having acne in my 30s. This condition has been the worst ordeal I've had to deal with in my life. At some point I was so depressed because everything I was using seemed hopeless. At some point I didn't even want to leave my house because I was so embarassed. I've used retin A, differen, various antibiotics and none of it worked. One day I went for follow up and one of the residents looked at my face and said "your acne seems hormonal, I'd like to try this drug, try it and see how it works". He prescribed 50mg BID. I'm also on yaz and my face has been cleared for over a year now. I feel blessed everyday and thank God I saw that doctor who finally decided to put me on it because nothing has ever worked so great form my face. I now go to work daily w/out any make up on and not ashame of it. I'm once again happy in my life.

I have had to run all over to get skin cleaned up. Some times twice a month to get cyst openned drained. Lived on anti b's/creams/diet Nothing worked for years had injections in cyst, had bad acne scars on face & body. Now I am on Aldactone 50mg, benzaclin, minocyclin. I backed off on the anti do not get me wrong needed to use anti b's six months to get rid of what I had. Then I saw it work wow!!!. My Chin hairs slowed down pluck every day,, scalps cleared up, my back and chest uderarms all gone cytic acne cleared up. Be sure you are on birth-C be careful of your electrolite in-take. warnning aldactone got bad GI infection very sick b/c of lack electrolites. I drink 2 cups pedia light with meds every day helps keeps things working. Gas,blooting, diaheria call MD asap get you blood tested. It cost up front but the amount I have put out for years to not get zits Well this was worth every dime see skin I tought I would never have. with out all the products md vists.

I am 52 years old and have suffered from acne my whole life. It was really bad in my teens and 20's. I've tried several antibiotics and topical treatments. The antibiotics did nothing and most of the topicals were too harsh for my sensitive skin. The only time in my life that my skin was clear was when I was on the pill and when I was pregnant with my daughter. I have the deep cyst-like pimples mainly on my jaw area and upper neck. They would take weeks to clear up. I have been on Spironolactone for 9 months. Within the first 4 weeks, my skin completely cleared up and it has not come back. I started out on 100mg/day but now am on 50 mg/day. I may have one pimple during pre-menstrual week but it is not a cyst and goes away in days instead of weeks. The only side effects I experienced were frequent urination and delay in start of period, but both of these lasted only 2 months. I would recommend this medication to anyone with acne, especially hormonal acne.

Good experience Along with Metformin,cycles became regular. Noticed decrease in facial hair and acne. No side effects except I notice increased urination over night and in the morning but not excessive.