"i&#039;m not sure if i would recommend this birth control before others to someone else, but it worked great for me for seven plus years. mind you, i was told by my endocrinologist that my gp should have never allowed me to stay on this bc because of the side effects of losing bone density mass - because of this i now have osteopenia at age 29. why rate it an 8? because other then this (which i am now &quot;fixing&quot; with weight lifting and calcium/mag supps) i never had any issues with the depo. i didn&#039;t have to remember a pill and had no side effects from it. because of this, i would recommend it. i took it for convenience but my bone density suffered because of it."