Dr. Hanif warmly welcomes you! Thanks for consulting at my virtual clinic. I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns. Weight gain is a side effect of vestura but not so a major side effect. The others side effects being: Mood swings, mood changes Breast pain or tenderness Irregular menstrual periods Headaches, Nausea, Vomiting, Chills Unexplained tiredness or weakness Abdominal or stomach pain Loss of libido Yellow eyes, pale skin etc etc These are just to list some of the side effects. If you are not sexually active, you should not take contraceptive pills. Try other methods of contraception like barrier contraception (condoms) and the morning after pills. But consult your gynecologist first before changing anything regarding this. Hope I answered all of your questions. In future, if you need further, detailed and quick assistance on any health issue, feel free to click on Ask me a question directly from my profile. Have a wonderful time ahead. Regards! DR. MUHAMMAD M. HANIF USA