The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

The FDA has approved a label change on the long-acting injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, commonly known as Depo-Provera, to warn users of a potential risk of meningioma. The ...

If you took the warning label that comes with your birth control and tossed it right in the trash, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, every medication comes with a risk of side effects, and those ...

Depo-Provera is another progestin-only birth control method. It is an injection that protects against pregnancy for 3 months. Although Depo-Provera has been available for years in over 90 other ...

The costs of an intracranial meningioma diagnosis can be substantial. Not only can this diagnosis lead to a lifetime of medical bills and other costs, but it can drastically reduce patients’ quality ...

Lawsuits filed by women who used the Depo-Provera birth control shot and were later diagnosed with meningioma brain tumors continue to grow in number across the United States. Federal cases have been ...

"My tumour has left me constantly fatigued, I'll never have the same energy levels as I used to." ...