As of 2025, lawsuits are now underway against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, filed by women who were diagnosed with meningioma after using the birth control shot. These cases allege that ...
Recent scientific research has revealed that women who used the Depo-Provera birth control shot may be five times more likely to develop a form of brain tumors known as meningioma. Women who were ...
Depo-Provera, a progestin-only contraceptive injection, is effective for preventing pregnancy but carries a warning about potential bone density loss with extended use. Research shows most adults ...
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.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The legal fight over a widely prescribed birth control injection is taking shape right here in Nevada. A woman who claims she developed multiple brain tumors from using Depo-Provera ...
The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...
WESTWEGO, Louisiana — Robin Phillip’s fresh haircut is dyed her favorite color — green. But beneath the dye job is a scar that runs along the side of her head, the result of two craniotomies. For ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo-Provera, requiring its maker, Pfizer, to warn women about links between use of the birth control injection and brain tumors ...
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The mother of a woman who died after taking the Depo-Provera injection is now among hundreds of women in the UK seeking legal ...
The choice of safe and highly effective contraception for women who have special medical conditions can pose tremendous challenges. Viral hepatitis such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public ...
Pfizer site manufacturing heparin active pharmaceutical ingredient. Pfizer is a pharmaceutical biotechnology corporation. U.S. government regulators have approved a new brain tumor warning for ...