Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the ...

A new study linked birth control to an unusual risk of brain tumors.

Pfizer’s battle over the safety label for its birth control injection has finally come to a close. The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning ...

Doctors said the meningiomas could be linked to the woman using the contraceptive injections — which she had been receiving regularly for 21 years, in order to avoid getting monthly periods "I'd take ...

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 ...

DMPA is available in two injectable forms: an intramuscular injection, marketed under the name Depo Provera, that can only be administered by a provider, and one that is injected just under the skin.

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 known as meningiomas.

The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of ...

When Lindsey Boynton was offered the option to give herself her birth control shot at home, she was surprised the option even existed. The method — self-injected subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone ...