A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has identified a link between the contraceptive injection Depo-Provera, manufactured by Pfizer, and an increased risk of meningiomas ...
Depo-Provera is a high-dose injection of a specific synthetic progesterone known as medroxyprogesterone acetate, given to women every three months for contraception. More than a decade ago Donna ...
Depo-Provera, also called Depo-Ralovera, is a high-dose injection of a synthetic progesterone ... Ms Stuart-Clarke took the contraceptive for more than a decade to help stop heavy periods.
Progestin-only oral contraceptives prescribed or dispensed ... levonorgestrel implant, Depo-Provera injection) are not usually recommended before 6 weeks postpartum unless other more appropriate ...
Their client, who received Depo-Provera injections as prescribed ... Depo-Provera was approved for contraceptive use in the United States in 1992, but studies going back to 1983 suggested that ...
Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks.