Women injected with the Depo-Provera birth control shot are more than five-times more likely to be diagnosed with a type of brain tumors known as meningioma, according to a recent study. Several ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting pregnant on Depo-Provera is rare but possible, so it’s important to be aware of pregnancy signs. Depo-Provera can mimic pregnancy symptoms, which may make it hard to know if you are pregnant.

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 ...

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is facing an increasing number of lawsuits in the U.S. over its alleged failure to warn that its Depo-Provera contraceptive injection for women can cause a brain tumor called ...

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 ...

"It could be big. I think it could be as big as some of the others we've gotten here," Anapol Weiss shareholder Kila Baldwin said. In March, neurosurgeons and researchers in France published a large ...

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 ...