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 ...

A study published on 29 June 2025 in international peer reviewed medical journal Expert Opinion on Drug Safety by Frey et al. has found that use of Pfizer’s Depo-Provera (DMPA) for more than one year ...

If you’ve experienced serious side effects after using Depo-Provera, you are not alone. The birth control injection has been linked to a range of adverse health effects, including bone density loss, ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The number of lawsuits filed has tripled to over 1300 since May New US peer-reviewed study adds to body of research ...

Recent research has linked Pfizer’s widely-used Depo-Provera birth control shot to massively increased risk of developing brain tumors — and hundreds of women are suing the pharmaceutical giant over ...

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 ...

Evidence indicates that Depo-Provera can cause specific mutations in women's DNA. Given the availability of alternatives without this known risk, the continued use of the shot difficult to justify.” — ...

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 ...

THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News — 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 ...