Depo Provera Brain Tumor: Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a contraceptive injection containing the hormone progestin, is widely known by its brand name, Depo-Provera. Administered every three months, it ...

Depo Provera: The Food and Drug Administration approved a label change on Friday for Pfizer’s birth control injection, Depo-Provera, alerting patients to the risk of meningioma, a tumor that develops ...

If you took the warning label that comes with your birth control and tossed it right in the trash, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, every medication comes with a risk of side effects, and those ...

The FDA has approved a label change on the long-acting injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, commonly known as Depo-Provera, to warn users of a potential risk of meningioma. The ...

Jul 24, 2025, 7:00 AM ETPfizer Inc. (PFE), PFE:CA Mahyar Etminan, one of the authors of ‘the Frey study’, said: “Given the elevated risk of meningioma with medroxyprogesterone, women may opt to ...

The FDA approved a label change for Pfizer’s birth control injection Depo-Provera on Dec. 13, adding a warning about the risk of meningioma — a brain tumor — to two versions of the drug. The update ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study has found the contraceptive injection increases risk of brain tumours, as ITV News' Cari Davies reports There is a small ...