The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

The FDA approved a label update Friday for Pfizer's Depo-Provera birth control shot warning of meningioma—a brain tumor in the lining—after studies dating back to 1983 linked high-dose progestin to ...

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 ...

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FDA adds brain tumor warning to Depo-Provera label for Pfizer’s birth control injections after studies link the drug to meningioma risk.

The Singleton Schreiber Law Firm is seeking individuals who developed potentially life-altering brain tumors as a result of using a popular birth control injection. Singleton Schreiber says the ...

Some women report "nightmare" symptoms when stopping birth control injections. Oct. 26, 2009— -- For 15 years, Kae Guardi loved her Depo-Provera, taking injections of the synthetic birth control ...

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, ...