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 label revision follows emerging evidence linking long-term use of Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) to a higher likelihood of developing meningiomas — tumors that, while often benign, can ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the warning label for the Depo-Provera birth control shot to include information about the risk of meningioma brain tumors. The label update is ...

The motion cites 22 cases, most in California, filed against brand manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and authorized generic providers. The motion says most of the plaintiffs will be in Massachusetts or ...

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers of the Northern District of Florida is overseeing more than 400 lawsuits alleging that Depo-Provera, an injectable birth control, has caused non-malignant brain ...

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 ...

When many women turned to Depo-Provera as a convenient birth control option, they had no idea it might carry life-altering risks. After years of injections, some began experiencing troubling symptoms ...

-- Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), manufacturer of contraceptive injection Depo-Provera (DMPA), is facing a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL No. 3140) in the USA being brought on ...

Advertisements on the TV news lately have been citing a 2004 lawsuit against Pfizer (where have I heard that name?) over potentially causing a form of brain cancer with its readily available ...