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 ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2017, 65.3% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the United States use a form of birth control. Of this population, 10.4% ...

The Depo-Provera birth control shot has been linked to an increased risk of a type of brain tumors known as meningiomas. Women who received the Depo shot and were diagnosed with meningioma brain ...

Provera can cause common side effects like headaches and irregular periods. Serious side effects of Provera include jaundice and chest pain. Do not take Provera if you have hormone-sensitive cancers ...

Decades after receiving regular injections of the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera, an estimated 1,300 women are now suing manufacturer Pfizer, alleging the company failed to adequately warn users ...

New US peer-reviewed study adds to body of research confirming link between use of Depo-Provera and increased risk of brain tumours One of the law firms appointed to the Plaintiff’s Executive ...

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WESTWEGO, La. — 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 years, ...

"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 ...

At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, of the Northern District of Florida, told lawyers that although there were now 932 lawsuits filed over Depo-Provera, another 9,571 remained ...