Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) can prevent pregnancy for up to three months, and is available in a form that can be ...

Thousands of women are now suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over claims its popular birth control injection left them with ...

The FDA approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain tumor called ...

A new study shows many doctors do not offer self-injected birth control, even though it is safe and effective.

“Since most physicians don’t know that this is an option, patients don’t know about it. It’s safe, effective, and puts the ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been available in the United States for more than two decades, yet a new ...

A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long ...

Pfizer’s battle over the safety label for its birth control injection has finally come to a close. The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recent studies how found evidence that Depo-Provera massively increases the risk of developing brain tumors even after women ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...