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

The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning label for Depo-Provera — Pfizer’s birth control injection that has been a subject of controversy as ...

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 ...

While there are many forms of birth control that use progestin, "no increased meningioma risk has been found with combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, progestin-only pills, or subdermal ...

The FDA approved a label change for the birth control shot depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera), which now warns about the risk of meningioma, according to a letter posted on the agency ...

Yaz, Yasmin and other newer birth control pills will soon be bearing warning labels that detail the potential risk of blood clot risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday ...