Some women believe the birth control shot caused their meningiomas, a tumor that grows from the lining of the brain.

Newsweek spoke to two women who allege a birth control injection caused benign brain tumors, sharing their experiences and its long-term effects.

Nearly a thousand lawsuits have been filed in Florida this year against Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies over a commonly used birth control medication, court records show. Depo-Provera is an ...

CHICAGO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Pfizer has urged a Florida federal judge to dismiss lawsuits claiming its birth control shot Depo-Provera can cause users to develop a type of brain tumor, saying ...

Weight gain is one of the most talked-about side effects of birth control, and one of the biggest concerns for many women considering it. For decades, women have claimed that they gained weight after ...

Studies have linked a type of injectable birth control with meningioma, while the manufacturer says the claims are “without merit” Getty The injectable birth control medroxyprogesterone acetate, which ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study allegedly discovered that women using a specific form of birth control had a "significantly higher risk" of developing a brain tumor. A method of birth control used by ...

A study published on 29 June 2025 in international peer reviewed medical journal Expert Opinion on Drug Safety by Frey et al. has found that use of Pfizer’s Depo-Provera (DMPA) for more than one year ...

Since the beginning of the year, there has been a rise in the number of lawsuits against pharma giant Pfizer over its injectable contraception, Depo-Provera. Consumers have increasingly joined ...

PITTSBURGH, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An observational study1 published in the British Medical Journal found that people who have used progestogen-based hormones, like Depo-Provera®, are at a ...