Calif. Federal Lawsuit Alleges Link Between Brain Tumors, Depo-Provera



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  • Complaint


SAN FRANCISCO – A California woman has sued Pfizer Inc. and others, alleging that their hormonal birth control injection Depo-Provera caused her to develop a brain tumor, and that they are aware of the drug’s deadly risks, yet have failed to warn doctors and the public.

An Oct. 1 complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California says the U.S. label for Depo-Provera still makes no mention of the increased risk of brain tumors, even though the European Union and the United Kingdom labels include the warning.

Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) is a prescription progesterone drug …






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