A new study has linked a type of injectable birth control with meningioma. The manufacturer says the claims are “without ...

A well-known injectable birth control method is under fire after multiple studies linked it to a specific kind of brain tumor, and now, lawsuits are piling up against the drugmaker. […] The post ...

A new study allegedly discovered that women using a specific form of birth control had a "significantly higher risk" of ...

Medroxyprogesterone acetate injection is approved by Drug Regulatory Authorities as sustained female contraceptive. It is injected deep into large muscle mass, preferably gluteal muscle, with dosing ...

The hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate are the most effective at reducing hot flushes, a common side-effect in men being treated with hormone therapy for ...

On Thursday in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a panel of top experts to reassess the ...

Use of the injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), common in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa with high HIV-1 prevalence, is associated with suppression of the immune ...

Sixty patients were entered (thalidomide:medroxyprogesterone = 29:31; median age, 59 [thalidomide], 60 [medroxyprogesterone]; No. of patients assessable for response, 22 [thalidomide], 26 ...

New research suggests that use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate may be associated with an increased risk for fracture in women, particularly in those with longer treatment duration and ...