Depo-Provera Black Box Warning Challenged In Physician Petition
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Two obstetrician/gynecologists argue there is no published clinical evidence that extended use of the injectable contraceptive is harmful; they cite a Pfizer-funded study that found Depo-Provera users already had a higher risk of bone fracture than nonusers and the risk did not increase with use of the drug.
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