New Warning on Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection Medical Video by Pharmacy

New Warning on Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection

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The FDA recently announced that a new black-box warning is being added to the labeling for Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection. The warning alerts prescribers that prolonged use may result in loss of bone density. Pfizer, the drug's manufacturer, has also issued a Dear Doctor letter with the same information, and the new information also appears in the patient information sheet. The loss of bone density increases the longer the woman is on the drug and so the black box warning says that ...