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Depo-Provera
What is
Depo-Provera?
Is it safe? What are Depo-Provera side effects? Do you have
osteoporosis, low bone density, infertility?
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What is the problem that Depo-Provera lawyers may help you pursue?
Hip fractures,
osteo-related problems, breast cancer, yellowing of the skin
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Who
should your Depo-Provera lawyer hold responsible for osteoporosis,
lack of bone mass density (BMD)?
Patient safety is a public health risk from insufficient warning
labels
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What can you expect your Depo-Provera lawyer to do?
Let Monheit Law file a lawsuit on your
behalf. If you don't win — we don't get paid.
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Depo-Provera FAQs
What
are Depo-Provera side effects? Is osteoporosis an old woman's disease?
Should I contact the Depo-Provera manufacturer about my symptoms?
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Bone Density Claims
In November 1990, a New Zealand women’s health
activist raised concerns about the potential loss of bone density in young women
using Depo-Provera. A red flag was raised after the results of a small New
Zealand study demonstrated that women using the injection for longer than five
years had lost substantial amounts of bone density in the spine and hip,
possibly increasing their risk of developing osteoporosis or thinning of the
bones by 50 percent. The study demonstrated that bone density in
the spine and hip was lower in Depo Provera users than in other women.
Fourteen years later in November 2004, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
issued a “Black Box” warning about the long-term use of Depo Provera stating
that recent research suggested prolonged use of DEPO PROVERA may result in
significant loss of bone density. Now there is renewed focus on stopping Depo Provera.
The loss of bone density (BMD) is a
problem for all women using Depo Provera but the FDA warning states: This loss
of BMD is of particular concern during adolescence and early adulthood, a
critical period of bone accretion. The warning further states that the loss of
bone density is greater the longer the drug is used and it may not be completely
reversible after discontinuation of the drug.
While there is greatest concern over the link between Depo Provera and Osteoporosis, DEPO PROVERA and Breast Cancer Concerns exist as well.
The possibility of a link between Depo Provera and breast cancer was first
considered in the early 1970s, after breast cancers were found in beagles
treated for more than three years with a dose of Depo Provera equivalent to 25
times that of the human contraceptive dose. However, those studies were
eventually discounted because beagles were not appropriate models for
determining what the potential effects of Depo Provera would be on women.
Learn more about the 1991 WHO study of Depo Provera.
Please take the time to answer the questionnaire if you have or had
osteoporosis, osteo-related side effects, or other side effects
from taking Depo Provera and if you are interested in learning more about your
legal rights against Pfizer, Inc. the manufacturer of Depo-Provera. Your inquiry
is appreciated and we will follow up in a timely manner.
NOTICE: As of 8-31-2007, We Are No Longer Accepting New Depo Provera Case Inquiries.
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