Pfizer Sued as Study Shows Depo-Provera Birth Control Drug May Cause Brain Tumors

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by Carolyn Hendler, JD

According to a California lawsuit, Depo-Provera, a birth control injection may cause or substantially contribute to brain tumors. Kristen Schmidt has filed a lawsuit alleging that Pfizer, Viatris, Greenstone, Prasco Labs and Pharmacia and Upjohn (“Pfizer et al.”) failed to warn consumers that its Depo-Provera contraception and endometriosis medication may cause or substantially contribute to a certain type of brain tumor called intracranial meningioma.¹

Schmidt had been using Depo-Provera for 17 years and suffered side effects ranging from dizziness, vertigo to headaches. In 2022, at the age of 37, she was diagnosed with a grade one and grade two Sylvian fissure meningioma brain tumor.²

The lawsuit contends that Pfizer et al. was aware or should have been aware that its birth control shot could lead to or substantially contribute to the development of brain tumors. However, the drug giant failed to warn consumers about this life-threatening risk.³

The claims against Pfizer et al. include negligence, negligent design defect, negligent failure to warn, breach of express and implied contract, and fraudulent misrepresentation. A jury trial was requested.⁴

Depo-Provera, which is given every three months by injection, contains medroxyprogesterone acetate. The progesterone containing medication acts as birth control by suppressing ovulation and thickening the cervical mucus which should prevent sperm from contacting the egg…