“Depo-Provera increases the risk of developing brain tumors called meningiomas by 5.6 times. These tumors can cause serious disability depending on their size and location. When they grow into critical neurological areas, they may result in hemiparesis, hydrocephalus, seizures, and cognitive decline.”
— Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice and product liability attorney, retired brain injury physician
We represent women who have received four or more injections of Depo-Provera who developed a meningioma (a type of brain tumor).
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“At some point, physicians can be held liable for prescribing Depo-Provera when there are alternative birth control medications that do not cause mutations that lead to brain tumors. The literature on this is clear,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice, Depo-Provera attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, says, “We filed this case because drug […]
“Pfizer, to this day, does not disclose in its warnings that Depo-Provera is mutagenic, despite clear evidence of a dose-dependent increased risk of meningiomas in women injected with the drug for one year or more, and evidence of a specific mutational tendency associated with its use,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national neurological injury attorney. […]
“Progesterone-only contraception is associated with a shorter progression-free survival in premenopausal women with WHO Grade I meningioma,” states D. Ryan Ormond, MD, Ph.D, Neurosurgery, University of Colorado. What does Dr. Ormond say about the continued use of Depo-Provera after meningioma resection, published in the Journal of Neuro-oncology in 2018? “Compared to patients taking combination or […]
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