According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2017, 65.3% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the United States use a form of birth control. Of this population, 10.4% ...

Daphne Berryhill is an oncology pharmacist and freelance writer. She loves the collaborative process of creating health content. Her goal as a writer is to offer information that’s meaningful, ...

Common side effects include menstrual disturbances such as absence of periods, abdominal pain, and headaches. MPA was discovered in and was introduced for medical use in the United States in It is an ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

Provera can affect the results of certain lab tests. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use Provera. Side effects are physical, mental or emotional symptoms which occur in ...

If you took the warning label that comes with your birth control and tossed it right in the trash, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, every medication comes with a risk of side effects, and those ...

A TikTok video highlighting the seldom discussed risk of a particular contraceptive has gone viral, with thousands of women reacting in anger. The video, uploaded to TikTok by influencer Morgan Roos, ...