Researchers link birth-control shot Depo Provera to memory loss -

Researchers link birth-control shot Depo Provera to memory loss

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Arizona State University researchers have linked birth-control shot Depo Provera to memory loss.

The ASU study connects medroxyprogesterone acetate – also known as MPA, the hormone active in Depo Provera and many widely used menopausal hormone therapies – to impaired memory in rodents.

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