Provera

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Use

medroxyprogesterone

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• Depo-Provera is an injectable medicine that prevents pregnancy for up to 3 months with each injection ("shot").
• What is Depo Provera? Depo Provera is an injection of synthetic progesterone similar to one of the hormones made by a woman’s ovaries.
• Depo-Provera is extremely effective.
• Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal birth control that only needs to be administered four times a year.
• The common brand name for the DMPA shot is Depo-Provera.
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