Many professionals report awareness, but few actively prescribe the self-administered injectable contraceptive DMPA.

A new study shows many doctors do not offer self-injected birth control, even though it is safe and effective.

In my adolescent family planning clinic, we often prescribe DMPA to adolescents who cannot remember to take their oral contraceptive pills and to those who want the convenience of less menstrual ...

Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA; Depo-Provera®, Merck & Co., Inc., NJ, USA) is a very safe and effective method of birth control that can be used by virtually every woman. However, DMPA has ...

“Since most physicians don’t know that this is an option, patients don’t know about it. It’s safe, effective, and puts the control in patients’ own hands. We should be talking about and offering it to ...