Meningioma related to the birth control shot.
The medicines agency (ANSM) urges affected women to seek medical advice if they develop suggestive symptoms, such as persistent headaches, visual disturbances or memory loss.
They say more should be done to inform patients of the risks of what they're taking
Cheryl Donnelly, 48, from Bishopbriggs, developed a meningioma - a non-cancerous brain tumour - after taking the drug for 15 years.
WHEN Carole Bianchi began suffering agonising headaches which left her bedridden for several days at a time, baffled doctors initially struggled to...
WHEN Carole Bianchi began suffering agonising headaches which left her bedridden for several days at a time, baffled doctors initially struggled to...
Shona Gilmour, from Dundee, took Depo-Provera for 23 years and only came off the drug three months ago when she made the chilling link between the shot and meningiomas.
"I was terrified," Sarah Watson, a 30-year-old mother of two, told Newsweek.
Sonja Ferrier, from Dundee, has joined a group of 160 women in Scotland who are currently seeking damages against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health
A landlady claims that her contraceptive jab led to a brain tumour and long term impacts on her health