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Bone loss related to Depo-Provera reverses after discontinuing therapy. (Prospective Cohort Study).

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Bone loss associated with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate was reversible in a prospective population-based cohort study.

In 183 nonpregnant, reproductive-age users of the injectable contraceptive, which is sold as Depo-Provera, bone density at the spine changed at an annualized mean rate of -0.87%, compared with 0.40% in 274 nonusers. Bone density at the hip changed by -1.12% in users, compared with -0.05% in nonusers, reported. Delia Scholes, Ph.D., and her colleagues at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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