Not all women who get the birth control shot (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate or Depo-Provera) will gain weight.

However, women who experience a 5% weight gain in the first six months of use are at continued risk for further weight gain that may be excessive. That’s what researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found in their recent study that took a look at weight gain and the birth control shot.
The study found that while the early gainers were in danger of continued, possibly severe weight gain, most women (75% of users) experienced little or no weight gain while …read more