What is the birth control shot? The depo shot (AKA Depo-Provera) is an injection you get once every 3 months. It’s a safe, convenient, and private birth control method that works really well if you always get it on time. I got my first depo shot the 8th of this month 3 days later i had unprotected sex. And now i'm having side and lower abdominal pains something like what u get when u are pregnant. Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo Provera and Depo-subQ Provera 104, recommends that all women wishing to start Depo Provera should have a physical examination that includes a blood pressure check, examination of the breasts, abdomen, and pelvic organs, pap smear, and any relevant blood work. I have researched so many things but I just came across a site that said the depo provera shot could cause vitamin b-12 deficiency. And vitamin b-12 deficiency would cause all of my symptoms. Explains the medication medroxyprogesterone (Provera, Cycrin, Depo-Provera, Deop-Sub Q Provera 104), a drug used used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding, contraception, and for treating endometrial or renal cancer. Some women report withdrawal symptoms after stopping Depo-Provera, a progesterone-only contraceptive method that is injected quarterly. Depo-Provera is the brand name of the drug medroxyprogesterone, which is an injection used to prevent pregnancy. A form of this medication may also be used to treat endometriosis (a condition. Depo-Provera is a hormone (progestin) that is injected by a health care professional into the woman's buttocks or arm muscle every three months (pregnancy prevention begins 24 hours after injection). Can anyone tell me what ICD-10 code you would when a patient comes in for a depo provera injection? Thanks, Jennifer Depo-SubQ Provera 104 contains medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), a derivative of progesterone, as its active ingredient. Medroxyprogesterone acetate is active by the parenteral and oral routes of administration.