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No permanent side effects of contraceptive Dep-Provera; to be introduced in phases: Govt

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New Delhi, March 24 (UNI) The Health Ministry today dismissed apprehension that the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera had any permanent side effect, but said it was not directly going to introduce the drug in the field, but do it in phases.
Replying to supplementary questions in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said the injectable contraceptive would first be introduced in medical colleges, then in community health centres and lastly in primary health centres.
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