by meizzjburks56 on July 27th, 2005

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What is in the Depo-Provera injection that causes weight gain?

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  • by lynnenorth on March 18th, 2006

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    Estrogen binds to specific receptors on the surface of adipocytes (fat cells) which tells them to grow and divide, so you end up with more fat cells in response to a heavy-duty burst of estrogen.

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