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What is the percentage of the depo shot for birth control failing, can the shot cause false positive pregnancy test?
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DMPA: Failure on DMPA is 1 in 200, or about 0.5%. DMPA will never affect pregnancy test in any way. Good wishes.
Answered 7/15/2015
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