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- Title
The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol for the termination of pregnancy
- Authors
Faúndes, Anibal; Faúndes, Anibal; FIGO Working Group on Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences; International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Abstract
Abstract: The combination of 200mg of mifepristone followed by 25μg to 800μg (depending on gestational age) of misoprostol has been shown to be effective for the termination of pregnancy throughout gestation. The dose of misoprostol should be reduced as gestational age increases. Mifepristone is not indicated for induction of labor with a live fetus because there are no data to confirm that it does not have a possible deleterious fetal effect. The course of treatment and prerequisites for medical abortion and recommended mifepristone and misoprostol regimens for different gestational ages are described, along with the side effects, management of complications, and postabortion care. The use of the mifepristone–misoprostol combination regimen for induction of labor in cases of fetal death is also described.
- Subjects
MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; ABORTION; GESTATIONAL age; FETAL death; ABORTIFACIENTS; COMBINATION drug therapy; DRUG side effects; INDUCED labor (Obstetrics); PERINATAL death; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2011, Vol 115, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.07.013