Health
What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
Medication abortions in the United States usually involve two different drugs.
Feb 23, 2023
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Health
What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
Medication abortions in the United States usually involve two different drugs.
Mar 15, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone
Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available ...
Apr 8, 2023
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Medications
Drug combination for women suffering miscarriages is cost-effective
A pretreatment medication for women who suffer miscarriages—called mifepristone—is not only more clinically effective when combined with the standard of care drug, but also more cost effective, according to researchers ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First of its kind study seeks to answer whether effects of 'abortion pill' can be reversed
Women who initiate medical abortion but opt to stop in the middle of treatment may be at risk for serious blood loss, a UC Davis Health study finds. Researchers found this is true even for women who use an experimental treatment ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Health
It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
Over the past thirteen years, many Australian women have used the drug mifepristone (RU486) to bring about a medical abortion.
Apr 1, 2019
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Medications
Canada approves abortion pill, joining 60 other countries
Canada has approved the use of the abortion pill mifepristone after three years of tests, the ministry of health said Thursday.
Jul 30, 2015
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Medications
As 'abortion pill' turns 15, debate rages on
Fifteen years after its approval in the United States, the drug mifepristone is used in nearly a quarter of all abortions, a proportion that has grown steadily even as the national abortion rate has fallen to a historic low.
Sep 22, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Adverse events more likely for induced abortion with mifepristone-misoprostol
For women undergoing first-trimester induced abortion (IA), short-term adverse events are more likely among those prescribed mifepristone-misoprostol than procedural IA, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in the ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Medications
Mifepristone efficacious for adenomyosis
For patients with adenomyosis, mifepristone is efficacious and has acceptable tolerability, according to a study published online June 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Jun 14, 2023
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