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10846336

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Misoprostol shows promise for early termination of pregnancy. The drug is widely available, inexpensive, and easy to administer. Current evidence on the efficacy of potential regimens for early abortion, though, is hard to decipher and often contradictory. Research on a safe, effective, acceptable regimen of misoprostol alone for early abortion is underway. Available data show a wide range in efficacy of various regimens, and additional research is needed to understand this variability. A framework for additional research on misoprostol alone for medical abortion is presented with a focus on the need to evaluate benefits and risks of new regimens in the context of women's options for termination of pregnancy. We discuss the potential usefulness of a regimen with less efficacy than approved medical abortifacients. Research is needed as well on women's ability to self-diagnose incomplete abortion or ongoing pregnancy and the potential for misoprostol to be used as treatment for incomplete abortion in order to evaluate the benefits and risks of misoprostol-alone regimens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0098-8421
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Misoprostol alone--a new method of medical abortion?
pubmed:affiliation
Population Council, New York City, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article