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Labor induction is the process or treatment that stimulates childbirth and delivery. Inducing (starting) labor can be accomplished with pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical methods. In Western countries, it is estimated that one-quarter of pregnant women have their labor medically induced with drug treatment. [1]
Common side effects of carbetocin include vomiting, fever, and hypertension- similar side effect profile to that of oxytocin. [10] Both carbetocin and oxytocin are listed on the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List. [10] Demoxytocin is another analog of oxytocin which is also used to induce labor.
An intravenous infusion of oxytocin is used to induce labor and to support labor in case of slow childbirth if the oxytocin challenge test fails. Whether a high dose is better than a standard dose for labor induction is unclear. It has largely replaced ergometrine as the principal agent to increase uterine tone in acute postpartum hemorrhage.
Contraindications to a medication are any reasons to not use the drug. Prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2) is used to induce labor and should not be used in people that are contraindicated to give birth vaginally or spontaneous labor. [25] PGE 2 should not be used in people with allergies to prostaglandins or any components in the drugs formulations. [4]
Yahoo Life asked doctors to weigh in on natural ways for pregnant women to start labor and whether they're fact or myth. Can you induce labor at home? 7 common myths about kick-starting labor, and ...
A spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) occurs when a pregnant woman goes into labor without the use of drugs or techniques to induce labor and delivers their baby without forceps, vacuum extraction, or a cesarean section. [1] An induced vaginal delivery is a delivery involving labor induction, where drugs or manual techniques are used to initiate ...
Researchers randomly assigned 1,801 healthy women who were 41 weeks pregnant either to have labor induced or to receive so-called expectant management, with an induction if needed by 42 weeks.
First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor ...