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2. Mifepristone - Wikipedia

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   Mifepristone, and also known by its developmental code name RU-486, is a drug typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy. [8] This combination is 97% effective [ 9 ] during the first 63 days (9 weeks) of pregnancy , yet effective in the second trimester as well.

3. What is mifepristone? The widely used pill in the abortion ...

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   Studies show it is as safe to use as common over-the-counter pain relievers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and the protocol for medication abortion is used in more than 60 other countries.

4. Antiglucocorticoid - Wikipedia

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   Antiglucocorticoid drugs are a class of medications that act to reduce the effects of glucocorticoids, primarily cortisol, in the body. [1] They include direct glucocorticoid receptor antagonists such as mifepristone and synthesis inhibitors such as metyrapone, ketoconazole, and aminoglutethimide. They are used to treat Cushing's syndrome. [2]

5. Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court ...

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   The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 as a safe and effective way to end early pregnancies. There are rare occasions when mifepristone can cause dangerous, excessive bleeding that requires ...

6. After the high court decision, what's next for mifepristone?

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   After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to maintain access the abortion pill mifepristone, physicians will be able to keep prescribing the drug as a lower court case on its FDA approval moves ...

7. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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   The mifepristone-misoprostol combination is, by far, the most recommended drug regimen for medical abortions, but other drug combinations are available. Misoprostol alone, without mifepristone, may be used in some circumstances for medical abortion, and has even been demonstrated to be successful in the second trimester. [ 37 ]