Medical methods for first trimester abortion

J Zhang, K Zhou, D Shan, X Luo - Cochrane Database of …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Medical abortion became an alternative method of pregnancy termination
following the development of prostaglandins and antiprogesterone in the 1970s and 1980s …

Mifepristone with buccal misoprostol for medical abortion: a systematic review

MJ Chen, MD Creinin - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To summarize clinical outcomes and adverse effects of medical abortion
regimens consisting of mifepristone followed by buccal misoprostol in pregnancies through …

Efficacy of misoprostol alone for first-trimester medical abortion: a systematic review

EG Raymond, MS Harrison… - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To summarize available data on the effectiveness and safety of single-agent
misoprostol for medical abortion in the first trimester. DATA SOURCES: We searched …

Women's self-reported experiences using misoprostol obtained from drug sellers: a prospective cohort study in Lagos State, Nigeria

M Stillman, O Owolabi, AO Fatusi, AI Akinyemi… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This study aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of self-managed
misoprostol abortions obtained outside of the formal health system in Lagos State, Nigeria …

Medical termination for pregnancy in early first trimester (≤ 63 days) using combination of mifepristone and misoprostol or misoprostol alone: a systematic review

FA Abubeker, A Lavelanet, MI Rodriguez, C Kim - BMC women's health, 2020 - Springer
Background A wide range of drugs have been studied for first trimester medical abortion.
Studies evaluating different regimens, including combination mifepristone and misoprostol …

Self‐administered versus provider‐administered medical abortion

K Gambir, C Kim, KA Necastro… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The advent of medical abortion has improved access to safe abortion
procedures. Medical abortion procedures involve either administering mifepristone followed …

Medication abortion with misoprostol-only: a sample protocol

EG Raymond, A Mark, D Grossman, A Beasley… - Contraception, 2023 - Elsevier
Mifepristone approval by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration in 2000
revolutionized abortion care in this country. In 2020, 53% of people having facility-based …

Efficacy and safety of mifepristone–buccal misoprostol for early medical abortion in an Australian clinical setting

P Goldstone, C Walker, K Hawtin - Australian and New Zealand …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background In 2014, a composite pack containing mifepristone‐buccal misoprostol,
indicated for use to 63 days gestation replaced the existing regimen for early medical …

Effectiveness and safety of misoprostol-only for first-trimester medication abortion: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

EG Raymond, MA Weaver, T Shochet - Contraception, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To update our 2019 systematic review of data on the effectiveness and safety of
misoprostol-only for first-trimester abortion. Study design We searched PubMed on 18 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in improving the effectiveness and reducing the complications of abortion

S Cameron - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When conducted in a legal setting and under safe conditions, abortion is an extremely
effective and safe procedure. Tragically, almost half of all abortions that take place in the …