How Effective Is Misoprostol Alone for Medication Abortion?

H Moseson, R Jayaweera, SE Baum, C Gerdts - NEJM evidence, 2024 - evidence.nejm.org
With recent severe restrictions to abortion accessibility in the United States and a pending
Supreme Court case challenging the Food and Drug Administration's approval of …

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 …

THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANDING PROVISION OF MISOPROSTOL-ONLY ABORTIONS BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHARMACISTS: A LEGAL ANALYSIS

N Dasari, S Baum, J Schultz, C Gerdts - Contraception, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Recent lawsuits have challenged FDA approval and the continued availability of
the medication mifepristone for abortion care in the US. Whatever the outcome of these …

Clinical Outcomes of Medication Abortion Using Misoprostol Alone or with Mifepristone: A Retrospective Chart Review at a Clinic in the United States

T Shochet, EG Raymond, M Grant, K Boyd… - Contraception, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Although prior research has shown that misoprostol is more effective for
medication abortion when used with mifepristone rather than as a single agent, mifepristone …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences with misoprostol-only used for self-managed abortion and acquired from an online or retail pharmacy in the United States

DM Johnson, S Ramaswamy, R Gomperts - Contraception, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to understand individual experiences with medication abortion
using misoprostol-only among people living in the United States. Study design We …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of outcomes before and after Ohio's law mandating use of the FDA-approved protocol for medication abortion: a retrospective cohort study

UD Upadhyay, NE Johns, SL Combellick… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background In February 2011, an Ohio law took effect mandating use of the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved protocol for mifepristone, which is used with …

If we can do it for misoprostol, why not for mifepristone? The case for taking mifepristone out of the office in medical abortion

M Gold, E Chong - Contraception, 2015 - Elsevier
Given the highly political nature of abortion in the United States, the provision of medical
abortion with mifepristone (Mifeprex®) and misoprostol has always occurred under a unique …

[PDF][PDF] Mifepristone+ misoprostol vs. misoprostol alone for early medical abortion

MH Park - Contraception, 2011 - academia.edu
Ngoc et al.[1], in their double-blind randomized placebocontrolled trial, show that
mifepristone+ misoprostol is more efficacious than misoprostol-only for early medical …

Comparing two early medical abortion regimens: mifepristone+ misoprostol vs. misoprostol alone

NTN Ngoc, J Blum, S Raghavan, NTB Nga, R Dabash… - Contraception, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nonsurgical abortion methods have the potential to improve access to high-
quality abortion care. Until recently, availability and utilization of mifepristone medical …

Medical management of abortion, 2018

World Health Organization - 2018 - clacaidigital.info
Recommendations for the use of mifepristone and misoprostol for inducing abortion and for
managing incomplete abortion are contained within the 2012 WHO guideline Safe abortion …