Word: misoprostol
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...Planned Parenthood clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, they are known simply as "the M&M trials" because of the two drugs involved: mifepristone and misoprostol. But the breezy nickname fails to convey either the scientific significance or the social controversy surrounding the U.S. clinical trials of the so-called abortion pill. Although an estimated 150,000 women in Europe have used mifepristone (known there by its brand name, RU 486), the threat of consumer boycotts by antiabortion organizations discouraged Roussel Uclaf, the drug's European manufacturer, from marketing the pills in America. Instead, the company eventually agreed...
...total of 2100 American women will be tested at 12 sites nation-wide using a combination of RU 486 and a drug called misoprostol. The women will be given the same dosage that has been administered to 52,000 women in France...
...more effective when used in conjunction with the drug misoprostol, which helps the uterine lining slough off by inducing muscle contractions...
During the first visit, the woman is given RU 486. Two days later, she is given misoprostol and monitored for four hours. One-half to three-fourths of the abortions occur at this time. A final check-up is made a few weeks later to make sure the abortion was successful...