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...RU-486 is more popular just because more people know about it, but medical abortions [using other drugs] aren't a new thing," she said...
Before the approval of RU-486, she said, Planned Parenthood received around four appointments a week for medical abortions using methotrexate and misopristol...
With this pre-RU-486 method, methotrexate was administered through an injection in the thigh and the patient deposited misopristol tablets into the vagina 48 hours later, inducing a miscarriage...
...Planned Parenthood representative said the RU-486 treatment works more quickly and is more effective than methotrexate...
However, she said the clinic still receives only 9 to 12 appointments for RU-486 treatments each week as opposed to 150 for surgical abortions...