Misoprostol, marketed as Cytotec, is normally used in conjunction with the abortion pill mifepristone but can be used alone. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

While misoprostol so far hasn’t been subject to the same legal attacks as mifepristone, if misoprostol-only abortions become more common, it’s anticipated anti-abortion advocates will step up ...

The use of mifepristone plus misoprostol vs misoprostol alone was linked to a lower incidence of subsequent procedural management (10.5% vs 14.0%; P = .002) and fewer emergency department visits ...

While the fate of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, plays out in US courts, health-care providers have another drug they can continue to use to offer medication abortion. Misoprostol ...

Misoprostol-only abortions can be more than 93 percent effective with repeated doses, compared to between 50 and 60 percent effectiveness of mifepristone alone, he said.

If mifepristone gets banned, medical abortion works with misoprostol only : Shots - Health News A judge's ruling puts access to the abortion drug mifepristone in limbo, pending further court ...

Mifepristone was developed in the 1980s in France specifically as an abortion drug, and was approved for use in the US in 2000. Misoprostol, however, was developed in the 1970s to treat stomach ...

Misoprostol is already part of the only medication abortion protocol approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but only when taken in combination with mifepristone.

The drug, misoprostol, was not part of a federal judge’s recent ruling invalidating the F.D.A. approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. By Pam Belluck An order by a federal judge in Texas ...

Introducing a misoprostol-only regimen as an alternative for medication abortion and making it more widely accessible than the current mifepristone plus misoprostol regimen would expand choice and ...

Mifepristone can only be prescribed by a certified doctor or pharmacy, McHugh said, as it carries additional requirements from the FDA. Misoprostol, which has many other uses, including ulcer ...

The birth control ingredient name-dropped in Project 2025 is suddenly getting new attention, thanks to research suggesting it could serve as a mifepristone substitute.