The one-drug regimen is widely viewed as a backup plan if higher courts uphold ... researchers for the Guttmacher Institute found more than 98% were done using both mifepristone and misoprostol.

The current regimen for medicated abortions includes both mifepristone and misoprostol. Mifepristone ends the pregnancy by blocking progesterone, the hormone needed to keep the pregnancy going.

With the two-drug regimen, patients first take mifepristone – which blocks the hormone progesterone – to end the pregnancy. Patients then take misoprostol 24-48 hours later, which causes the ...

If mifepristone loses FDA approval, clinicians who provide abortions will be able to offer either surgical abortions or misoprostol-only abortions, but the new regimen will include extra training ...

Misoprostol, originally developed in 1973, was first marketed as a treatment for gastrointestinal issues. One of its side effects is that it induces miscarriages and in the late 1980s, women in ...

(The FDA-approved regimen of mifepristone followed by misoprostol is about 95 percent effective, but because the new study did not directly compare the ulipristal acetate–misoprostol regimen to ...

A ulipristal-misoprostol medication regimen successfully terminated pregnancies in 97% of women. The findings suggest ulipristal-misoprostol could serve as an alternative to mifepristone.

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 FDA approved mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol for medication abortion in 2000, and "this regimen now constitutes a substantial proportion of abortions in places where mifepristone is ...

The large body of research on the combined regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol has found that serious adverse events—like hemorrhage or sepsis—are very rare across studies, generally far ...

Ulipristal acetate, a treatment for uterine fibroids and an emergency contraceptive, can be used in combination with misoprostol as part of a medication abortion regimen, according to a proof-of ...

Misoprostol and mifepristone do not have potential for addiction or abuse, and are safe and effective forms of treatment for miscarriage management and medication abortion.