Use of Mifepristone and Sublingual Misoprostol for Early Medical Abortion

• Main Authors: Mau Lin (Author), Yiu-Tai Li (Author), Fu-Min Chen (Author), Shu-Fang Wu (Author), Ching-Wan Tsai (Author), Tien-Hui Chen (Author), Tsung-Cheng Kuo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Existing drug-induced abortion techniques involve oral administration of 200 mg of mifepristone, followed by oral administration of 600 mg of misoprostol 48 hours later, but the effects are variable. As revealed by recent research, sublingual and oral administrations of misoprostol are eq...