Mifepristone and Oral Misoprostol for Early Medical Abortion

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council

V Shrivastava¹  A Shrivastava² 

[1] Department of Obstretics and Gynecology, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Nepal$$;Kathmandu$$

关键词: medical abortion;    misoprostol;    mifepristone;   

DOI  :  10.3126/jnhrc.v7i2.3021

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Nepal Health Research Council

【 摘 要 】

Background: Combined mifepristone and misoprostol is the best method of medical termination of pregnancy. The study is undertaken to find out the success rate, acceptability, efficacy and patient satisfaction of medical abortion in pregnant women with 49 days of gestation. Methods: The pregnant women with amenorrhea of 49 days or less seeking termination of pregnancy received were studied. The 200 mg of oral mifepristone and followed 48 hours later with 600 microgram of oral misoprostol were given. Results: The success rate with the regime was 47 (94%) and 49 (98%) were satisfied. Weakness 24 (48%), Nausea 10 (20%), diarrhea 12 (25%), needing analgesic 4 (8%) were the side effects of the combined regime. Conclusions: Medical termination of pregnancy with combination of mifepristone and oral misoprostol has a good success rate. The side effect of the regimen in our setup is less and well accepted. Majority of the patient are satisfied with medical termination of pregnancy. Key words: medical abortion; misoprostol; mifepristone DOI: 10.3126/jnhrc.v7i2.3021 Journal of Nepal Health Research Council Vol.7(2) Apr 2009 127-130

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