Mifepristone is a US Food and Dr*g Administration-approved drug that has been proven safe and effective for more than two decades.
Pro-abortion lawsuit claims that the drug is not safe and that the FDA did not study it enough to approve it.
Together with misoprostol, mifepristone is one of the drugs used for medical abortion, as opposed to surgery.
Mifepristone is sold under the brand names Mifeprex and Corlim, sometimes referred to as RU 486.
Here are some key things to know:
How mifepristone works: Mifepristone blocks a hormone called progesterone that helps the body maintain the inside of the uterus so that the pregnancy can continue. A healthy uterine lining is what supports a fertilized egg, embryo, and fetus.
Without progesterone, the uterus will push its contents out.
A woman having a medical abortion takes mifepristone and then, 24 to 48 hours later, takes misoprostol. This drug helps to empty the uterus with heavy bleeding and muscle contractions.
Medicines can be taken as soon as someone knows they are pregnant and up to 70 days or less from the first day of their pregnancy. Last period.
This method is effective in 99.6% of cases in case of termination of pregnancy. studies show.
How safe is mifepristone? Hundreds of studies and 23 years of approved use have shown that mifepristone is highly effective. safe and efficient according to To 12 of the most Dear medical associations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association, which signed the amicus protocol in the Texas case.
This abortion drug combination is also available in more than 60 other countries.
Since its approval in the US in 2000, for every million people who took mifepristone, there were 5 deaths associated with it. US Food and Dr*g Administration. This means that the mortality rate is 0.0005%.
According to studies, the safety of mifepristone is on par with that of common over-the-counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
Data analyzed by CNN shows that mifepristone is even safer than some of the most common prescription drugs. Risk of death from penicillin antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, for example, four times more than mifepristone. The risk of death after taking Viagra, used to treat erectile dysfunction, is almost 10 times higher.
Side effects of mifepristone: Doctors say mifepristone usually doesn’t have many side effects, but like any medication, they can be short-lived.
Side effects of mifepristone may include dizziness, weakness, vomiting, headache, diarrhea, nausea, and fever or chills. according to FDA.
Serious side effects such as blood loss, hospitalization, or serious infection are “extremely rare” and occur in less than 0.3% of patients, according to an amicus report from medical associations.
How often is mifepristone used? The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is the most common abortion method in the US.
Preliminary data published in February 2022 Guttmacher InstituteA research and policy organization dedicated to sexual and reproductive health and supporting the right to abortion has shown that medical abortion accounts for 53% of all abortions in the United States.
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