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Jill Durocher

Comparison of 400 mcg Buccal and 400 mcg Sublingual Misoprostol After Mifepristone Medical Abortion Through 63 Days’ LMP: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Published
December 1st, 2010
Type
Publication
Topic
Medication Abortion
Authors
Raghavan, S., Comendant, R., Digol, I., Ungureanu, S., Dondiuc, I., Turcanu, S., Winikoff, B.

Contraception; December 1, 2010; Vol. 82(6);513-519; doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2010.05.013

This article reports on two oral routes of misoprostol followed by mifepristone for early medical abortion. The results show that a 400 mcg dose of misoprostol delivered sublingually or buccally are equally effective.