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Two doses of buccal misoprostol following mifepristone

Published
September 1st, 2012
Type
Staff Publication
Topic
Medical Abortion
Authors
Winikoff, Beverly, Tsereteli, Tamuna, Chong, Erica, Nguyen, N.N.

This article reports on a study comparing two doses of buccal misoprostol (400 mcg vs. 800 mcg) after mifepristone for early medical abortion. The results demonstrate that both regimens achieve 96% efficacy through 63 days' gestation.

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