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RU-486

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RU-486

Common name for mifepristone, a drug used in the first several weeks of pregnancy for inducing abortion. RU-486 blocks the receptors for progesterone, a hormone necessary for the maintenance of pregnancy. The drug causes the breakdown of the uterine lining, which, along with the embryo, is shed through the vagina. It has been available in France for the termination of early pregnancy since 1988 and was approved for use in the U.S. in 2000. The name RU-486 is derived from the manufacturer Roussel-Uclaf and a serial number.
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Livia Turco, Minister of Health, has said she is in favour of introducing the RU-486 abortion pill, which the paper calls "quick homicide.
Italian ministers speak against life and family by Catholic Insight
358), would it be possible for an antibiotic to be included with the RU-486 package to prevent a Clostridium sordellii infection?
Preventive measure? by Seppa, N. / Science News
The US Food and Drug Administration has stepped in to make Danco Laboratories, which makes RU-486, sold here on prescription as Mifegyne, introduce the labelling on the drug which has also been linked to serious bacterial infections.
ABORTION PILL FEARS by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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