As far as Abortion pills are considered, it is a medicine or a drug that has to be taken orally by the women during the early stages of pregnancy. Mifeprex is the drug that one refers to when the consumption of abortion pills are concerned. It is a combination of two abortion compounds that includes misoprostol and mifepristone.
This is a very commonly used alternative to surgical method of abortion and is considered as non-surgical abortion. However, irrespective of the benefits, there are a lot of thing that you need to know about it before you plan to go through the abortion process using the drugs.
However, even after the approval of the medicinal drug, till 2013 it was found that around 14 women had died due to the consumption of the mifepristone. These deaths included, two women dying because of ruptured ectopic pregnancies, 7-8 died out of bacterial infection and remaining of which suffered due to drug overdose and toxic shock. There were even other clinical tests performed that survived but had to go through severe complications such as heart attack.
The Mifepristone is the first drug that weakens the foetus attached to the womb, by separating the lining of the embryo and the second drug, misoprostol is taken to cause contractions or cramps, that leads to bleeding, which expels the unborn foetus out of the body. There is a time schedule followed in between the consumption of these two drugs, one should take the second drug within 24-72 hours of consuming the first one. Remember in case it doesn't lead to abortion it can cause birth defects thus, it is advised to take surgical abortion in you find no results. It is also advised to women to have a follow up visit to check if the abortion has occurred or not within 2 weeks of taking the pills.
You also need to remember that the Mifeprex is a prescription drug and it must not be available for the public even when the licensed pharmacies are considered. Along with this the label also has caution information that it can only be administered by professional medical practitioners.
Some women do see slight bleeding after the consumption of the first drug i.e. Mifepristone. However, you need to be assured that the amount of bleeding that occurs in women shall differ from one woman to another. Moreover, it is also found that some women do not see any bleeding after the consumption of the first drug, whereas others might undergo heavy bleeding, similar to what they have during periods.
The subsequent abortion drug misoprostol is known to give rise to cramps and it might also lead to bleeding too. It is often found that a woman might start bleeding within twenty minutes of consuming this pill. Within six to eight hours of taking misoprostol, a woman might experience lot of extreme cramping too. There are a lot of often that are found to go through nausea and vomiting too as side effects of consuming the drug.
Along with this, it is also found that a majority of the women that are willing to consume this drug have concerns about the complications they might have to deal with after the consumption of the drug, which is an important aspect when compared with the secondary emotional and social political effects.
This is a very commonly used alternative to surgical method of abortion and is considered as non-surgical abortion. However, irrespective of the benefits, there are a lot of thing that you need to know about it before you plan to go through the abortion process using the drugs.
However, even after the approval of the medicinal drug, till 2013 it was found that around 14 women had died due to the consumption of the mifepristone. These deaths included, two women dying because of ruptured ectopic pregnancies, 7-8 died out of bacterial infection and remaining of which suffered due to drug overdose and toxic shock. There were even other clinical tests performed that survived but had to go through severe complications such as heart attack.
The Mifepristone is the first drug that weakens the foetus attached to the womb, by separating the lining of the embryo and the second drug, misoprostol is taken to cause contractions or cramps, that leads to bleeding, which expels the unborn foetus out of the body. There is a time schedule followed in between the consumption of these two drugs, one should take the second drug within 24-72 hours of consuming the first one. Remember in case it doesn't lead to abortion it can cause birth defects thus, it is advised to take surgical abortion in you find no results. It is also advised to women to have a follow up visit to check if the abortion has occurred or not within 2 weeks of taking the pills.
You also need to remember that the Mifeprex is a prescription drug and it must not be available for the public even when the licensed pharmacies are considered. Along with this the label also has caution information that it can only be administered by professional medical practitioners.
Some women do see slight bleeding after the consumption of the first drug i.e. Mifepristone. However, you need to be assured that the amount of bleeding that occurs in women shall differ from one woman to another. Moreover, it is also found that some women do not see any bleeding after the consumption of the first drug, whereas others might undergo heavy bleeding, similar to what they have during periods.
The subsequent abortion drug misoprostol is known to give rise to cramps and it might also lead to bleeding too. It is often found that a woman might start bleeding within twenty minutes of consuming this pill. Within six to eight hours of taking misoprostol, a woman might experience lot of extreme cramping too. There are a lot of often that are found to go through nausea and vomiting too as side effects of consuming the drug.
Along with this, it is also found that a majority of the women that are willing to consume this drug have concerns about the complications they might have to deal with after the consumption of the drug, which is an important aspect when compared with the secondary emotional and social political effects.
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