Louisiana hospitals have scrambled to update their guidelines for misoprostol, a common pregnancy care medication that a new state law will reclassify as a controlled dangerous substance starting Oct.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a bottle of Misoprostol tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Misoprostol, ...

March 8, 2012 — Cervical preparation with the prostaglandin analogue misoprostol before abortion by vacuum aspiration reduced abortion complications compared with placebo in the largest trial yet of ...

Starting Tuesday in Louisiana, the two drugs used in medication abortion — mifepristone and misoprostol — will be reclassified as controlled substances in the state, making it a crime punishable by up ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ER physician Jennifer Avegno, who heads the New Orleans Health Department, about a law classifying abortion drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances.

The drug dilates the cervix and blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. Misoprostol, a drug also used to treat stomach ulcers, is taken 24 to 48 hours ...

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Illuminator) - Democrats on a congressional committee say a new Louisiana law that classifies pregnancy care drugs as controlled dangerous substances will put women’s lives at ...

Women who deliver at home now have a drug to help curb post partum haemorrhage, a major cause of maternal death in the country. The new drug, Misoprostol prevents haemorrhage and other preventable ...