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	Offices offering Mifepristone and Information on Medical Abortion
		Mifepristone is a pill that is used to initiate a medical abortion.
		Mifepristone is also referred to as “The Abortion Pill.” The Abortion Pill, however, is not the same thing as the “Morning after Pill.”
		Mifepristone blocks a hormone required to sustain the pregnancy.
	www.mifepristone.com (187 words)

	Mifepristone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mifepristone was approved under this second part of sub-section H. The result is that women now must receive the drug directly from their doctor; they may not pick it up at a pharmacy.
		Mifepristone was approved in a number of other European countries as well, starting with the United Kingdom and Sweden in 1991 and followed by Germany in 1992 and most other European countries in 1999.
		Mifepristone was effectively banned in Australia in 1996 in a compromise by the Howard Government with conservative Independent Senator for Tasmania Brian Harradine to amend the law to require ministerial approval of RU 486 in exchange for his support for the part sale of the then fully state-owned telecom company Telstra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mifepristone (1781 words)

	Mifepristone, RU-486 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone is used as a postcoital contraceptive agent and, in combination with a prostaglandin, as an abortifacient in early pregnancy.
		Mifepristone's actions as a contraceptive depend on when it is administered during the menstrual cycle.
		Mifepristone readily crosses the placenta with a maternal/fetal ratio in plasma of 9.1 for mifepristone and 17.1 for the monodemethylated metabolite.
	www.rockford.uic.edu /jc/ru486.htm (592 words)

	UCLA Department of Medicine - wfsection-Mifepristone (RU 486) for Early Pregnancy Termination
		Mifepristone is not teratogenic in rats, mice or monkeys.
		Mifepristone shortens the interval between the prostaglandin dosing and the expulsion of the fetus.
		Mifepristone has a strong effect on meningiomas, which are progesterone receptor positive, and it was shown in clinical studies to decrease the size of unresectable meningiomas to the point where they could be surgically resected.
	www.med.ucla.edu /modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=194 (1707 words)

	Feminist Campus Activism Online: Choices Central
		Mifepristone (formerly known as RU 486) is a safe, effective method for terminating a pregnancy through a medical - rather than a surgical - abortion.
		Mifepristone was developed in France and was first approved for use there in 1988.
		Mifepristone is now available in most of the European Union, China, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, and Russia as a method of early abortion.
	www.feministcampus.org /act/prescribechoice/mifepristone.asp (575 words)

	Mifepristone
		Mifepristone is a drug, which had been previously approved for the termination of pregnancy by the FDA (Accelerated Regulatory Pathway).
		Mifepristone is effective in inhibiting HIV replication and it targets a new drug pathway.
		Mifepristone should be stored at room temperature (59° to 77° F or 5° to 25° C) and out of reach of children.
	depts.washington.edu /actu/drugs/mifepristone.htm (523 words)

	Feminist Majority Foundation
		Mifepristone shows tremendous promise as a treatment for a number of serious diseases and conditions that primarily affect women.
		FDA approval of mifepristone on September 28, 2000 means that not only is the drug now available for early abortion, but also that U.S. mifepristone supplies will enable trials on the medication's other non-abortion uses to move forward at last.
		Studies have found that mifepristone can cause a 50% reduction in the size of uterine fibroid tumors, which are one of the leading causes of the some 600,000 hysterectomies that are performed each year and the most frequent cause of hysterectomies for women between the ages of 35-54.
	www.feminist.org /rrights/compassionateuse.asp (769 words)

	Medication Abortion: Mifepristone/Misoprostol Regimen
		Mifepristone was developed during the early 1980s by researchers at the French pharmaceutical company Roussel Uclaf.
		Mifepristone (a synthetic steroid) is an anti-progestin that blocks the action of progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain a pregnancy.
		One study of mifepristone used with a vaginal prostaglandin to treat women through 63 days' gestation found that median blood loss was about 75 ml, compared with 50 ml typically lost during menses.
	www.medicationabortion.com /mifepristone (2324 words)

	MIFEPRISTONE FOR EARLY ABORTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone is used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol, to induce early, non-surgical abortions.
		Mifepristone acts by blocking progesterone, the hormone that sustains early pregnancies.
		Mifepristone is taken to terminate a pregnancy, while emergency contraception is taken to prevent a pregnancy after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure.
	www.nfprha.org /pac/factsheets/mifepristone.asp (356 words)

	Mifepristone Oral - (Mifeprex) - Patient Handout from WebMD
		Mifepristone is not used if your pregnancy is outside the womb (ectopic pregnancy); it will not cause an abortion in this case.
		Mifepristone is taken by mouth as a single dose, as directed by your doctor.
		Since the effects of mifepristone on infants are unknown, breast- feeding women should consult their doctor and determine if they should discard their breast milk for a few days following this treatment.
	webmd.com /drugs/search.aspx?query=mifepristone&... (1063 words)

	NAF \| About Abortion \| Abortion Facts \| Facts About Mifepristone (RU486)
		Mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) is a medication that blocks the action of the hormone progesterone.
		Mifepristone has been used, in combination with other medications called prostaglandins, for medical abortion since 1988 in France and China, and since the early 1990's in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
		Mifepristone blocks the action of progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy.
	www.prochoice.org /about_abortion/facts/facts_mifepristone.html (771 words)

	Reproductive Health Technologies Project - Abortion - Mifepristone
		Mifepristone terminates a pregnancy by blocking the receptors of the hormone progesterone, which is needed for a pregnancy to continue.
		Mifepristone carries no risk of uterine perforation or rare complications caused by anesthesia and lower risk of infection.
		Mifeprex (mifepristone) is only available to qualified physicians who establish an account with Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of the drug (www.earlyoptionpill.com).
	www.rhtp.org /abortion/mifepristone (860 words)

	Mifepristone in the United States: Status and Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone is used less frequently in England and Wales than in France, Scotland and Sweden, where over half of women having early abortions choose medical abortion.
		Because of the cost of mifepristone and the extra time spent in counseling and follow-up, medical abortion in most cases costs more than a first-trimester surgical abortion, and many providers are in a quandary as to what to charge for the procedure.
		The FDA approved mifepristone on the basis of the regimen used in the U.S. clinical trials, which was first developed in France in the late 1980s.
	www.guttmacher.org /pubs/journals/gr050304.html (2983 words)

	mifepristone Information on Healthline
		Mifepristone blocks the actions of the naturally occurring hormone progesterone, which is necessary for pregnancy to continue.
		Mifepristone is in the FDA pregnancy category X. This means that mifepristone is known to cause birth defects in an unborn baby.
		Mifepristone treatment that does not end in termination of pregnancy may cause birth defects in the unborn baby.
	www.healthline.com /drugs/mifeprex/D04718A1.htm (675 words)

	Mifepristone for Early Medical Abortion: Experiences in France, Great Britain and Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone, an antiprogestin, prevents the lining of the uterus from holding onto the fertilized egg, which leads to embryonic demise.
		Mifepristone is approved for early abortion up to 49 days from the onset of the last menstrual period in France and up to 63 days in Great Britain and Sweden.
		‡‡The Population Council is conducting a four-site study in the United States to evaluate the efficacy of a lower-dose mifepristone regimen in an effort to obtain approval for a regimen that uses 200 mg of mifepristone instead of 600 mg.
	www.guttmacher.org /pubs/journals/3415402.html (6695 words)

	Mifepristone: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A steroid is a type of lipid, characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings....
		Mifepristone was approved in a number of other European countries in the 1990s[For more info, click on this link]: for example, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Cushings syndrome or hypercortisolism is an endocrine disorder caused by excessive levels of the endogenous corticosteroid hormone cortisol....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mifepristone.htm (1096 words)

	Focus on Social Issues - Frequently Asked Questions: Mifepristone/Mifeprex (RU-486) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone is the first in a two-drug chemical abortion technique given to women who are up to 7 weeks (or 49 days gestational age) pregnant.
		Mifepristone causes the uterine lining to shed, disconnecting (and in essence starving to death) the developing unborn child.
		Mifepristone is the first drug legally prescribed in the U.S. for the sole purpose of ending a human life.
	www.family.org /cforum/fosi/bioethics/faqs/a0027731.cfm (2988 words)

	Mifepristone \| Your Health Connection
		Mifepristone is a pill that can be taken as an alternative to a surgical abortion.
		Mifepristone, sold commercially under the name Mifeprex, also is known as RU-486, the abortion pill, the early option pill for medical abortion.
		Before taking mifepristone, health care providers likely will give the woman a urine or blood test to be sure that she is, in fact, pregnant.
	www.yourhealthconnection.com /topic/topic103548655 (907 words)

	M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - First Clinical Trial to Examine Mifepristone in Treatment of Endometrial Cancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone was approved by the U. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 28, 2000 for use in the termination of early-stage pregnancy.
		A trial with Mifepristone and ovarian cancer was conducted in Camden, New Jersey.
		(To terminate early-term pregnancies, Mifepristone is administered in a single dose of 600 milligrams.) Throughout the trial, participants will receive physical exams and CAT scans at specific intervals to evaluate the size of the endometrial tumors.
	www.mdanderson.org /diseases/endometrial/mife/dIndex.cfm?pn=35145248-26A5-4ED5-9A731EB09815D594 (732 words)

	Mifepristone and misoprostol for abortion
		Mifepristone and misoprostol use is a two-step method.
		Mifepristone causes the placenta to separate from the endometrium.
		A medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol is effective 95% to 98% of the time among women 9 weeks pregnant or less.
	www.webmd.com /hw/womens_conditions/tw1291.asp (1026 words)

	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Mifepristone - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid, it is used medically in humans as an abortifacient, for the chemical termination of early pregnancy.
		In 1994 Roussel Uclaf gifted the U.S. rights to the Population Council[?] and the drug was on approvable status from 1996.
		Mifepristone has been investigated in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome and a number of cancers.
	www.kidsseek.com /encyclopedia-wiki/mi/Mifepristone (398 words)

	Mifepristone's Uses Grow; Attacks Do Too
		As an antiprogestin, mifepristone blocks the action of progesterone, a hormone necessary to sustain a pregnancy.
		Spear believes that mifepristone is helping women focus on all early options, including technology introduced in the last five years that permits surgical abortions after only three weeks of pregnancy.
		Mifepristone may also have use as a "morning-after" pill or daily contraceptive.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1040 (1208 words)

	Mifepristone - Drugs & Vitamins - Drug Library - DrugDigest
		Mifepristone is used in combination with other medications, called prostaglandins, to end an early pregnancy (usually during the first 7 weeks).
		Because mifepristone has hormone-like actions, it is also being studied for the treatment of certain reproductive diseases or cancers.
		Mifepristone is not available in pharmacies in the US; mifepristone is only available in a prescriber's office, health clinic, or hospital.
	www.drugdigest.org /DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,550062\|Mifepristone,00.html (1130 words)

	Emergency contraception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emergency hormonal contraception is available in two main forms: the original version is the combined or Yuzpe regimen which uses large doses of both estrogen and progesterone taken as two doses at twelve hour intervals.
		Today, however, current medical science, as reflected in research papers published in respected medical journals, states that emergency contraception works by preventing ovulation, although theoretically there is a possibility that in a tiny fraction of cases it could work by preventing implantation.
		The emergency contraception pill should not be confused with mifepristone (also called Mifeprex, and formerly known as RU-486), an abortifacient which is taken to end a pregnancy after implantation has occurred.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morning-after_pill (2786 words)

	Mifepristone..."The Abortion Pill": The Facts
		Before the patient is given Mifeprex tablets (Mifepristone) she must sign an agreement in which she acknowledges that there are side effects, that there is a three step process, and that 5 to 8 women out of every hundred do not have successful medical abortions and need surgical abortions.
		Mifepristone opens the door to a new area of medicine in which previously surgical procedures are now approached in a medical manner.
		Mifepristone that will be beneficial to women's health care and medicine.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /biology/b103/f00/web1/sebastian.html (2056 words)

	Mifepristone Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the U.S it is made by Danco Laboratories under the tradename Mifeprex.
		Early research was difficult as Roussel Uclaf did not seek U.S. approval and it was further interrupted when the Bush administration banned the importation of mifepristone in 1989.
		Production was intended to begin through the Danco Group in 1996 but they withdrew briefly in 1997, retarding availability again.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mifepristone.html (416 words)

	Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage
		Dr. Steven Galson, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, has said that he does not think that mifepristone was related to the infection that killed the woman, the Washington Times reports.
		Mifepristone has been taken by roughly 360,000 women in the United States since it was approved by the FDA in 2000.
		According to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, mifepristone is safer than taking a pregnancy to full term.
	www.msmagazine.com /news/uswirestory.asp?ID=8757 (365 words)

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