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Cameron S, Li HWR, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Is contragestion the future? BMJ SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2023:bmjsrh-2022-201758. [PMID: 36805893 DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sharon Cameron
- Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, Edinburgh, UK
- Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
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Dimitrijevic A. Drug Methods for Arteficial Termination of Unwanted Pregnancy. SERBIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/sjecr-2016-0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
AbstractAll medical and surgical procedures are carried out in order to premature termnination of pregnancy, can be divided on medicament and surgical methods, according to the way of procedure.Medications used today in order to break unwanted pregnancy are inhibitors of the synthetics of progesterone and antiprogesterone, prostaglandini and antimetabolite.Mifepristone is a derivate of norethidrone, binds to the progesterone receptor with an affinity similar progesterone, but it does not activate them so as to act as an antiprogestine.Metotrexat is an antimetabolite and is used in gynecology practice for more indication areas. It is used the most often in conservative treatment of ectopical pregnancy. Because of low price and accessibility in order to mifepristone, it was used for application in drug methods of inducative abortions.Misoprostol is an anlogue PGE1, used in peroral pills.The complication are very rare at aplication of mifepristone and misoprostole in the aim to the termination the early unwanted pregnancy. The appearance of more efficient procedure of drugs called out abortions, it does not mean taht decision for the abortion is more modest. The ease and safety should not help to make a decision.
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- Aleksandra Dimitrijevic
- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Center Kragujevac
- Department of Ginecology and Obstetrics Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac
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