What are the abortion drugs? How to use the drugs if you want to have an abortion?

Medical abortion, also known as "medical abortion", refers to taking oral drugs to expel embryonic tissue to achieve the purpose of terminating pregnancy. It is currently mainly used to terminate intrauterine pregnancy within 7 weeks (49 days). Medical abortion is suitable for women under the age of 40. Although medical abortion has the advantages of being simple, effective, and non-invasive, it also has certain risks and may cause heavy bleeding, sudden cardiovascular disease, etc. Therefore, it must be implemented under the guidance of a doctor.

Currently, the most commonly used abortion drugs are mifepristone (Ru486) and prostaglandin. However, medical abortion has relatively large side effects. Since the drug itself is a hormone, it will affect the body's own hormone levels, causing hormone level disorders and can cause menstrual irregularities. The biggest side effect is that it can easily lead to incomplete abortion, requiring uterine curettage, or causing secondary infertility.

How to take abortion pills Mifepristone tablets and misoprostol tablets are commonly used for abortion. How to take these two abortion pills?

On an empty stomach or 2 hours after eating, take one 25mg mifepristone tablet orally, once in the morning and once in the evening for a total of three days. On the fourth day, take 600ug misoprostol tablets (200ug/tablet × 3 tablets) orally in the morning.

Generally, the embryonic sac in the uterine cavity can be discharged about 2-3 days after the use of mifepristone tablets and misoprostol tablets, while the decidual tissue in the uterus often takes about 2 weeks to be slowly discharged.

Best time for medical abortion

Medical abortion must be performed in a hospital under the guidance of a doctor, and it varies from person to person. Generally speaking, the best time to do medical abortion is within 7 weeks of pregnancy, when the fetus and placenta have not yet formed, and there is no need to dilate the cervix, so it is easy to suck out the gestational sac. After taking the medicine for about 2 weeks, pay attention to whether the gestational sac is discharged. If the gestational sac is not discharged, go to the hospital for examination in time to confirm whether further uterine curettage is needed.