What are the drugs that can induce abortion?

What are the drugs that can be used for abortion? There are many ways to have an abortion. In addition to the more common artificial abortion surgery, there is another way of abortion, which is medical abortion. The purpose of abortion is achieved by taking abortion drugs, but this method is only suitable for the situation of a relatively small month. So what are the drugs that can be used for abortion?

What medicine can cause 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 curettage surgery, or leading to secondary infertility.

Misuse by pregnant women may cause miscarriage or stillbirth

How to take abortion pills

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

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.