What are the side effects of oral abortion medications?

What are the side effects of oral abortion medication? Many people want artificial abortion when they have an unexpected pregnancy, and oral medication abortion is a relatively simple abortion method, which is more suitable for pregnant women with relatively young months. However, before having a medical abortion, everyone must understand its specific side effects. So, what are the side effects of oral abortion medication?

What are the side effects of oral abortion pills?

The dosage of mifepristone, a medical abortion drug currently used, is only 1/4-1/3 of the original dosage, so the side effects are not obvious, mainly aggravating early pregnancy reactions and fatigue. The side effects of prostaglandins are mainly gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and lower abdominal pain due to uterine contractions. Some people have fever, dizziness, skin flushing and numbness.

To prevent or treat gastrointestinal side effects, compound phenethylsulidine or metoclopramide can be taken before or after the medication. For severe abdominal pain, pethidine or atropine-type analgesics and antispasmodics can be given. However, avoid using indomethacin, flufenamic acid or salicylic acid preparations that counteract prostaglandins.

A small number of pregnant women can have an abortion by taking mifepristone. Eighty percent of pregnant women expel the chorionic foetal sac within 6 hours after taking prostaglandins; about 10 percent of pregnant women expel it within 1 week of taking the drug. Therefore, as long as there is bleeding, you should pay attention to the discharge. If you discharge tissue at home, you must take it to the doctor to check whether it is chorionic tissue.

The most commonly used one is the first type, i.e. mifepristone, which is a pure anti-progestin that can bind to the progestin receptor and has a strong affinity for endometrial progesterone, thus producing a strong anti-progestin that has the effect of inducing abortion. Some pregnant women say they are pregnant and ask to take mifepristone.

In fact, although mifepristone has a more definite abortion effect, it is not suitable for everyone. It has indications and contraindications like other drugs. Only women who are under 35 years old, whose menstruation has not exceeded 49 days (at this time, the placenta is formed and the embryo is not deeply implanted), whose uterus size is consistent with the date of menstruation, whose B-chorionic gonadotropin is positive, who have no history of chronic diseases or allergic asthma, and who have not used glucocorticoids for treatment in the past 3 months, can use this drug for abortion. If you suffer from heart disease or glaucoma, it is not suitable for you.

In addition, steroid hormones or anti-prostaglandin drugs should not be used at the same time while taking the medicine, so abortion drugs should not be taken rashly.

Depending on whether the chorionic foetal sac is expelled or not, the patient should be followed up at the medical institution that administered the medication within 8-15 days after taking the medication as prescribed by the doctor to determine the effectiveness of the medication abortion. If the medical staff determines that the medication abortion has failed or is incomplete, an artificial abortion must be performed to terminate the pregnancy.

Although the chorionic follicle has been expelled during medical abortion, the decidual tissue in the uterus is slowly expelled, so the bleeding time is relatively long, averaging 18-20 days. Some women may suffer from anemia or complications such as endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease due to excessive and prolonged bleeding. Therefore, medical abortion must be performed in a medical institution with emergency curettage and infusion and blood transfusion, under the screening and guidance of specially trained doctors, and medication, observation, and follow-up are required in order to detect problems in a timely manner and deal with them in a timely manner.

In the event that a very small number of pregnant women experience unexpected conditions such as heavy bleeding, abdominal pain, fever, etc., they should go to a medical institution that administers medication for treatment.

Even if the abortion is successful, women who are normal should take effective contraceptive measures after the abortion. Clinically, it has been found that many women have not had their menstruation after the abortion, or have become pregnant again without taking contraceptive measures in a short period of time. In fact, whether it is artificial abortion or medical abortion, it has a certain impact on the physical and psychological health of pregnant women, so it is better to do it less.