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  2. Misoprostol - Wikipedia

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    Misoprostol is used for the prevention of NSAID-induced gastric ulcers.It acts upon gastric parietal cells, inhibiting the secretion of gastric acid by G-protein coupled receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase, which leads to decreased intracellular cyclic AMP levels and decreased proton pump activity at the apical surface of the parietal cell.

  3. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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    In the US, in 2009, the typical price charged for a medical abortion up to nine weeks' gestation was US$490, four percent higher than the $470 typical price charged for a surgical abortion at ten weeks' gestation. [165] In the US, in 2008, 57% of women who had abortions paid for them out of pocket. [166]

  4. Prescription drug prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The price of a new drug (in most cases) is limited so that the cost of therapy with the new drug is in the range of the costs of therapy with existing drugs in the same therapeutic class. The price of a breakthrough drug is limited to the median of its prices in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Britain, and the United States.

  5. Emergency contraceptive availability by country - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes provided free of charge in hospitals and family planning clinics [55] [56] [21] France: Europe: LNG and UPA available for free without prescription to minors and adults alike in pharmacies, family-planning clinics, secondary school and university infirmaries [57] [58] Gabon: Africa: 49% [59] Gambia: Africa: Import Only [60] [11 ...

  6. Can 4 common medications — Viagra, estrogen, a statin ... - AOL

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    Most people want to live a long, healthy life, and there’s plenty of research dedicated to achieving that goal.While science has found that doing things like eating a plant-based diet and ...

  7. Abortion in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The selling of pills which can cause an abortion is illegal and can result in arrest. [ 6 ] According to the US -based Centre for Reproductive Studies, Saudi Arabia's abortion laws are [ 7 ] relatively more permissive compared to other countries of the Middle East and North Africa regions.

  8. Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate - Wikipedia

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    [17] [4] It also has functional antiandrogenic effects by decreasing the circulating free fractions of androgens. [18] CPA is a progestin (synthetic progestogen ), or an agonist of the progesterone receptors , the biological target of progestogens like progesterone .

  9. Extended cycle combined hormonal contraceptive - Wikipedia

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    Extended or continuous cycle combined oral contraceptive pills are a packaging of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs) that reduce or eliminate the withdrawal bleeding that would occur once every 28 days in traditionally packaged COCPs. It works by reducing the frequency of the pill-free or placebo days.