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2. Mifepristone - Wikipedia

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   Mifepristone, and also known by its developmental code name RU-486, is a drug typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy. [8] This combination is 97% effective [ 9 ] during the first 63 days (9 weeks) of pregnancy , yet effective in the second trimester as well.

3. Antiprogestogen - Wikipedia

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   Antiprogestogens are used as abortifacients, emergency contraceptives, and in the treatment of uterine fibroids. They are also being studied in the treatment of breast cancer . Examples include the progesterone receptor weak partial agonist mifepristone , the selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM) ulipristal acetate , and the silent ...

4. Antiglucocorticoid - Wikipedia

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   Antiglucocorticoid drugs are a class of medications that act to reduce the effects of glucocorticoids, primarily cortisol, in the body. [1] They include direct glucocorticoid receptor antagonists such as mifepristone and synthesis inhibitors such as metyrapone, ketoconazole, and aminoglutethimide. They are used to treat Cushing's syndrome. [2]

5. What is mifepristone, the drug at the heart of the Texas ...

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   Danco Laboratories, a manufacturer of the abortion drug mifepristone, has asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that would restrict access to the drug; the justices could make ...

6. Justice Dept. asks appeals court to block abortion drug ... - AOL

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   After a Texas judge ruled to suspend the FDA’s approval on the abortion pill mifepristone, the Justice Department filed an appeal to block it. Justice Dept. asks appeals court to block abortion ...

7. Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill

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   Mifepristone is used as part of a two-drug FDA-approved regimen that is now the most common form of abortion in the United States. Abortion is effectively banned altogether in 14 states, according ...

8. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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   The mifepristone-misoprostol combination is, by far, the most recommended drug regimen for medical abortions, but other drug combinations are available. Misoprostol alone, without mifepristone, may be used in some circumstances for medical abortion, and has even been demonstrated to be successful in the second trimester. [ 37 ]

9. Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over the abortion ...

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   A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions.