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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 35-38 |
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Study on effectiveness and outcome of mifepristone and misoprostol in medical termination of pregnancy
Ajay K Jawarkar1, Pushpa O Lokare1, Anuradha Kizhatil1, Jyoti Ajay Jawarkar2, Sandhya G Kale3
1 Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of OBGY, Jawarkar Hospital, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of OBGY, Kale Hospital, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Pushpa O Lokare
Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati - 444 603, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-344X.200200
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BACKGROUND: One of the most effective and safest medical abortion (MA) regimens consist of the use of a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol. Misoprostol can be administrated by oral or vaginal route after giving a single dose of mifepristone. The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness and complications by these two routes.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The present study was nonrandomized clinical trial conducted at two private hospitals and medical college, Amravati city. The women having a history of amenorrhea ≤49 days and who were willing for medical termination of pregnancy by MA pills method were included in the study during the 1-year after obtaining ethical approval. The women in both groups were given tablet mifepristone (200 mg day) on day 1 orally followed by tablet misoprostol (two tablets of 200 μg) on day 3 orally in one group and vaginally in other group.
RESULTS: The success rate of medical termination in group with oral administration of misoprostol was 96.3% as compared to 97.7% success rate in group with vaginal administration of misoprostol. The gastrointestinal side effects were 41.4% in group with oral administration of misoprostol as compared to 21.7% in group with vaginal administration of misoprostol. The Chi-square test of significance was applied using SPSS software version 16.0.
CONCLUSIONS: The success of medical termination of pregnancy was comparable in both groups with slightly higher success rate by vaginal route of administration of misoprostol. |
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