Definition of mifepristone
:a drug C29H35NO2 taken orally to induce abortion especially early in pregnancy by blocking the body's use of progesterone — called also
RU-486
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Headlines in conservative magazines and websites highlight the pregnant woman’s epiphany after taking mifepristone: ‘‘
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Currently, a new underground and above-ground initiative is emerging: Plan C. The Plan C campaign is dedicated to making mifepristone and misoprostol available to women.
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After that happens (generally one to two days after taking the first mifepristone pill), a woman dissolves four 200 mcg misoprostol tablets in her mouth.
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Medical clinics actually administer two different types of medication: one mifepristone pill (which goes by the brand name Mifeprex), and four misoprostol tablets.
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But an early version of the measure Governor Sandoval signed removed the religious exemption, and also mandated coverage of the drug mifepristone, known as RU-486, which can induce abortion when combined with another medication.
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Several California clinics advertise the therapy, claiming to be able to undo the effects of the first dose containing mifepristone, which blocks progesterone production and causes the uterine lining to shed.
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Its doctors review the information a woman gives about her pregnancy and provide prescriptions for medical-abortion pills such as mifepristone or misoprostol.
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They are sent two drugs in the mail — mifepristone and misoprostol — and given instructions on how to take the pills, which have been used since 1988 to induce early abortions.
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Origin and Etymology of mifepristone
perhaps from International Scientific Vocabulary amino + fe- (alteration of phen-) + pri- (alteration of prop-) + estradiol + -one
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