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MJA: Mamers et al., Women's satisfaction with medical abortion with RU486 Women's satisfaction with medical abortion with RU486 Pam M Mamers, Anna L Lavelle, Amanda J Evans, Sandra M Bell, Jen R Rusden and David L Healy. The combination of RU486 (mifepristone) and prostaglandin analogues has been used for medical abortion in several European centres. We surveyed 41 Australian women who successfully used this method of abortion in a World Health Organization-sponsored trial. Overall, the women were satisfied with the method and found the associated pain level acceptable. (MJA 1997; 167: 316-317) For editorial comment, see Henshaw Readers may print a single copy for personal use. No further reproduction or distribution of the articles should proceed without the permission of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write news stories based on what they read here, but should acknowledge their source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia ". A safe, reliable, non-invasive, but effective, method of fertility control has been sought for many years. The combination of the progesterone antagonist mifepristone (RU486) and prostaglandin E1 analogues has been used in several European countries for medical abortion, and its efficacy has been extensively studied for human fertility control. RU486 has been approved for use in the United Kingdom, Sweden, China and France, and it is estimated that over a million women have received RU486 in these countries since 1988 (Dr P Van Look, Associate Director, Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training, World Health Organization, personal communication). Full Article: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/sep15/mamers/mamers.html |
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