Misoprostol comes as an oral tablet. It is available as the brand-name drug Cytotec. Read on to learn about potential common, mild, and serious side effects of misoprostol. For more information ...

A New York doctor has been ordered to pay $100,000 in fines after she prescribed abortion pills to a 20-year-old Texas woman.

Ulipristal acetate followed by misoprostol was effective and acceptable for medication abortion up to 63 days’ gestation with ...

Mifepristone works by blocking a hormone needed to sustain a pregnancy. It's typically used with misoprostol, which causes contractions and bleeding. In the study, 133 women who were up to nine ...

It is in the interest of safety that the lowest effective dosage be used. Prepackaged 25-mcg tablets of misoprostol are being evaluated and thus far there have been no differences found from the ...