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Methotrexate in therapeutic abortion

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Methotrexate has been used in conjunction with misoprostol for therapeutic abortions:

  • abortions with mifepristone and misoprostol were completed faster than those with methotrexate, but overall success rate, adverse effects, and complications were similar (1)

Reference:

  1. Royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists (RCOG) 2011. The care of women requesting induced abortion. Evidence based clinical guideline number 7.

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