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Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB From: igold@cox.net Sat Mar 18 11:32:23 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: igold@cox.net: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Maybe in reply to: igold@cox.net: "Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Next in thread: igold@cox.net: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Actually, I know that only mifepristone is mentioned in some of the news accouts I saw too. But I believe the medical abortion use involes the mifipristone orally, and then the the misoprostol vaginally, and it is the vaginal component named as the suspect. Ingrid Gold, CNM > > From: DMECNM@aol.com > Date: 2006/03/18 Sat PM 01:19:49 EST > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> > Subject: Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB > > In a message dated 3/18/2006 8:58:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, igold@cox.net > writes: > > In light of the recent news linking maternal deaths to use of vaginal > administation of misoprostol, what do you think of continuing its use for missed > AB? Do you think oral administation would reduce the risk? Why? From what I > understand, 6 maternal deaths have now been attributed to vaginal use of > misoprostol (my sources are NPR driving home from work last night, and this > morning's Arizona Republic newspaper) > > Ingrid, the article I read was related to the vaginal use of RU-486 for > abortion. It stated that some clinics recommended that the final 2 pills be > inserted vaginally rather than taken orally. This is an off label use and not > approved by the FDA. Is this what you are talking about? > > Denise, CNM > So Cal > Next message: igold@cox.net: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Maybe in reply to: igold@cox.net: "Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB" Next in thread: igold@cox.net: "Re: Maternal deaths, and risk of misoprostol for missed AB"

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