Recent news on Mifeprex

Contraceptive Pill Giveaway Today  -  May 8, 2007
The Ledger,This is not the abortion pill (Mifeprex or RU-486) that ends a pregnancy, Planned Parenthood said. The Winter Haven center is at 908 Spring Lake Square.

Abortion choices don't end with yes  -  May 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Medical abortions rely on a combination of medications — typically mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol — to terminate the pregnancy and evacuate the

Unlikely help for uterine fibroids  -  May 23, 2007
ABC7Chicago.com,In a study of 42 women with at least moderate uterine fibroid symptoms, researchers have found the drug called Mifeprex (mifepristone or RU-486) can shrink

uterine fibroid tumors  -  May 16, 2007
American Family Physician...mifepristone (Mifeprex) resulted in reduced tumor size and improvement in symptoms.39 However, none of the studies were placebo controlled or blinded,

Los Angeles Times Examines Late-Term Abortion Procedures  -  May 9, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The drug mifepristone, sold under the brand name Mifeprex by Danco Laboratories, is taken in combination with the drug misoprostol to induce a medical

Los Angeles Times Examines Late-Term Abortion Procedures  -  May 7, 2007
Kaiser network.org,Medical abortions involve taking a combination of the drug mifepristone, sold under the brand name Mifeprex by Danco Laboratories, with the drug misoprostol

'Plan B' pill free Tuesday at clinic  -  May 7, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,A different pill, sold as Mifeprex, aborts a pregnancy. "We want people to know about emergency contraception," Grassi said. "We think it's an incredible

House OKs bonds issue for KCSO pensions  -  Apr 30, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),...that licenses medical doctors, to consider protocol for administering the abortion drug mifepristone, also known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

(AP) Lawmakers want medical board to regulate abortion drug  -  Apr 25, 2007
WKRN,...that would have established requirements for doctors who administer the abortion drug mifepristone, also known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

Ex-senator says his activism isn't lobbying  -  Apr 17, 2007
The Tennessean,...week when two doctors testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the abortion drug mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

Tennessee Senate Holds Hearing on Bill Regarding Abortion Drug's Risks  -  Apr 11, 2007
LifeNews.com,Under the measure, the abortion practitioner would inform women of the risks associated with the abortion drug, also known as Mifeprex, before giving it to

State lawmakers considering new abortion regulations  -  Apr 11, 2007
WBIR-TV,The drug is mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486. The Senate Judiciary Committee today debated the bill that would require doctors to

Senate considers abortion drug rules  -  Apr 11, 2007
The Tennessean,...considering a proposal to establish requirements for doctors who administer the abortion drug mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

Woman will not face murder charge for inducing miscarriage  -  Mar 29, 2007
Boston Herald,Misoprostol, used to treat stomach ulcers, also is used with the abortion pill, RU-486 or Mifeprex, to terminate pregnancy up to 49 days after the beginning

Ready Access to Emergency Contraception Yields No Overall Effect  -  Apr 18, 2007
MedPage Today,Two studies used an estrogen-progestin combination (called the Yuzpe regimen) and one used mifepristone (Mifeprex), which is FDA approved only for medical

Kenya: Abortion Pill Available Over the Counter  -  Apr 6, 2007
AllAfrica.com,One is advised that a combination of misoprostol and mifeprex drugs is efficient in terminating pregnancy. The site says mifepristone and misoprostol are

What Is the Difference Between Plan B and RU486?  -  Mar 14, 2007
Synapse,RU486, also known as mifepristone or Mifeprex, is the only agent currently available for medical abortions. The drug can be taken orally within the first 49

Ohio Gov. Strickland to remove name from effort to back law that ...  -  Feb 25, 2007
News-Medical.net,FDA in 2000 approved Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- to be taken in conjunction with the drug misoprostol to induce a medical abortion up

Plan B Agency promotes awareness of emergency contraception  -  Mar 20, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),...an existing pregnancy, and that it should not be confused with Mifeprex, also known as "RU-486," which is used in early, nonsurgical abortions.

Understanding the Role of Sigma-1 Receptors in Psychotic Depression  -  Mar 15, 2007
Psychiatric Times,The glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone (Mifeprex) has also been shown to rapidly improve psychotic depression (Belanoff et al., 2001;

Ohio Gov. Strickland to remove name from effort to back law that ...  -  25 Feb 2007
News-Medical.net,FDA in 2000 approved Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- to be taken in conjunction with the drug misoprostol to induce a medical abortion up

TAKING CONTROL  -  Feb 3, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),...(FYI: Mifeprex, or RU-486, is the drug that stops a pregnancy.) Plan B is available over the counter to women 18 and older, and usually costs $40 to $50,

Hospital merger's success hinges on a dilemma  -  Dec 31, 2006
Kingston Daily Freeman,Parenthood on Washington Avenue offers medical abortions for women up to eight weeks into a pregnancy, using a combination of mifeprex and misoprostol.

Recent Deaths Spark Re-evaluation of Abortion Pills  -  Dec 26, 2006
The NewStandard,The pharmaceutical corporation Danco Laboratories exclusively controls the US marketing of mifepristone under the brand name Mifeprex.

Recent Deaths Spark Re-evaluation of Abortion Pills  -  26 Dec 2006
The NewStandard,The pharmaceutical corporation Danco Laboratories exclusively controls the US marketing of mifepristone under the brand name Mifeprex.

Abortion pill Mifeprex, RU-486 blocks breast cancer  -  Nov 30, 2006
SpiritIndia,Mifepristone is the chemical compound present in RU-486, sold as Mifeprex and made by Danco Laboratories LLC. The US Food and Drug Administration approved

Abortion Compound Shrinks Fibroids  -  Dec 7, 2006
MedPage Today,7 -- Low doses of Mifeprex (mifepristone) -- the compound at the heart of the abortion pill -- shrink uterine fibroids and improve quality of life for women

Abortion Pill Blocks Breast Cancer In Mice  -  Nov 30, 2006
MedPage Today,Explain to patients who ask that progesterone is essential for a pregnancy and that Mifeprex (mifepristone) blocks the action of the hormone, resulting in a

Senate Approves Von Eschenbach To Be FDA Commissioner  -  Dec 8, 2006
Kaiser network.org,FDA in 2000 approved the sale of Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- to be used with misoprostol to induce a medical abortion ( Kaiser Daily

Senate approves Bush pick to lead FDA  -  Dec 7, 2006
ReutersRepublican Jim DeMint of South Carolina also opposed the nomination, citing concerns about the safety of the abortion pill known as RU-486 or Mifeprex.

Senate to try to force vote on Bush's FDA pick  -  Dec 6, 2006
Scientific AmericanJim DeMint of South Carolina has opposed a confirmation vote because of concerns about the safety of the abortion pill known as RU-486 or Mifeprex. Sen.

Ex-clinic administrator charged for role in abortions  -  Dec 9, 2006
Birmingham News,The same day, the clinic gave her a dose of Mifeprex (RU-486), an abortion-inducing drug, also without a physician administering it as required.

Planned Parenthood observing free emergency contraception day  -  Dec 5, 2006
Lufkin Daily News,It should not be confused with Mifeprex — also known as RU-486 or the abortion pill — as it does not harm or interrupt an already established pregnancy.

Abortion Pill May Stop Cancer  -  Dec 1, 2006
Red Herring,...in the United States by Danco Laboratories under the trade name Mifeprex, will actually be able to deliver on high hopes such as stopping breast cancer.

Two New Fatalities from Clostridium sordellii, Neither Linked to ...  Nov 7, 2006
...from the rarely encountered pathogen Clostridium sordellii have been reported, neither linked to the so-called morning-after pills, Mifeprex (mifepristone) and ... -MedPage Today, Rare Infections After Medically Induced Abortions Likely Not Drug ...  Nov 7, 2006
Mechanism Proposed For Link Between RU-486 And Fatal Infections (July 27, 2005) -- The abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex,TM RU-486) has been linked to rare ... -Science Daily (press release) O'Reilly falsely claimed that a pregnant woman's life could "never ...  Oct 16, 2006
Methotrexate was previously commonly used for most non-surgical abortions before the legalization of Mifeprex, also known as RU-486. ... -Media Matters for America, Abortion pill Mifeprex, RU-486 blocks breast cancer  -  Nov 30, 2006
SpiritIndia,Mifepristone is the chemical compound present in RU-486, sold as Mifeprex and made by Danco Laboratories LLC. The US Food and Drug Administration approved

Abortion Compound Shrinks Fibroids  -  Dec 7, 2006
MedPage Today,7 -- Low doses of Mifeprex (mifepristone) -- the compound at the heart of the abortion pill -- shrink uterine fibroids and improve quality of life for women

Senate Approves Von Eschenbach To Be FDA Commissioner  -  Dec 8, 2006
Kaiser network.org,FDA in 2000 approved the sale of Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- to be used with misoprostol to induce a medical abortion ( Kaiser Daily

Senate Approves Bush Pick to Lead FDA  -  Dec 8, 2006
NewsMax.com,Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina also opposed the nomination, citing concerns about the safety of the abortion pill known as RU-486 or Mifeprex.

Abortion Pill Blocks Breast Cancer In Mice  -  Nov 30, 2006
MedPage Today,Explain to patients who ask that progesterone is essential for a pregnancy and that Mifeprex (mifepristone) blocks the action of the hormone, resulting in a

Senate to try to force vote on Bush's FDA pick  -  Dec 6, 2006
Scientific AmericanJim DeMint of South Carolina has opposed a confirmation vote because of concerns about the safety of the abortion pill known as RU-486 or Mifeprex. Sen.

Ex-clinic administrator charged for role in abortions  -  Dec 9, 2006
Birmingham News,The same day, the clinic gave her a dose of Mifeprex (RU-486), an abortion-inducing drug, also without a physician administering it as required.

New Study Finds On/Off Switch For Septic Shock  -  Nov 20, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Mechanism Proposed For Link Between RU-486 And Fatal Infections (July 27, 2005) -- The abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex,TM RU-486) has been linked to

Planned Parenthood observing free emergency contraception day  -  Dec 5, 2006
Lufkin Daily News,It should not be confused with Mifeprex — also known as RU-486 or the abortion pill — as it does not harm or interrupt an already established pregnancy.

Abortion Pill May Stop Cancer  -  Dec 1, 2006
Red Herring,...in the United States by Danco Laboratories under the trade name Mifeprex, will actually be able to deliver on high hopes such as stopping breast cancer.

Emergency contraceptive vs. abortion pill  Aug 25, 2006
The abortion pill, RU-486 or Mifeprex, can terminate pregnancy up to 49 days after the beginning of the last menstrual cycle. It's a two-pill process. ... -CBC News

'Morning After' Pill to Move Over the Counter  Aug 24, 2006
Emergency contraceptives are not to be confused with the so-called "abortion pill," RU-486, sold under the brand name Mifeprex. ... -NPR

'Morning-after' pill OK'd for over-counter sales  Aug 25, 2006
The abortion pill: RU-486 or Mifeprex, can terminate pregnancy up to 49 days after the beginning of the last menstrual cycle. It's a two-pill process. ... -Indianapolis Star

At a glance  Aug 25, 2006
..., RU-486 or Mifeprex, can terminate pregnancy up to 49 days after the beginning of the last menstrual cycle. It’sa twopill process. ... -Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)

How will it work? What does it cost?  Aug 24, 2006
...abortion pill.". Plan B is different from mifepristone, known by its brand name Mifeprex and sometimes called RU-486. Mifepristone ... -Wall Street Journal (subscription)

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION VS. ABORTION PILL  Aug 25, 2006
It’sa two-pill process. First, a woman swallows Mifeprex, which blocks production of a hormone required to sustain pregnancy. ... -The State

FDA OKs wider access for Plan B pill  Aug 24, 2006
...keeps a fertilized egg implanted in the uterus. RU-486 also is known as Mifeprex or mifepristone. Shares of Barr, which is based in ... -Washington Post

Why are Canadian women denied drug-induced abortions?  Aug 24, 2006
Mifepristone (brand name Mifeprex) works by blocking production of the hormone progesterone, which nourishes the fetus and is required to sustain a pregnancy. ... -Globe and Mail

Morning-after pill's new access concerns some  Aug 25, 2006
...also known as the abortion pill. • Also known as Mifeprex, RU486 is used to end an early pregnancy. • It can be taken within ... -Detroit Free Press

Approval on morning-after pill polarizes community  Aug 24, 2006
Although doctors say the morning-after pill is an emergency contraception, and not an abortion pill like RU-386 or Mifeprex, not everyone is convinced ... -Houston Chronicle

Despite controversy, FDA finally OKs 'morning-after' pill without ...  Aug 24, 2006
Plan B is different from RU-486 (also known as Mifeprex or mifepristone), which the FDA has already approved amid similar controversy. ... -Associated Baptist Press

FDA Approves OTC Sale of Emergency Contraception Plan B  Aug 24, 2006
...induces abortion early in pregnancy by blocking implantation of a fertilized egg. RU-486 also is known as Mifeprex (mifepristone). -Medscape (subscription)



Federal Appeals Court Rules Ohio Mifeprex Law Must Have Health ...  Feb 28, 2006
...ruled 3-0 to uphold a lower court's order preventing enforcement of an Ohio law (HB 126) that would restrict the use of Danco Laboratories' Mifeprex to induce ... - Kaiser network.org,

Excerpt: The Anti-Abortion Paradox  Feb 17, 2006
...countries. For decades, millions of women worldwide have used it safely. In the United States this method is called Mifeprex. (The ... - AlterNet,

Government Calls for Conference To Look at Bacterium That Caused ...  Feb 13, 2006
...to look at the Clostridium sordellii bacterium, which caused the deaths of four California women who were taking Danco Laboratories' Mifeprex, the New York ... - Kaiser network.org,

Government Calls Conference to Study 2 Deadly Infections  Feb 10, 2006
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the abortion pill, Mifeprex or RU-486, is so controversial that some officials have been threatened ... - New York Times,

RU-486: Human Pesticide Kills Mom, Too  Feb 5, 2006
2006 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Harrison is chairwoman of AAPLOG’s Subcommittee on Mifeprex. “The choice of mifepristone ... - Human Events

Abortion confessions swing vote  Feb 15, 2006
RU-486, also known as Mifeprex or mifepristone, grabbed the spotlight in Australia last year after a government lawmaker asked for a review of the effective ... - News24,

FDA receives reports of severe bleeding and death associated with ...  09 Feb 2006
According to the FDA, Mifeprex, the abortion drug also known as RU-486, has been the cause of 607 adverse events over a four-year period, including reports of ... - Newstarget.com

'It's galling listening to men'  09 Feb 2006
RU-486, also known as Mifeprex or mifepristone, grabbed the spotlight last year after a government backbencher asked for a review of the drug's effective ban ... - News24

RU-486: Human Pesticide Kills Mom, Too  Feb 5, 2006
2006 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Harrison is chairwoman of AAPLOG’s Subcommittee on Mifeprex. “The choice of mifepristone ... - Human Events

Types of Abortion  Jan 28, 2006
...& Misoprostol (MTX): a medical abortion procedure used up to the first seven weeks of pregnancy; also referred to as RU-486, the abortion pill and Mifeprex. ... - Jamaica Observer

Australian parliament set to debate abortion drug  Feb 5, 2006
RU-486, also known as Mifeprex or mifepristone, grabbed the spotlight last year after a government backbencher asked for a review of the drug‘s effective ban ... - Brocktown News

Australian Churches Rally to Defeat Abortion Pill Move  Jan 30, 2006
Last July, the FDA issued a public health advisory after the manufacturer of RU486, marketed in the US as Mifeprex, said it had received reports of five women ... - Town Hall

Pilgrims' progress  Jan 23, 2006
...pregnancy. It is sold under the name Mifeprex. - RU486 is taken with a second drug, a prostaglandin, that is given 48 hours apart. ... - Sydney Morning Herald

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