Medications used in medical abortion include:

•  Oral mifepristone and misoprostol (Cytotec) – This is the most frequent medical termination. These drugs are normally given before seven weeks of your previous menstruation. Mifepristone (mif-uh-PRIS-tone) inhibits progesterone, leading uterine lining to shrink and inhibiting embryo implant and growth. A separate medicine, misoprostol (my-so-PROS-tol), induces uterine contractions and expels the embryo vaginally.

You’ll probably take mifepristone at a physician’s surgery or clinic. Afterward, at home, you’ll likely take misoprostol. You will have mild bleeding after that. You’ll need to return to your physician 7 days later to confirm the complete abortion. The FDA has authorized this protocol (FDA).

•  Oral mifepristone with misoprostol – For this form of medical termination, a gradually disintegrating misoprostol pill is put in your vaginal route, in your mouth behind your teeth as well as in buccal channel, and under your lips or sublingual route. These methods have fewer negative consequences but may be more successful. These drugs must be used within 9 weeks after your previous menstruation.
• Vaginal misoprostol – Methotrexate is seldom used for undesired births, however, it is often used for extrauterine pregnancies (ectopic pregnancies). This form of medical termination should be done after 7 weeks of your previous menstruation, and methotrexate may take up to 4 weeks to accomplish. The misoprostol is administered at home after the methotrexate injection or vaginally. Misoprostol vaginal When administered before 9 weeks of pregnancy, vaginal misoprostol alone may be helpful. However, it is less successful than other medical termination methods.