Misoprostol can be used to induce labor by softening and opening the cervix in patients ready to give birth vaginally, prevents drug induced gastric ulcers and treats postpartum hemorrhage in combination with oxytocin. Mifepristone can also treat persistently high blood glucose in patients with Cushing...
Misoprostol, which is taken second, causes the pregnancy to pass, Dr. Verma explains. The drugs have other uses as well — mifepristone is also used to help manage a miscarriage, and misoprostol is sometimes used to induce labor and to treat ulcers. The medications were approved by the U...