Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
In the United States, the most common kind of medication abortion involves the drugs mifepristone (also known as Mifeprex, RU-486, or the âabortion pillâ) and misoprostol. The mifepristone is taken orally at the doctorâs office or clinic, and the misoprostol is used later, usually at home.