FDA Approves Distribution Of Abortion Pills in Pharmacies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pharmacies that can distribute abortion medication to patients who have a valid prescription. CNN.

According to FDA, two pills, misoprostol (and mifepristone), can cause medical abortion when taken together. website.

“Mifepristone, when used together with another medicine called misoprostol, is used to end a pregnancy through ten weeks gestation,” The website says.

COVID-19 was the first time that these drugs could be ordered, prescribed, or dispensed by a licensed health care provider. However, the FDA temporarily approved the drug mifepristone to be acquired by mail without permission/prescription from a clinic or hospital under public health orders. The rule change was now permanent.

The FDA website has detailed instructions for how to use drugs to induce an abortion. It also advises users to seek medical attention from a doctor. “about seven to fourteen days after taking.”

Danco LaboratoriesMifeprex, the company that markets the drugs, proudly announced its policy change on their website.

“Danco Laboratories is pleased to announce that on January 3, 2023, the FDA approved Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) modifications to the Mifepristone REMS Program,” The homepage states.

Danco Laboratories asks applicants to fill out an online application in order to become a certified prescriber or provider of the medication. form.

“At a time when people across the country are struggling to obtain abortion care services this modification is critically important to expanding access to medication abortion services,” The announcement was made by the pharmaceutical company.

“[This] will provide healthcare providers with an additional method for providing their patients with a safe and effective option for ending early pregnancy. Danco is proud and honored to continue the work with Mifeprex providers and the reproductive rights community that has spanned more than two decades,” The press release reads.

The FDA approved Mifeprex in September 2000 for use in abortions. Danco Laboratories reports that the product has been used in over 4 million US women since its approval.

The pill blocks the hormone progesterone. This hormone is naturally produced and prepares the uterus to produce fertilized eggs. The “uterus softens, breaks down and bleeding begins,” According to the drug manufacturer.

The drug’s 97% effectiveness rate is accompanied by a 3% chance “women will require surgical intervention for ongoing pregnancy, heavy bleeding,” Or “incomplete expulsion.”

The media release from the company also warns of this danger “serious and sometimes fatal infections and bleeding occur very rarely following spontaneous, surgical, and medical abortions, including following Mifeprex use.”

The Justice Department recently cleared the U.S. Postal Service To deliver the abortion medication via mail. Comstock Act, a federal statute from 1867 which supresses the trade and circulation of “Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use.”

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