The call abortion pill RU-486 takes a substance that is called Mifepristona that is an antiprogestagen that blocks the receivers of the progesterone: excellence hormone of the pregnancy.

We can to make the abortion of surgical form or of farmacológica form (only with tablets).

It is possible to be aborted with tablets (mifepristona + misoprostol) until the 9 weeks of gestation. The first day mifepristona by oral route is administered and 48 later misoprostol by vaginal or buccal route is administered. This modality of abortion can be made in cases in the own woman’s house under medical checkup, although the habitual thing is in the own clinic.

The farmacologic abortion presents/displays the advantages of which it is less invasive (it is not necessary to introduce any instrument in the uterine cavity), is less traumatic, as much physical as psychologically; and it gives to a greater autonomy and independence to the woman since she is that car causes the abortion herself when ingesting or to be placed the different tablets.

The only disadvantage that could be attributed to this method is the 1-2% of failures that it has, that is solved making an aspiration, and that sometimes bled and the number of visits makes a little perhaps slower than the surgical abortion.

Both drugs that are used in this method haven’t any indirect effect of importance and reaches an 97-99% abortion effectiveness .