In a medical abortion, you have to use two medications – Mifepristone 200gm and Misoprostol 800mcg (4 x 200mcg pills) one after the other. On day first day, you need to take the anti-progesterone pill Mifepristone orally with water. The medication helps curtail the pregnancy from growing and prepares you for the removal of pregnancy portions from the body by shedding the uterine lining and getting the embryo disconnected from the placenta.
The secondary medication Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analog and is useful to expel pregnancy parts from the body with vaginal bleeding. It helps to make the cervical opening flexible and wider. So, when the uterine contractions take place, it is not hard for the tissues and embryo to get out. Mifepristone alone cannot cause an abortion. It has to be combined with Misoprostol instead.
You can use Misoprostol buccally by placing a set of 2 pills in a cheek pouch. Repeat the same at the next cheek pouch and wait for 30 minutes. Do not eat or drink anything, or talk or move your mouth much during this duration. Another method of Misoprostol administration is vaginal. Here you have to put one pill after the other in the vagina with a finger and lay down on the back for half an hour.
