Americans already buy mifepristone from overseas, and his ruling "applies to just mifepristone, not misoprostol," she adds.

Source: https://theweek.com/briefing/1022533/can-the-fda-just-ignore-the-texas-judges-abortion-pill-ban

An alternative protocol using a different drug, letrozole – three days of letrozole followed by misoprostol on the fourth day – lengthens the time a medication abortion takes, said Prager, and is used infrequently.

Source: https://crosscut.com/news/2023/02/how-texas-ruling-abortion-pills-would-affect-washington

Doctors like Brown, who is based in Illinois, are hearing from more fearful patients worried about how safe or how effective mifepristone is or how well an only misoprostol alternative could work.

Source: https://www.denver7.com/-40

Hochul’s statement follows a day after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state had acquired 2 million misoprostol tablets.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/states-stockpile-abortion-pill-misoprostol-in-response-to-fda-ruling/

However, obstetricians and gynecologists agree that misoprostol is less effective when administered alone.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/states-stockpile-abortion-pill-misoprostol-in-response-to-fda-ruling/

However, that drug, misoprostol, may not be as effective when used alone.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/groups-ask-supreme-court-to-reinstate-restrictions-on-abortion-pill-access/article_84e56aed-f678-585c-b7a6-b248edc0a38c.html

If mifepristone is removed from the market, there is an alternative to keep medication abortion available: misoprostol.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/medication-abortion-pills-fda-pharmacies.html?via=rss

If that happens, clinics and obstetricians and gynecologists across the country will be able to prescribe only misoprostol, the second drug in the two-pill regimen, for miscarriages and early abortion care.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/judge-could-rule-to-halt-nationwide-sales-of-common-abortion-pill/

If U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling suspending mifepristone goes into effect at midnight central time on Saturday, the gastric ulcer treatment misoprostol will still be available.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/states-stockpile-abortion-pill-misoprostol-in-response-to-fda-ruling/

In many places where mifepristone is not available, misoprostol is used on its own.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/health/20230426-the-long-and-winding-history-of-the-war-on-abortion-drugs

In most cases, medication is advised and the ''acompañante'' is able to provide a combination of two abortion pills, misoprostol and mifepristone, both considered safe by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/activists-network-in-mexico-helps-u-s-women-get-abortions/600263902/

In the meantime, mifepristone and its companion drug, misoprostol, remain available nationwide.

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/politics/05/democratic-rep-sara-jacobs-reintroduces-legislation-to-ensure-privacy-on-period-tracking-apps/

Medication abortions, which typically consist of a two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, account for more than half of all pregnancy terminations in the United States.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-danville-abortion-pill-ordinance-20230501-lwlv4ppj5zgb5ggafexhma3ekm-story.html

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen with misoprostol used for medication abortions, which account for more than half of U.S. abortions.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/us-appeals-court-to-weigh-fate-of-abortion-pill/article_215f31ee-c811-5481-a446-9c9cb443afc3.html

Mifepristone is used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol, in more than half of all abortions in the United States.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/ap/us-supreme-court-preserves-access-to-abortion-pill-for-now-with-sc-advocates-expressing-relief/article_02cb61a2-e12b-11ed-881b-9fe26dc54cc1.html

Progesterone abortion reversal would be ineffective after taking misoprostol in the two-agent process or a misoprostol-only abortion because of the chemical causal mechanism of the drug.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/planned-parenthood-suing-kansas-over-abortion-reversal-the-science-to-know/article_c5de0ea1-ffe0-5584-9898-8c7c1aa09059.html

Several states are now stockpiling misoprostol ahead of uncertainty about how much longer mifepristone will be available.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11969773/Biden-administration-appeals-abortion-pills-case-Supreme-Court.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The drug, which blocks a hormone called progesterone needed for a viable pregnancy, is usually taken in combination with a medicine called misoprostol to end a pregnancy during the first 10 weeks.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/08/7-questions-from-the-texas-ruling-on-abortion-pills-00091101

The second pill, misoprostol, causes contractions to empty the uterus.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/04/biden-fda-move-to-turn-local-pharmacies-into-abortion-clinics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=biden-fda-move-to-turn-local-pharmacies-into-abortion-clinics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone in 2000 to end pregnancy, when used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/the-implications-of-walgreens-decision-on-abortion-pills/article_9fa1fa96-a146-515e-b07a-4badcdd64df2.html