MIFEPREX Reviews (MIFEPRISTONE)Average Rating: 3.6 (68 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MIFEPREX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIFEPREX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | 32 | | 3/3/2001 | 5 | abortion | i guess everyone is different, but i had very little pain form this. it was like a heavy period to me. i was 6 weeks 3 days. i had a little nausea the morning after taking the dose at the office, then on the 3rd day did the 4 pills vaginally to dissolve. about an hour later i had some mild cramping and passed blood clots for a few hours but that as well as the crampling stopped with in about 5 or 6 hours. | it is now day 5 and i still have some light bleeding but i feel good. i was very thankful that i was about to have a medical abortion instead of surgical. do what is right for you. dont believe all the horror stories online. just talk to your doctor and i am sure they can let you talk with some REAL people who have taken it. good luck to all. i know it is scary but you will make it thru everything. | F | 32 | 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 5 | abortion | almost none. biggest worry was throwing up which i experienced a couple times a day. only very mild cramping and very brief bleeding and passing of bloodclots. didnt even take the prescription pain meds, just 2 advil and still felt alright. | F | 19 | 1X day | 7/13/2010 | 5 | Medical Abortion | Vomiting, Severe Cramps, Uncontrollable Shaking | I felt nauseated after I took the first pill at the Dr.s office and was very reluctant to take the other 4 pills because of everything I read about the drug. 24 hrs later I took the 4 pills in my cheeks and waited. About 1 hr later the Cramping started. I cannot take Vicodin because it makes me sick so I asked the dr. to prescribe me something else so he gave me Tylenol 3 with Codeine. This was the worst mistake. The tylenol kept wearing off during the whole ordeal which lasted 12 hours and was very painful for me. I couldnt stop shaking and during the most painful moments I was walking around my living room in circles crying because the pain was so bad. I also was breathing just like I was in labor. It was terrible. Throughout the whole ordeal, I bled very little and at about the 4th hour the sac came out but I was still in pain and had severe cramping for the next 8 hours. I finally was able to fall asleep and the next day I just felt really sore. Overall, Im glad that it is over and it worked.The only advice I can give is take the strong pain pills. I feel like it would've been a more tolerable experience if I would've just listened to the Dr in the first place with the Vicodin. | F | 27 | 1X day | 11/12/2012 | 4 | Abortion | None. | I was satisifed with how well it worked, but waiting two weeks for my follow-up apptmt. to find out if it was complete was excrutiating. Only do this if you can take the wait. Surgery was too scarey for me so if I had to I would go this route again, but I think it works best really early in pregnancy. I was only about 3 weeks preg. Also, please don't do a home preg to see if it worked. You'll drive yourself crazy. My test said positive almost two weeks after taking Mifeprex, although I wasn't preg anymore. My doc said the hormones can hang around for a while so let your doc tell you if you're still pregnant. It will keep you off the emotional rollercoaster. | M | 36 | | 6/5/2006 | 4 | unwanted pregnancy | severe cramping, vomiting, dizziness, brief loss of consciousness after standing up too quickly (MEDS: mifeprex/misoprostol, phenergen, percocet, xanax) | I do not regret choosing a medical abortion over a surgical one. I will avoid an abortion clinic entrusting a doctor I've never met with my future fertility at all costs. However, my cramping was very severe. I have a high pain tolerance, and Percocet did not even begin to take the edge off the pain I experienced. Almost as unbearable as the cramping were the muscle aches in my legs. For me, it lasted somewhere between 4-6 hours. I continued to bleed for several weeks thereafter, but did not have any cramping. I have mild to moderate cramping during my periods, but did have stronger cramps when I was younger. Please note that I am in no way trying to scare anyone. This was my personal experience, and I would not hesitate to do it again. I just find it incredibly insulting that some of you would imply an experience like mine is somehow invalid based upon your experience alone. Unlike any other medical treatments, mifeprex/misoprostol is always administered as a one size fits all dosage. I suspect I am much more sensitive to the drug than most. If I had to do it again, I probably would not take all 4 misoprostol at once, due to my reaction to the drug. | F | 29 | 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 4 | To end an 8 week, 6 day pregnancy | Hardly any cramping but unpredictable blood flow for 2 weeks now | I was expecting the worst side effects per the clinician at Planned Parenthood - not from online sources. After taking the first pill at the clinic I felt nothing the rest of the day. After 24 hours I placed the 4 pills between my teeth and cheeks as instructed and waited. This wasn't a horrible ordeal. After 2 hours I thought it didn't work because I still felt nothing THEN came the gush. The passing of the "lemon sized clot" (as predicted by PPH) was a little shocking as was seeing all of the matter pass but from then on the bleeding was off and on. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks and the bleeding hasn't stopped but I guess that's expected. The only bad part of this experience (physically) is the unpredictable flow - today alone I had to change my tampon 20 minutes after insertion then nothing the rest of the day. I have had very little cramping - maybe a 3 on a 1 to 10 scale - and no headaches, nausea or vomiting... Everyone is different. I wouldn't base how u decide to term your pregnancy on other people's experiences. I do wonder if the women that had horrible cramps with using Mifeprex, have bad cramps regularly with their period. I very rarely ever have cramps. | F | 30 | 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 4 | terminate early pregnancy | Cramps, tired, out of commission for a day | I missed my period and went to the doc the next day. Much less traumatic than I thought it would be. | F | 22 | | 7/27/2009 | 3 | abortion | extreme abdominal pain the 1st night (about 3 hours after placing 4 pills inside my cheeks) and very heavy bleeding for the 1st 24 hours. | About 3 hours after placing the 4 pills inside my cheeks, I woke up in middle of the night with the most severe abdominal pains. It was honestly the worst pain I ever felt in my entire life. I saw the embryo fall out when I went to use the bathroom and I nearly fainted/blacked out from the pain. | F | 23 | 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 3 | Medical Abortion | Vomiting, Sever cramping and contractions, chills, sweats, 10/10 pain | I went to the sketchiest abortion clinic in the world and was given 1 pill in office and instructed to let the other 3 pills dissolve in my cheek 2 days later. Those were literally my only instructions. No pain medication. No antibiotic. Told it would be like a period. I was 5 weeks along. So on the day I was instructed to take the remaining three pills, I started bleeding slightly right before I took them, was able to take 3 of my friend's leftover vicodin (5's) and then took all three pills, let them dissolve one at a time, all were ingested within 5 minutes. Walked into my kitchen to heat up my cornbag expecting cramping, but not to the severity that they were. Within 5 minutes of standing in my kitchen, I my uterus began cramping and I rushed to my room to lay down. I got really sweaty and achey, and I rushed to the bathroom and dry heaved and vomited 8 times. Then, I experienced literally the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my entire life. I was laying on the tile floor and uncontrollably moaning and yelling and sobbing and kicking my legs and just putting my hands on the tub side because it was cold. I was dripping sweat and could feel my body going through contractions. I don't know if I took them too fast or what, but I read as much as I could online and saw nothing like what I was experiencing. After an hour of agony, I was able to get to my bed and just cry out of panic for an hour. But after that, the pain dulled to a 4/10 and really only exceeded | F | 20 | 1X day | 8/12/2013 | 3 | termination of 5 week pregnancy | I went to Planned Parenthood, where I was examined, supplied with the abortion pills, RU-486 or, also called as Mifepristone, and a few mild pain killers, and, then, send home with instruction to take the pills by myself. After taking them, I was suffering prolonged, severe and disabling pain. I was crying, moaning from pain for 2 hours, then, just lying down. I had been just lying down for 6 more hours in such severe pain that I wasn't able to move my body, lift my head, and call for help. In 10 hours, when I was able to hardly move, I called emergency of Planned Parenthoodand and told about my pain, on which I was told that they couldn't help me, it was a part of a procedure, and I just gotta take it. | I couldn't take any effective painkillers because the clinics wouldn't let this medicine out. There's no excuse for women to suffer unnecesary pain in these modern times. Women pay from 400$-700$ dollars for pills and deserve better treatment. I'm satisfied with the medicine but I'm not satisfied with the procedure, and I claim that this practice is violation of humans' rights in the US, and something should be done about it. | F | 20 | 1 times | 11/20/2005 | 3 | termination of 5 weeks pregnancy | I went to Planned Parenthood, where I was examined, supplied with the abortion pills, RU-486 or, also called as Mifepristone, and a few mild pain killers, and, then, send home with instruction to take the pills by myself. After taking them, I was suffering prolonged, severe and disabling pain. I was crying, moaning from pain for 2 hours, then, just lying down. I had been just lying down for 6 more hours in such severe pain that I wasn't able to move my body, lift my head, and call for help. In 10 hours, when I was able to hardly move, I called emergency of Planned Parenthoodand and told about my pain, on which I was told that they couldn't help me, it was a part of a procedure, and I just gotta take it. | I couldn't take any effective painkillers because the clinics wouldn't let this medicine out. There's no excuse for women to suffer unnecesary pain in these modern times. Women pay from 400$-700$ dollars for pills and deserve better treatment. I'm satisfied with the medicine but I'm not satisfied with the procedure, and I claim that this practice is violation of humans' rights in the US, and something should be done about it. | F | 20 | 1 times | 11/20/2005 | 1 | abortion | I had severe cramping. The pain was equal to child-birth contractions. I have 2 kids, I know what I am saying. | I would never ever take these pills again. It is not worth it. | F | 41 | 1 times | 11/20/2005 | 5 | 3 weeks pregnant | I took 1 tab orally. Then 4 buccal 2 days later....... had light bleeding for about 10 hours..... medium cramps. But definitely tolerable. | F | 31 | 1 days | 4/17/2014 | 5 | 6-7 weeks pregnant | For anyone taking Mifeprex, 800mg of Ibuprofen will not help you with these types of cramps. The cramps are very strong labor cramps. You need to take another strong type of medication with it and you will be fine. Be somewhere comfortable and make sure you are on a full tummy. | People do not understand that Ibuprofen alone will do nothing for you. Put on a maxipad. Take some STRONG medicine. And sleep it all away! I had a good experience, I was knocked out the whole time and I did not go through any of those horrible stories I have read. I did have 1 huge clot when I woke up. It will not be as fast as the surgical, but it is much less invasive in my opinion. I took it a couple of days ago and now I am having what feels like a regular period. I have not gone to the follow up yet. All i want to say is Dont be scared, girls. And I wish all of you the best. This is what worked for me. | F | 19 | 1 days 4 pills 1X O | 10/1/2014 | 5 | Abortion | Cramps bleeding nausea | I was only 3 weeks and 2 days pregnant but the ultrasound woman lied and told me I was 6 weeks and 6 days which I knew was impossible. They do this to get more money out of you. Took the first pill mifepristone at the clinic and felt nothing at all. Took mifeprex the next day at 4:30 held them in my cheeks for about 10 mins. Cramps started to set in about an hour and a half later so I took 2 ibuprofen. Another 30 mins and the cramps start to get worse and worse then the ibuprofen sets in and they subside to mild cramps. I laid in bed watching TV for about 3 hours waiting on the bleeding to start and eventually around 10:00 is when I started to bleed. I had small clots and mild bleeding due to not being that far long I'm guessing. I bled moderately all night and when I woke up the worst was over. After that my nausea was gone (thank god) and I spotted for about 2 weeks then got a very mild period a week after that. Overall my experience was easy and not bad at all. | F | 23 | 1 days | 5/28/2015 | 5 | 6 weeks pregnant / medical abortion | I took the first pill of mifeprex in planned parenthood ct on day one felt pretty nauseous. then four others at home in cheek n gum two each side abiut 34 hrs later.. I was prepared for the worst after reading so many frightening outcomes but after disolving the four pills at 1115pm I felt nauseated so I laid down around 11:40pm. fell aslp and woke up at 2 am my husband asked if I was ok I said yes nothing is happening I feel fine I figured it didn't work. so I went back to bed and woke again at 440 had to pee still no pain no cramping nothing. I did have a bloody pad on and after peeing I felt a gush of blood than a good size clot came out and then I had cramping and it was over. no side effects just slight nauseous. I was so worked up and terrified to take the remaining four pills I was crying and ill over the whole thing. I am a mother of four this was a big accident but I feel ok. not all that much bleeding either. just do it and you will have your own experience. everyone is diff but id say try not to work yourself up by reading everyone elses experience on here. you are promted to seek medical help right away if you have certain issues. you will be ok as most have. thank you | F | 32 | 1 days | 12/28/2013 | 5 | 6 weeks pregnant | Took the first pill at the clinic , no side effects at all. Next day inserted the 4 other pills vaginally but about an hour before I did that I took 3 Tylenol 3. Which helped the pain a lot. After insertion about and hour later I started to bleed then about an hour 30 later the sac came out. The pain is about a 1 on a scale of 1-10. | F | 21 | 1 days | 12/5/2013 | 5 | Abortion 8 weeks | Cramping, heavy bleeding, nausea and diarrhea | The first pill wasn't bad,the four I took the next day is what did it...I was in so much pain but I toughed it out.Just glad it's all over with | F | 31 | 1 days 1X day | 2/18/2021 | 5 | Abortion | Everyone's leaving a review about their own personal experiences, please stop telling people what will happen or what they should do because everyone's body is different. I was literally terrified to go through this process because of all the horror reviews I read. But my experience was so mild I was scared it didn't even work. I took the first pill with the doctor at 3pm, came home and by the night time I had some light bleeding. No cramping. 24 hours later, I took ibuprofen 800 30 minutes before taking the second dose of pills (2 in each cheek) I let them dissolve 30 minutes and swallowed the rest. I laid down and awaited my demise lol but literally guys these cramps were lighter than regular period cramps. I did experience some nausea and threw up my dinner, but I had been nauseas from the pregnancy every day so idk which to blame. After about 30 minutes I passed the sac, a few hours later a few more small clots and one more medium sized one. The next day was just bleeding of a heavy period. No bad cramps or major discomfort. More so the emotional pain and concern. Again everyone's body is different. Don't be afraid from someone's horror story because yours may be smooth sailing. And don't get too amped up over someone's smooth sailing because yours might not be that way. Either way you will make it through! You got this girl | F | 29 | 1 days 200 1X day | 10/7/2021 |
MIFEPREX (MIFEPRISTONE): This medication is used to control high blood sugar in people who have a certain condition (Cushing's syndrome), and who have failed surgery or cannot have surgery to correct the condition. Cushing's syndrome is caused by the body producing too much of a certain hormone (cortisol) which can cause glucose intolerance or type 2 diabetes. Mifepristone works by blocking the effects of cortisol. FDA Approval Date: 2000-09-28 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)