Posts Tagged ‘medication abortion’
Misoprostol-Only Medication Abortion Regimen
Political Climate After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the constitutional protections for abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, access to mifepristone and abortion services in general are being threatened across the country. An ongoing anti-abortion lawsuit in Texas seeks to reverse mifepristone’s FDA approval and remove it from…
Read MoreUpcoming Changes to the Mifepristone REMS Program: Implications for Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacists in the community setting may soon have the opportunity to ease access to medication abortion in the United States. In the coming months, mifepristone (Mifeprex) is anticipated to have an updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program that allows dispensing through local brick-and-mortar and mail-order pharmacies. This change will integrate pharmacists into abortion…
Read MorePresent and Future Pharmacist Roles in Medication Abortion Care
Although there are currently restrictions on the ways that patients can obtain a medication abortion, this many soon change and pharmacists will be an important part of access.
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