Medication Abortion With Pharmacist Dispensing of Mifepristone.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate effectiveness and acceptability of medication abortion with mifepristone dispensed by pharmacists.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study at eight clinical sites and pharmacies in California and Washington State from July 2018 to March 2020. Pharmacists at participating pharmacies underwent a 1-hour training on medication abortion. We approached patients who had already been evaluated, counseled, and consented for medication abortion per standard of care. Patients interested in study participation gave consent, and the clinician electronically sent a prescription to the pharmacy for mifepristone 200 mg orally, followed 24-48 hours later by misoprostol 800 micrograms buccally. Participants were sent web-based surveys about their experience and o

SUBMITTER: Grossman D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7984759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature