Learn about the uses and effects of Mifepristone.
Mifepristone blocks progesterone, a hormone needed for pregnancy to continue.
Effective for ending a pregnancy through ten weeks gestation (70 days or less since the first day of the last menstrual period).
Mifepristone is used together with misoprostol to end a pregnancy.
Mifepristone is a drug that blocks a hormone called progesterone that is needed for a pregnancy to continue. Mifepristone, when used together with another medicine called misoprostol, is used to end a pregnancy through ten weeks gestation (70 days or less since the first day of the last menstrual period).