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Mifepristone:
Side Effects
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Less nausea
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Nausea: 40%
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Vomiting: 3%
vs. 17%
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More delay of
menses than Yuzpe
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Delay menses
>7 days: 42% vs. 13%
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Nausea &
vomiting similar to levonorgestrel
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More delay
menses >7 days: 9% vs. 0% [mifepristone vs. two-
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levonorgestrel]
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Glasier A,
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Task Force
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von Hertzen
H, et al. Lancet. 2002;360:1803-1810.
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