2017
DOI: 10.1007/s13224-017-1005-4
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Self-Medication for Abortion: Safety Issues

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“…This reflects the fact that most of the women are unaware of complications of drug and they consume tablets without knowing their actions and side effects. Similar report was demonstrated in the past studies 7,9,10 We have performed USG of all 125 cases reported to us after selfabortifacient intake. We have observed, in our study, 14.4% (18 of 125) of patients came with single life intrauterine fetus (SLIUF) which is evidence of drug failure, the failure rate of any medical abortion on ongoing pregnancy should be less then 1% 3,12 when taken before 7 weeks and by correct regimen.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
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“…This reflects the fact that most of the women are unaware of complications of drug and they consume tablets without knowing their actions and side effects. Similar report was demonstrated in the past studies 7,9,10 We have performed USG of all 125 cases reported to us after selfabortifacient intake. We have observed, in our study, 14.4% (18 of 125) of patients came with single life intrauterine fetus (SLIUF) which is evidence of drug failure, the failure rate of any medical abortion on ongoing pregnancy should be less then 1% 3,12 when taken before 7 weeks and by correct regimen.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…This may be due to the fact that this is the most fertile period of the reproductive age-group and early marriage, and unplanned child birth are prevailing in this part of the world. 8 Majority of patients who self-abortion pills were between 25 and 30 years of age (36%; 45 of 125), which is similar to Gupta et al 9 having 36% in the same age-group, while in Anjum et al 10 and Shankaraiah et al 11 maximum cases were from the age-group of 20-25 years. This shows that younger women are frequently taking self-medication for abortion than older women, which may be due to lack of decision-making, unplanned pregnancy, incomplete awareness regarding contraception, and motivation by spouse and family members.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 52%
“…14 But ultimate source of procurement remains the chemists, pharmacists or the informal vendors. Similarly source of procurement was chemist in 100% according to PK Aggarwal et al and D Anjum et al and 52.43% according to B Singh et al 12,15,16 Getting medication from chemists results in ignorance about proper pill consumption method/regime and follow up advice. This was evident from this study where only where only 10% took the proper regime.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%