Millions of U.S. women are debilitated each year by fibroids. Mifepristone could ease pain and reduce the need for invasive surgery.
, a condition in which endometrial tissue exists within and grows into the uterine wall.
Research from China, Japan, Italy, India and Nigeria has shown that small doses of mifepristone are effective for treating fibroids .first developed The same year, anti-abortion protests in France caused Rousel-Uclaf’s owner Hoechst AG of Germany, to stop distributing mifepristone. The French government responded by ordering Roussel-Uclaf to resume selling the medication in the interest of public health. , “I could not permit the abortion debate to deprive women of a product that represents medical progress.
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