New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the state health department to immediately start purchasing 150,000 doses of misoprostol, a five-year supply of the pill
Hochul said she is working with New York's legislature to require private insurers to cover misoprostol when it is prescribed off-label for abortions.U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to block Kacsmaryk's rulingThe World Health Organization and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend misoprostol as a standalone abortion medication when the two-drug regimen is not available.
Patients take 200 milligrams of mifepristone by mouth on day one, and then take 800 micrograms of misoprostol in the cheek pouch 24 to 48 hours later, according to the FDA's label.
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