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Ulipristal

Classification: B

Drug products: ellaOne, Esmya

ATC code: G03AD02, G03XB02

Substances: ulipristal, ulipristal acetate

Summary

As the substance is only used by women, analyses on sex or gender differences have not been considered relevant.

Additional information

Ulipristal is used as emergency contraception [1,2], as pre-operative treatment of moderate to severe symptoms of uterine myoma in women of childbearing age [1], and as abortifacient [2].

Updated: 2016-12-23

Date of litterature search: 2016-12-20

References

  1. Fass.se [cited 2016-12-20]. länk
  2. Physicians' Desk Reference. http://www.pdr.net. [cited 2016-12-20]. länk
  3. Läkemedelsstatistik. Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen. 2015 [cited 2016-12-19.] Socialstyrelsens statistikdatabas

Authors: Mia von Euler, Linnéa Karlsson Lind

Reviewed by: Mia von Euler

Approved by: Karin Schenck-Gustafsson