Table 1.

Medical Abortion Regimens Provided at Planned Parenthood Health Centers in 2009 and 2010^*

Regimen†	Gestational Limit (up to and including)	Mifepristone	Misoprostol
			Days after Mifepristone	Dosage
FDA-approved	49 days	3 200-mg tablets, orally, in office	Two days (only if needed)	2 200 mcg tablets, orally, in office
Evidence-based, oral misoprostol	49 days	1 200-mg tablet, orally, in office	One day	4 200 mcg tablets (split into two doses over two hours), orally, at home
Evidence-based, buccal misoprostol	63 days	1 200-mg tablet, orally, in office	One or two days	4 200 mcg tablets, bucally, at home

^*Follow-up appointment scheduled within 2 weeks of mifepristone ingestion for all regimens.

^†All medical abortion regimens required that patients start a course of antibiotics on the day mifepristone was administered. Patients received doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days; if a patient was allergic to doxycycline, acceptable alternatives included azithromycin 1 gram orally, erythromycin base 500 mg orally four times a day for 7 days; erythromycin ethylsuccinate 800 mg PO four times a day for 7 days; ofloxacin 300 mg twice a day for 7 days or levofloxacin 500 mg PO once a day for 7 days).

Data from Planned Parenthood. Manual of Medical Standards and Guidelines. New York, NY; 2009 and 2010 (unpublished document).