User Reviews for misoprostol oral

LISTEN UP LADIES. Do not listen to fear mongers, this is a safe procedure but go through your doctors office or planned parenthood ($500 was worth it) (TIP: a lot of abortion clinics have 2+ week waits, make an appointment ASAP) I vowed I would write here after I went through it. I was so scared after reading reviews and being grilled with fear in the doctors office ( I know they have to say all the risks) but I was about to have an anxiety attack. It’s NOT bad at all. No side effects with first pill. (TIP: eat beforehand just to be safe, I also ate ginger to help with nausea) I took the 4 pills vaginally and started bleeding 4 hours later (TIP: put one drop of water on them beforehand or else they will take way longer to dissolve) guys it was like a longer light period. Barely any pain like 1/10, it was lighter than my heavier period days, granted I was 5 weeks, but still. I took all day off, slept and watched Euphoria. (TIP: I opted to get the blood test 2 weeks later instead of the pregnancy test 4 weeks later for assurance) I feel so much better not being pregnant. I feel 0 guilt maybe it’s because I caught it so early, even the lady in the office said it was not even a fetus yet. Please don’t be scared, be overly prepared, but please do know that the abortion pill worked 100% and now I’m completely fine, just breathe. Read More Read Less

After reading a huge amount of negative reviews online, which left me terrified to go through with this, I had a very positive experience with this medication. I’m hoping that by sharing this, it can help others who may be scared to take it. After taking the second step, it took about 3 hours for me to start bleeding. The pain was less than a normal period, and very mild. I did a bit of housework and ran a few shopping errands during the bleeding. It was heavy for two days, and then very light for about a week and a half. I had intermittent mild cramping, but it was honestly a lot less than a regular period. For what it’s worth, I’m 37 years old, but the categories here only let me select 19-24 as my age. Read More Read Less

This was my first abortion so i was pretty scared, and reading all these reviews truthfully didnt help me what so ever but im just hear to let you know its not as scary or bad as everyone makes it seem. Maybe it was just different for me but i was 9 weeks pregnant so i had to take 8 pills in total, when i took the first 4 i passed out completely for about 2hrs, and when i woke up i had no bleeding at first so me and my partner were a little nervous that it wasnt working but i told him let me take the other 4 pills and see if i start and about 1hr in i still had no bleeding so we decided to call the planned parenthood and as soon as someone answered i started bleeding. i didnt bleed much in my pad mostly only when i was using the restroom. the only symptoms i had were throwing up (which only happened a few times) a bit of diarrhea and of course cramping, the cramps were for sure the worst part but at most it just felt like a bad period, nothing too crazy. its been about two days now and i feel completely fine, i still have a bit of bleeding going on but the doctors said thatd happen, i get my check up in a few days to see how everything is going but for now im okay, im 99.9% sure it worked successfully and i wanna let whoever is reading this know its gonna be okay, dont scare yourself from the bad reviews, everyone handles pain, medication etc differently. just stay hydrated and eat your favorite foods and remind yourself its all gonna be okay, your strong, your not alone and youve got this ??.Read More Read Less

According to the ultra sound I was less than 4 weeks and it took a while and two doctors to find the fetus. So I didn't really know how far long I was so I just calculated from the last time I did a pregnancy test till the last time I had sex. I took almost a week to find the drug. I took misoprostol and mifepristone. I was told to take the mifepristone orally ( 1 tablet) on a Saturday night and if nothing happens I should insert the remaining 4 tablets of misoprostol on Monday night. By 21:16 i took ibuprofen as advised for the pain, I decided to take this at least an hour before inserting the pills so it wouldn't interfere or anything...22:11 i inserted the pills..22:16 weird hot feeling in my belly and nervous as hell....22:33 feeling light cramp on lower belly...23:00 so much saliva in my mouth and feeling very nauseous ....23:07 cramps cramps reduced ....23:11 increasing cramps... at this point it think I having little contractions...this went on for about 3 hours or less ...1:16am I went to pee, little blood came out and there was light blood stain on my pad but the pain had reduced drastically it was almost like it wasn't even there ... just that if I tried to stretch I'd feel it By 12:12pm I finally stood up to pee as I had been sleeping and I slept on my side and I felt blood rush out, I don't know how much blood and if it had anything inside.... I was scared that it didn't work because if I'm being honest the pain was kind of nothing... I was still doing all things I would normally do, even talking about friends and what not... I don't usually have period cramps so maybe that's why... to be honest this made me realise that everyone's experience is different because all the things I saw on the Internet and all the people I spoke to told me that It was going to be very painful and what not.. I did a pregnancy test about a week later and it was negative. The only thing is that I've been having light bleeding for a week now ( this started 13 days after the abortion) and I don't know if it's my period or something elseRead More Read Less

the worst pain i’ve experienced. the cramps were so unbearable that i passed out in the bath tub. i also had a high grade fever. i thought i was gonna die (this is coming from a woman that’s had a natural birth). the medication is very effective, but the symptoms are intense

Pain. Such horrible pain. It’s been 7 hrs since the last set of pills and I’m crying in bed. The “cramps” are contractions (I’ve gave birth before) and are unbearable. I feel numb. I felt I had to have this because we can’t afford it and last pregnancy I was sick the whole 9 months and bedridden. Now I’ve stopped a heartbeat and suffer the consequences.

I was 6 weeks when i found out i was pregnant. I went to doctors and they gave me a pill at office which gave me no side affects. The next morning at 10am i took the four other pills and let me tell you… I put the 4 pills in my mouth and waited for them to dissolve as soon as i drank the remaining the cramps started to happen. Yes they were veryyyy bad cramps, the worst pain i’ve felt in my life. i went to the bathroom and threw up 3 times. I layed back down on my stomach with a heating pad under me and i fell asleep soon after. When i woke up the cramping wasn’t as nearly as bad as before. The process was a breeze. I was scared reading the reviews but i’m just glad it’s over with. I suggest just taking deep breaths through the whole thing remind yourself ur strong and u can do this. Also try laying on ur stomach with a heating pad that helped me fall asleep and not feel the cramps as intense. YOU GOT THIS.Read More Read Less

Experience lasted 8 hours and 22 minutes. I had Vicodin, zofran, and loperamide. No vomiting, slight nausea, diarrhea towards the end.

I wanted to leave a review because this the place I came to read reviews prior to taking the pills. After reading some of the reviews I felt so anxious about what was to come. Some peoples experiences are really scary. I thought I would share my experience to maybe help someone worry a little less. Perhaps my experience wasn’t as horrendous as I was so early 4-5 weeks. I prepared myself with paracetamol, ibuprofen, (codeine provided by the clinic) heat pads and plenty of heavy flow sanitary pads. I took the first pill and didn’t really have any symptoms. The following day around 4pm I took paracetamol and ibuprofen before I put the 4 pills between my gums and waited the 30mins. I then swallowed the rest and took a codeine the clinic provided due to me being anxious about the pain to come. I stayed in bed watching Netflix trying to take my mind off things. After around 2 hours I started to get cramps and back pain, nothing horrendous. I put the heat pads on. I drifted in and out of sleep. I went to the toilet and had a little bleeding and some small clots. I wasn’t very heavy at all. I was expecting a blood bath after reading some of the reviews here. So I was kind of worrying whether it was working properly. After the 4 hours I put the last 2 pills between my gums for the 30mins then swallowed. The bleeding didn’t get any worse and the cramps and back pain were tolerable. I didn’t take anymore pain relief although the heat pads stayed on and last 24hrs. This all happened yesterday. Today I’ve had very light bleeding (when I say light I mean it’s not on my pad, I can only can see a little when I wipe) and occasional cramps but overall I’ve been fine. I am going to call the clinic tomorrow and let them know my experience as I want to get some reassurance that it has worked properly. I will update after I speak with them. Read More Read Less

So first let me say I’ve looked at many reviews and some say the cramping didn’t start for hours. I’ve saw a few that said the cramping started immediately or within 30 minutes, and they had horrible experiences. Maybe it’s related, maybe it’s not. I was about 10 weeks pregnant. Years ago I got the procedure abortion and it was so painful, I considered myself lucky to be able to get access to the medication in time so I wouldn’t have to go through that again. Last night when I took the medication, I wished I had the procedure. I took the first pill in office around 3:30 pm. The next day, yesterday, I took my ibuprofen and nausea medicine 30 min prior as my doctor recommended, then I put 4 pills in my cheeks to dissolve- around 5pm. Within 30 minutes, I started to feel light cramping. Feeling tired from the nausea medicine, I laid down and slept for about 2 hours, waiting. I woke up cramping, heating pads were doing little to nothing (I had one on my stomach and one on my back, I couldn’t tell where the pain was coming from at times). I ended up getting in the shower which gave me a little relief. I did vomit 3-4 times, but I’ve had terrible morning sickness and hadn’t eaten since 4pm. I laid back down and the cramping subsided, but then my 4 hour timer for my next dose of Misoprostol went off. I remembered what the nurse said to me when giving instructions the day before, “you’re not going to want to take the rest of the medicine, but you need to”. She was right. I didn’t, but I knew I had to. I actually dozed off while I was waiting for them to dissolve. I was in a very light sleep and kept checking the clock. After 30 minutes, I swallowed the rest of the medicine. Soon after I vomited again (probably because I took it on an empty stomach, was afraid to eat). Once again the cramping started soon after, and that, my friends, is when the real show began. It went from persistent cramping to what felt like contractions. Only a few seconds apart, they would build and then stop. I would scream out in pain each time, but I found that laying on a heating pad on my stomach and having my partner put pressure on my lower back helped some of the pain. It was excruciating and almost unbearable. Then again, I have a low pain tolerance. My partner wanted to take me to the hospital but I declined, knowing there was nothing they could do. I was offered pain medication at the doctor but cannot take it, so keep that in mind. So I started this process at 5pm yesterday, and I was finally able to fall into a deep, painless sleep around 4am and haven’t had terrible pain since, I did sleep off and on from 1-3am, but I still woke to some painful cramps here and there and kept going to the bathroom to push the blood out. Another review said they’d close their eyes when they flush, but I checked each and every time because blood clots seemed like a good sign. A lot of others said once they pushed out the clots they felt relief. So that’s something to keep in mind. I dozed off around 4 am, woke up at 7 when my partner went to work, and I felt fine. I went back to sleep soon after and slept until 12:30pm. I’m not bleeding right now, but I’m sure it will start back. I think the worst part is over though. I didn’t write all of this to scare other women, just to remind that you will get through it. The pain is temporary. I kept telling myself it was temporary and necessary. It definitely helps to have someone with you. Be prepared, have all of your medicine within arms reach. Drink fluids and rest. You can do this. Just breathe. Read More Read Less

Found out 6 days ago that my baby stopped growing 3 weeks ago and had no heart beat at my 13 week scan. I was told to take all 4 pills vaginally at the same time, so I did the following day. It took 12 hours for the bleeding to start. I didn’t think it was ever going to work. Within 10 minutes of passing brown tinged blood, I started passing huge clots and bright red blood. I pushed out probably 6 sessions of bleedings in a couple hours until I went to bed. I soaked through a pad, my shorts, a towel folded up underneath me and straight through the sheets into the mattress. At 4 am I woke up and changed everything after a couple more sessions of passing blood clots and very dark tissue. I never experienced exhaustion like I have this whole week. Bleeding had slown down for a couple days but having the chills didn’t. I couldn’t stay awake for anything. I fought for my life to get warm under sweat pants, a hoodie, a thick blanket and our fireplace going. I haven’t been able to eat much of anything. In 6 days, if you include 5 animal crackers and 3 bites of oat meal as a meal, I’ve ate 5 times. I feel like a zombie. Bleeding last night and all day today has picked back up and I’ve been passing large clots again and debilitating cramps. I feel awful that I can’t even do small things around the house without feeling dizzy. All week I’ve tried to picked up, sweep, mop, just small things and I just can’t. I can’t even take a shower without feeling like I’m going to pass out. I feel disgusting. Like someone hit me with a Mack truck and left me for dead in a ditch. Read More Read Less

I am so angry that I came on here reading these horror stories. I was 5 weeks 6 days when I took the first pill in clinic around 11:30am. I did experience nausea all day. Woke up bleeding a little but no pain. I put the 4 pills between my cheeks and gums for 30 min. During the 30 minutes I didn’t feel anything when it was time to swallow what was left, I did and immediately threw up. I was nervous it wouldn’t work but it did because 5 min later small blood clot came out. I did experience bleeding like a little heavier than my normal. The cramp pain was 1 out of 10. I took ibuprofen 800mg 1 hour before taking the 4 pills. After I threw up I just passed small blood clots here and there.. I also had a heating pad. I was really tired don’t know if it came from throwing up. But these stories on here have me anxiety I cried. I don’t know if it was this easy because how early I was. Read More Read Less

I read reviews and was really scared to take this. I first want to say it was not nearly as bad as I was thinking it would be. I thought I was seven weeks and the ultrasound said I was about five maybe six weeks. One pill I took in the clinic and the next four were to go in my cheeks to dissolve for 30 minutes the following day. It dissolved in 15 minutes for me because I had so much saliva. I puked within 30-40 minutes of having it in my mouth and was also scared that it wouldn’t work. It did. Just before I puked the room was spinning and I couldn’t see or sit straight, but this was not long and the rest of my experience was not like this! I had cramping and lower back pain, it came in waves. At first I lost of lot of lining and when it happened I just kind of knew. My follow up is in a week. Don’t worry too much just be prepared and trust the ride. I was terrified before taking the pills but everything went smoothly and it was okayRead More Read Less

I was very nervous at first because this was my first abortion and after reading some of these reviews. I must say this process was a breeze, 30 mins before I took my first does of Misoprostol, I took my ibuprofen800 along with my nausea medicine (prescribed by the MD). Forty minutes into the misoprostol, I started feeling very mild cramp's, diarrhea & some spotting. Which was caused by the nausea medicine, it also caused drowsiness. I literally slept through the whole process, got up a few times to use the restroom. Only thing I wished I had taken Midol instead of the ibuprofen800 because it works much quicker for cramps for me.I woke up the next day (today) feeling much better and energetic, still bleeding but not heavy. I took some midol just in case I have any more cramping, but as of right now I feel much better. Read More Read Less

If you’re thinking about taking this prescription to abort a pregnancy…. Listen up! I want to share my real experience, as I was in the very same shoes you are right now. I went to a clinic that offered the abortion pill and received an ultrasound of what appeared to be a super early pregnancy. I was estimated to be between 3-4 weeks. I believe the pill can be used up to 11 weeks, depending on the case. They gave me the first pill, Mifepristone, and this was super easy. You can expect to start to cramp and bleed about 24 hours after taking this. I went ahead and took 2 Extra Strength Tylenols and Ibuprofen, followed by the 4 Misopristol pills around this time. It is to be taken 24-48 hours after the first pill. These pills are kept in your gum for roughly 30 minutes to immediately enter the bloodstream. My cramps got pretty severe after about an hour, along with heavy bleeding. I’m typing this now on hour 5 and my cramps are manageable but still pretty bad. If I could describe the feeling, it’s like the worst period I have ever had. Pain meds definitely help but if I could recommend anything it is HEATING BAD & FLUIDS!!!!!!!!!!!Read More Read Less

I was three weeks gone when I found out I was pregnant, I couldn't lay hold on mifepristone being as I live in a country with restrictive abortion laws, so a friend in med school suggested I get ibuprofen and 12 tabs cytotec to be taken sublingually every 3hrs, I did so but only had tolerable cramps the whole day, the cramp intensified the next day and there was no bleeding still, I was worried thinking it wasn't going to work, being as the cramping had started to ease off towards the days end. I slept off and woke up to the bleeding the next morning, it came out painless with little clots, I was told to expect more, but there wasn't that much except that the bleeding lasted to the next afternoon and stopped entirely. I only bled for a day and a half, and then about 3days later I lost all pregnancy symptoms. I went on to take a pregnancy test after 3 weeks and it came out negative. I believe the procedure gets easier when pregnancy is caught early.Read More Read Less

So I just took the misoprostal today at 2:40 PM. About an hour later the cramps began. Then they got SO bad, my contractions were so so painful. I would scream out every time they’d happen, similar to giving birth. After about 2 hours of this I started to bleed a little bit. I ate an edible at this time to help manage the pain, it was so bad. Easily 9/10. I never have period cramps so I figured the pill abortion wouldn’t harm me. The cramps were so so so bad. But eventually (once the flow of blood started regularly, about 5 pm) they stopped suddenly with pangs of soreness. I released the sack about 2 hours later. Still bleeding but no more pain Read More Read Less

So i promised myself id write a review because i scared myself SOOO much reading the bad ones before i received the Mifegymiso. I started the process on a Wednesday and took the 1 mifepristone tablet at about 4:30pm, felt absolutely nothing and was almost concerned something didnt work. I waited a little over 24 hours and took all 4 misoprostol (vaginally) at about 6:45pm (Thursday evening). Prior to this, i was prescribed T3’s and i couldnt even take them because the chalky taste was too hard for me to forcibly swallow (im really bad with swallowing pills, especially without a coating). So i ended up taking 1 Naproxen (220mg) about 30 mins before the misoprostol. My anxiety was through the roof, especially since i was anticipating the pain relief of the T3s to help me. However, to my surprise I experienced BARELY any pain. For a few hours i felt nothing at all, and was kind of nervous i didnt insert the pills far enough. At around 9pm, i started to feel mild cramps, and they had worsened over the course of 3 hours with a little bit of blood coming out. These cramps were VERY manageable though!!! I laid on a heating pad and eventually got used to the feeling. Im very fortunate to have never really experienced period cramps in general, which is what made me so nervous for this process because i had heard that the cramps you feel are worse! This is definitely not true, these cramps were far from excruciating and only uncomfortable. Easily taken care of with relaxation (i also smoked some weed). At around 1am, there was a bit of blood gushing out, but it felt like a heavy period, not painful. Just blood sliding out. I wont lie, i was nervous to get up and have it all come pouring out...but i finally built the courage to at around 8am after a very peaceful sleep. I got up at 8, it all came GUSHING! Again, felt like a heavy period (no pain). I went and sat on the toilet and clots galore, im pretty sure i passed it because my mild pains and discomfort immediately subsided. However, i did not look in the toilet to confirm as i was advised not to do that since im a bit squeamish of the whole situation (reasonably so, its my first time). Now im feeling pretty decent and just a bit wiped out. Im glad its over and only within 12 hours that i was mostly asleep for! A side note too: if you’re worried about the nausea side effect;opt to take the 4 misoprostol vaginally (i was told by my doctor that the girls who had taken it orally usually were the ones to vomit, since the texture of the tablets is very dry and the tablets also are ingested an entirely different way). Opt to take the 4 misoprostol in the evening to sleep things off as well. Anyways ladies, please do not worry too much about this! Everybody is different and i promise a nightmare scenario is less common and a determinant of your preparedness! ????Read More Read Less

I took this pills after 7weeks pregnant. I inserted 3 and put one under my tongue till it dissolved completely. After few minutes I started feeling hitching on my hands and later stop after few minutes. Later I was feeling feverish and diarrhea and the cramps is killing, I visited the toilet more than 4 times . It was after 4 hours I felt blood coming out and last time I went to toilet was when I noticed the clots coming out after which the rushing of the blood was like a pool. The heavy flows stops after few hours and turns light . But the worst is I am still seeing drops of blood even its a month nowRead More Read Less

I was so terrified to take this medication, I read reviews and didn’t know what I was in for. I was 6weeks and 6 days along when I took the first pill to stop the pregnancy growth, I took the first pill at 10:15am after I took that pill I had very mild cramping and light brown discharge. 24 hours later at 10:30am I took the other set of pills (4 total) I put them under my tongue and they dissolved in 20 minutes. About 20 minutes after I finished the pills I had some diarrhea and cramping which I stayed on the toilet for. An hour later I started vomiting while having diarrhea, it felt like food poisoning (which isn’t too bad). The pills were fully dissolved by that time so I didn’t need a second dose of the pills. At 2 I called my doctor since the cramping, vomiting, and diarrhea had stopped, but there was no bleeding yet. I was told it’s normal and it should start soon. At 4pm (6.5 hours after the pills) I had the first bit of blood when I went to the toilet. An hour later at 5pm I felt a lot of pressure and decided my body needed to push, I pushed out what felt like a liquify sack and I instantly felt so much better, I’m assuming that was the fetus. After that was done I had to push a few more times but at about 6pm the bleeding almost completely stopped. I was finally able to eat at 6:30 and relax without feeling completely cramped up. I genuinely didn’t think I was going to have this good of an experience but it went pretty smoothly, if you’re afraid, it’s normal, but I promise it’ll be okay. To help with the pain at the start I used Tylenol, aleve, anti nauseas, a heating pad and I took a few hot showers to help with the chills. Read More Read Less