Misoprostol for missed miscarriage - how long does it take to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:09:06 here, OP -- so sorry you have to do this, but I'm glad that at least you have a course of action so that if nothing happens with the meds by tomorrow, you'll at least have some closure to this part of the process.

What I recall of waking up from my D&C was an enormous sense of relief and comfort that this nightmarish part of the miscarriage was over -- and gratitude for the anesthesia that meant I didn't have to experience the D&C consciously.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, and am sending all good wishes for your recovery and for a happier outcome in the future.

I felt an enormous sense of relief after my D&C, too. The week between finding no HB at ultrasound and the D&C was the worst week of my life.

[Anonymous]

I think this med is prescribed differently in EU?

I have to take 2 tables, twice a day (with approx 12 hours between) for 5 days to ensure everything 'keeps moving' and have been told maybe nothing will start until after the first 24hrs. She said the chance of needing a D&C after taking a complete course is less than 5%. Fingers crossed!

[Anonymous]

I have now taken 800mg of this medicine four days in a row. The first day orally and then the next three vaginally. Nothing happened... finallyon the fourth day I started spotting(friday) but by Monday I wasnt spotting. Now its Tuesday and I am on my fifth dose. Vaginally again. I have some spotting but am praying it gets worse. I really want this over already. (Missed mc 10 w 3d) sac only. Has anyone else taken it this many times? Have you finally had success? I cant afford a d and c.

[Anonymous]

I spent all night at the ER and got prescribed some pain meds. Took a dose before leaving the hospital and got home around 4:30am. The next morning some cramping started again. I was on my way to see the doctor to see how we were going to proceed since I still had most of the sac inside and according the hospital's ultrasound, it wasn't budging. I ended up in the hospital with the worst pain of my life. I got an IV with dilaudid being injected into it about every hour for 4 hours. I finally left the ER around 4pm. They gave me cytotec orally. I slept like a baby all after noon until 6am the next morning. I just got back from my doctors office. I got another ultra sound and pelvic exam, and it seems everything is out. I will still bleed for about a week but the cramping is done. My advice is to have pain meds on hand so that you can get started on pain management while you wait at the ER.

[Anonymous]

By the way I didn't clear this up in my previous posting. Cytotec= misoprostol.

[Anonymous]

I took the misoprostol vaginal this Monday and Tuesday before I went to bed and haven't get no pain or bleeding its been 4 days now help if anybody had something familiar write me [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I took the misoprostol vaginal this Monday and Tuesday before I went to bed and haven't get no pain or bleeding its been 4 days now help if anybody had something familiar write me [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

I took the medicine twice. Each time it took 24 hours before anything happened except cramping. The first time, it was "successful," as in there was a lot of bleeding and tissue passing. The second time, there was only a little. But after TWO MONTHS of mostly continuous, light bleeding and tissue passing, I wished I had been forceful with the GW docs and demanded a D&C right away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I took the medicine twice. Each time it took 24 hours before anything happened except cramping. The first time, it was "successful," as in there was a lot of bleeding and tissue passing. The second time, there was only a little. But after TWO MONTHS of mostly continuous, light bleeding and tissue passing, I wished I had been forceful with the GW docs and demanded a D&C right away.

GW doctors are conservative because they have an Asherman syndrome specialist, and know that D&C is really only for emergencies.

Repeated doses of misoprostol, on the other hand, are safe and effective. They should have offered you that, not let you go for two months!

[Anonymous]

I took 400cmg orally and 400mcg vaginally 20 hours ago but only very little blood stain is out