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A pill of many uses - Extra Health - mifepristone - Brief Article
Muscle & Fitness/Hers, Jan-Feb, 2003
The "abortion pill" mifepristone (formerly called RU-486) may have a wide range of other uses, say researchers in Biological Psychiatry. When they gave the drug to 30 patients with psychotic depression, those receiving the higher doses showed decreases of as much of 30%-50% in depression and psychosis in just one week.
Preliminary studies also suggest that mifepristone may help treat uterine fibroids, endometriosis, certain breast and ovarian cancers, and even one type of brain tumor -- all in addition to its potential as a standard daily contraceptive.
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