Mifepristone article - anyone tried it?

[Guest guest]

I thought this article was rather encouraging because of the amount

of shrinkage (almost 50%). Has anyone here tried this?

http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr01-31-03-

4.cfm

Thanks,

Deb

[Guest guest]

Hi, Looks like there were no other responses to your question about

Mefipristone. I tried it for 3 months at 10mg/day. Most studies

last at least 6 months and it has been shown to be effective even at

2mg/day. I have a 10cm fibroid and there was no shrinkage, however,

it did not get bigger either and stopped the bleeding for 3 months!

I think others on this group have researched availability and

determined that it is not possible to obtain for treatment of

fibroids. My doctor was able to obtain it, but it gets expensive

since it is not covered by insurance and requires a compounding

pharmacy to compound to the lower dose. I think there was another

person on this list who was part of a study and did have shrinkage.

> I thought this article was rather encouraging because of the amount

> of shrinkage (almost 50%). Has anyone here tried this?

>

> http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr01-31-

03-

> 4.cfm

>

> Thanks,

> Deb