TY - JOUR T1 - Misoprostol in a topsyturvy world JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 205 LP - 205 DO - 10.1136/jme.27.3.205 VL - 27 IS - 3 AU - D O E Gebhardt Y1 - 2001/06/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/3/205.1.abstract N2 - sir In the January 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine three articles appeared on the unapproved use of Misoprostol (Cytotec), which raise an interesting ethical question. The synthetic prostaglandin analogue, Misoprostol, has been successfully used by obstetricians and gynaecologists for a number of years for the induction of a medical abortion in the first or second trimester, for the induction of labour, and for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhages.1 Strangely enough the pharmaceutical company which produces and markets the drug, Searle, … ER -