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Article: Studies back progesterone injections to prevent preterm birth.(Women's Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- October 1, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Recent studies provide some guidance in applying recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on the use of progesterone to prevent preterm birth, Steve Caritis, M.D., said at a meeting on antepartum and intrapartum management, sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.
Only intramuscular injections of 17 [alpha]-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHPC) have been shown convincingly to prevent recurrent preterm birth, he said.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended in 2003 that progesterone may be used to help prevent preterm birth but should be restricted to ...