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Mifepristone (or RU-486) is a synthetic, steroidal antiprogestogen and antiglucocorticoid pharmaceutical drug.ifepristone is sold in the United States by Danco Laboratories as Mifeprex and is U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved to terminate intrauterine pregnancies of up to 49 days gestation.
(1). RU486 is also known by its generic name, mifepristone, and by Mifegyne, the name under which RU486 is marketed in Europe. (2) Mifeprex, is the name under which it is to be sold in the United States, (3) though it will also be marketed as the Early Option pill.t isn't simple or convenient. At a minimum, the RU486 procedure involves two drugs and three trips to the doctor's office over a two week period. For 4-5% of women, the pills don't work, making them return for surgical abortions. It won't make abortion rare.