Tocolytic Drugs. Berkman ND Thorp JM Lohr KN et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol.
Berkman ND Thorp JM Lohr KN et al. Tocolytics also called anti-contraction medications or labor suppressants are medications used to suppress premature labor from Greek τόκος tókos childbirth and λύσις lúsis looseningTocolytic therapy is provided when delivery would result in premature birth postponing delivery long enough for the administration of glucocorticoids which accelerate fetal lung maturity. Since the seventies NSAIDs have been used as effective tocoly.
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Originally marketed by Ferring Pharmaceuticals it is licensed in proprietary. 13 Patients should be counselled regarding the risk of excessive hypotension angina and myocardial. Occurring at 20-37 weeks gestation preterm labor precedes almost half of preterm births and is the leading cause of neonatal mortality in the United States. Non-dihydropyridines are used to control heart rate in patients with supraventricular arrhythmias.