The effectiveness of orally administered prostagiandin E., in inducing labor was studied in 60 patients with uncomplicated, full-term pregnancies, using three dosage schedules. Although 40 patients did deliver, 11 patients' amniotic membranes ruptured at a time considered by the investigators to introduce an undesired variable in attempting to evaluate the drug. Twenty (33percnt;) failed to deliver despite adequate Bishop scores. Side effects were noted in 45percnt; of patients. No significant advantage for induction of labor occurred with the three dosage schedules used.
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