Cytotec, Misoprostol News

This drug is recommended in an official document for use in ending unwanted pregnancy and requires a prescription, although obstetricians/gynaecologists are banned from prescribing it.

One of the country's leading medical negligence experts has called for a ban on the use of a potent ulcer drug on pregnant women after it left a Cumbrian mum with catastrophic brain damage.

A young mum suffered catastrophic brain damage putting her in a coma-like-state for life after a hospital blunder saw her given 32 times the normal dose of a labour inducing drug.

To relieve pain, arthritis sufferers are prescribed medications that may include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, both of which can irritate the digestive tract.

Misopristol, a drug created to treat stomach ulcers is being used for an emergency contraceptive pill and labor inductions.