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Stanford/Packard study shows no benefit from drug widely used to prevent premature births
Date:11/25/2008
been shown to be of benefit, it shouldn't be used," Lyell concluded. "Every now and then, there will be a patient who has an unusual side effect.
"It's important to distinguish between acute treatment, which is given to a woman in preterm labor, and maintenance treatment, which is given to a woman following an episode of preterm labor that has ended," she added. "This study addresses maintenance treatment. We still use nifedipine for acute treatment of preterm labor."
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