Dinoprostone

Dinoprostone is a prostaglandin, a hormone-like substance that the body makes in late pregnancy and that helps the cervix soften and open before labour. As a medicine it is placed in the vagina to ripen the cervix before labour is induced.

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Overview

Technical summary

Drug, level substance. RxCUI 3478 (RxNav name dinoprostone, term type IN) and UNII K7Q1JQR04M from the openFDA approved-drugs record for Cervidil. The US Cervidil label calls dinoprostone a prostaglandin analog (prostaglandin E2) and says that in pregnancy it plays an important role in the final events leading to the start of labour, including cervical ripening. Only the Cervidil vaginal insert was read; other dinoprostone products and routes were not. No clinical claim sits on this page.

About this drug

Level: Substance
Mechanism: Per the Cervidil label, dinoprostone is produced in pregnancy by the fetal membranes and placenta and plays an important role in the final events leading to the start of labour, including cervical ripening.

Claims and evidence

No claims are published for this drug yet.

Record details

Record id: maternal:dinoprostone
Content hash: 340c6fc5581c14914ce8286cda39332d3162b7edd1a444b76154709879078cfd