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- n. chemistry An ergoline (and lysergamide) derivative, one of the primary ergot and morning glory alkaloids, chemically similar to LSD and used in medicine to facilitate delivery of the placenta and to prevent bleeding after childbirth.
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“The factors that may have been responsible were, first, sulfonamide and penicillin for infection; second, ergometrine use to reduce postpartum hemorrhage; third, universal blood transfusion; and fourth, much better cooperation and better medical education and so on.”
Doctor Resigns From Hospital Because She Won’t Do Unneeded C-Sections
“If she is still bleeding after 10 minutes, give the same amount of ergometrine again.”
“· If the womb does not become hard after a few minutes of rubbing, or if bleeding continues, give ergometrine, 0.2 mg by mouth, or 0.5 mg by injection in her buttock or thigh.”
“Inject 0.5 mg of ergometrine in a large muscle, or give 0.2 mg of ergonovine by mouth every 6 hours for 4 to 7 days.”
“· Oxytocin and ergometrine are sometimes misused to hurry the birth of the baby or the afterbirth”
“Medicines that contain ergometrine or oxytocin cause contractions of the womb and its blood vessels.”
“· Women and girls sometimes try using dangerous medicines - such as aspirin, malaria medicines, and ergometrine”
“High blood pressure, fast heart beat, stroke. ergometrine maleate, methylergonovine maleate”
“It is the same drug as ergometrine and ergonovine.”
“Then give her one 0.2 mg pill of ergometrine, or a 0.1 mg injection, every 4 hours for 24 hours.”
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