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  • noun Plural form of tocolytic.

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  • Other medications, known as tocolytics, help delay delivery for at least forty-eight hours, the amount of time needed for steroids to work.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Other medications, known as tocolytics, help delay delivery for at least forty-eight hours, the amount of time needed for steroids to work.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • How this treatment works: Commonly known as labor inhibitors, the drugs that help stop premature labor are technically classified as tocolytics and include such medications as ritodrine hydrochloride, terbutaline, and magnesium sulfate.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • These muscle relaxants tocolytics include nifedipine, terbutaline sulfate, magnesium sulfate, and indomethacin.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • These muscle relaxants tocolytics include nifedipine, terbutaline sulfate, magnesium sulfate, and indomethacin.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Our decision was made after carefully reviewing all the facts of mortality and morbidity of 24 weekers and was not made in a hospital room under the influence of pregnancy hormones, tocolytics and the sounds of monitors and IV pumps.

    11 « January « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Having been on my fair share of tocolytics while pregnant with Jodie, I can assure you that it does sound like you are in a wind tunnel while on those meds.

    11 « January « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Having been on my fair share of tocolytics while pregnant with Jodie, I can assure you that it does sound like you are in a wind tunnel while on those meds.

    24 weeker choices « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Our decision was made after carefully reviewing all the facts of mortality and morbidity of 24 weekers and was not made in a hospital room under the influence of pregnancy hormones, tocolytics and the sounds of monitors and IV pumps.

    24 weeker choices « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Pharmacological interventions available in the market include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), hormomal contraceptives, levonorgestrel intrauterine contraception and tocolytics.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

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