You should expect uterine cramping and bleeding as your body reacts to this drug, usually beginning within a few hours after inserting the pills. Once the products of pregnancy have passed, bleeding and cramping usually begin to ease. Other possible side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dizziness and fever or chills. If abortion has not occurred within 48 hours, a second set of four pills may be inserted. The minimum amount of time from the injection of the methotrexate to expelling the pregnancy tissue is six to eight days.
Some women take longer.
Those who have not passed the pregnancy within one month must have a surgical abortion. It has been used on more than 200,000 women in Europe and China, in combination with misoprostol, to safely end pregnancies of up to nine weeks from the last menstrual period. RU-486 works by interfering with progesterone needed to maintain a pregnancy. In Europe, the pill is sold in Britain, France and Sweden, but the original manufacturer, Hoechst AG, has stopped making the drug, citing the controversy of this issue. I discourage you from using any herbs to end your pregnancy.