Misoprostol for labor induction/cervical ripening

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Misoprostol for labor induction/cervical ripening

For 340B hospitals:

How are you dispensing misoprostol 25mcg for cervical ripening? Since it is hazardous, are you splitting and packaging in the pharmacy or are nurses cutting a 100mcg tablet on the floor?

Since it is off-label, I don't anticipate a 25mcg product ever becoming available.

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