Some women at a higher risk of miscarriage are to be offered a hormone drug. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has issued an update to its guidance on miscarriage which says that certain women can be offered progesterone to help prevent pregnancy loss.
Charity Tommy's said the move will "help save babies' lives and spare parents heartache".Nice said women who have had previously had a miscarriage and have a pregnancy confirmed by scan who are bleeding can be offered 400mg of micronised progesterone twice daily.If a foetal heartbeat is confirmed, it is recommended treatment with progesterone should continue until 16 weeks of pregnancy have been completed, Nice said.Nice estimates that around 7,200 women with prior
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