Unfavorable Cervix Subgroup In 1 trial with 100 primiparous participants, there was no difference in caesarean section among women receiving IV prostaglandins and women receiving IV oxytocin.

Because ibuprofen is also an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis ... to severe pain as adjunct to opioid analgesics, where an IV route is considered clinically necessary. Use lowest effective ...

We searched MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library between 1980 and November 2010 using multiple terms and combinations, including labor, induced/or induction of labor, prostaglandin or prostaglandins ...