Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2018 Publisher: Pfizer Limited, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ, UK
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Prostaglandins
ATC-code: G02AD02
Dinoprostone is a prostaglandin of the E series with actions on smooth muscle. It induces contraction of uterine muscle at any stage of pregnancy.
Dinoprostone is rapidly metabolised in the body. Intravenous administration results in very rapid distribution and metabolism, with only 3% of unchanged drug remaining in the blood after 15 minutes. At least nine PGE2 metabolites have been identified in human blood and urine.
There are no preclinical data of relevance which are additional to that already included in other sections of the Summary of Product Characteristics.
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