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Um med. help??


Question: what do you use Prostaglandin for... i found it in my friend's refridgerator with needles and stuff soooooo wat is it used for???
Answers: Synthetic prostaglandins are used:

To induce childbirth, parturition or abortion (PGE2 or PGF2, with or without mifepristone, a progesterone antagonist);
To prevent closure of ductus arteriosus in newborns with particular cyanotic heart defects
To prevent and treat peptic ulcers (PGE)
As a vasodilator in severe Raynaud's phenomenon or ischemia of a limb
In pulmonary hypertension
In treatment of glaucoma (as in bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, a synthetic prostamide analog with ocular hypotensive activity)
To treat erectile dysfunction or in penile rehabilitation following surgery (PGE1 as alprostadil).[6]
it is used for glaucoma, but is usually in eye drop form..


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