Pregnancy (or a woman who wants to become pregnant) is one of the major countraindications of misoprostol.
Misoprostol is a prescribed medication when treating or preventing gastric or duodenal ulcer.
In pregnant women, or women whose pregnancy is not excluded or planning pregnancy, misoprostol has a potent activity on the contractility of the uterine muscle, and may result in termination of pregnancy.
The contraindications are:
*Hypersensitivity misoprostol
*Prostaglandin hypersensitivity
*Hypersensitivity castor oil
*Absence of effective female contraception
*Woman considering a pregnancy
*Pregnancy
*Breastfeeding
*Malignant gastric tumor
*Child under 12 years