Intravaginal glyceryl trinitrate and dinoprostone, for labor

In these days of women¿s emancipation, women would like to retain control of their lives to as great extent as is possible. One of the most important events in a woman¿s life is the course of child bearing. The goal of obstetrics is a pregnancy that culminates in a healthy infant and a minimally traumatized mother. The precise mechanism of initiation of labor in human beings is still obscure and imperfectly understood. The multitude of biological substances which interact in the control of human birth process seem to increase almost daily, the important substances being: progesterone, calcium, oxytocin and prostaglandins (especially prostaglandin E2 and prostaglandin F2¿)