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Brookesmom, Hello!! I was beginning to wonder if anyone else used Cytotec. We have been using it for 2 and one half years now. It works so much more quickly than Pitocin!! We use 100mcg p.o. only after having obtained Reactive NST, then repeat same dosage every 4 hours. The only drawback I have experienced is the initial tetanic contraction that about 30% of my patients get. We will have a fetal prolonged decel (into the 60's) during this episode, but it only lasts for about 3 minutes. I have only had 1 emergency c-section due to this when the baby's heart rate would not go back up. That is still better than my Pitocin c-section rates, and I have found that since we started using the cytotec, my overall c-section rate has dropped from a whopping 38% to a more manageable 25%. My other concern (and I haven't had any complications) is that it sometimes works so quickly that Mom's body isn't prepared!! I have had inductions go from the first pill to delivery within 1 and 1/2 hours!! The other great thing about it is that it even works on a unripe cervix. I have though had to send 2 people home after getting cytotec that just didn't work, but on the average, it is working on everyone we use it on. Let me know about your dosages and experiences with it. Lisa;)