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Tocolytics (also called anti-contraction medications or labor repressants ) are medications used to suppress premature labor (from the Greek tokos , childbirth , and lytic , capable of dissolving). They are given when delivery would result in premature birth . The therapy also buys time for the administration of betamethasone , a glucocorticoid drug which greatly accelerates fetal lung maturity, but takes one to two days to work.
The suppression of contractions is often only partial and tocolytics can only be relied on to delay birth for several days. Depending on the tocolytic used the mother or fetus may require monitoring, as for instance blood pressure monitoring when nifedipine is used as it reduces blood pressure. In any case the risk of preterm labor alone justifies hospitalization.
There is no clear first-line tocolytic agent.