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To the Editor: In their review of the mechanisms that control labor (Aug. 26 issue),¹ Norwitz et al. assert that magnesium sulfate is both safe and efficacious for the management of preterm labor. They also state that it has become the first-line treatment for preterm labor in North America. We were surprised by this unqualified endorsement of the usefulness of magnesium sulfate. A review of the scientific evidence has led us^2,3 and others^4,5,6 to different conclusions.

Although many obstetricians have had the anecdotal impression that delivery is delayed among patients undergoing tocolysis with magnesium sulfate, such an effect has never . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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