USE OF NITRIC OXIDE DONORS AND/OR SUBSTRATES OR NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITORS FOR REGULATING CERVICAL DILATATION AND EXTENSIBILITY

摘要

The invention describes the regulation of cervical dilatation and extensibility by the use of nitric oxide donors and/or substrates or nitric oxide inhibitors. There can be used either (a) at least one nitric oxide donor and/or substrate for manufacture of a medicament to be administered locally intracervically or intravaginally for induction of cervical ripening or (b) at least one nitric oxide inhibitor for manufacture of a medicament to be administered locally intracervically or intravaginally for treatment of cervical insufficiency or preterm labor.