Antepartum: Induction of labour for medical reasons, e.g. in cases of post-term gestation, premature rupture of the membranes, pregnancy-induced hypertension (pre-eclampsia); Stimulation of labour in hypotonic uterine inertia; Early stages of pregnancy as adjunctive therapy for the management of incomplete, inevitable, or missed abortion.
Postpartum: During caesarean section, but following delivery of the child; Prevention and treatment of postpartum uterine atony and haemorrhage.