What are fertility drugs?
Women in treatment for infertility, such as undergoing advanced reproductive technologies (ART) such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), use drugs to stimulate their ovaries to produce eggs. These drugs fall into two categories: clomiphene citrate (commonly called Clomid or Serophene), given in pill form; and the injectible medications that are injected either intramuscularly or subcutaneously, depending on the drug and the patient. These include Humegon, Pergonal, Repronex, Fertinex, Follistim and Gonal-F. While Clomid works by “tricking” the brain into thinking there is insufficient estrogen and indirectly stimulating the ovaries, injectibles, which contain FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), directly stimulate the ovaries. Injectibles are much more expensive than Clomid; they are also much more powerful, but if used correctly, produce far fewer side effects. In the Beginning, There Was Clomid Often a woman in the early stages of infertility treatment
Women in treatment for infertility,including advanced reproductive technologies (ART) such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), use drugs to stimulate their ovaries to produce eggs. These drugs fall into two categories: clomiphene citrate (commonly called Clomid or Serophene) given in pill form, and injectible medicationsgiven either intramuscularly or subcutaneously, depending on the drug and the patient. These include Humegon, Pergonal, Repronex, Fertinex, Follistim and Gonal-F. While Clomid works by “tricking” the brain into thinking there is insufficient estrogen and indirectly stimulating the ovaries, injectibles, which contain FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), directly stimulate the ovaries. Injectibles are much more expensive than Clomid; they are also much more powerful.If used correctly, injectibles produce far fewer side effects. In the Beginning Often a woman in the early stages of infertility treatment starts with Clomid. For some women who
