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Whats the evidence for hormone injections for women with problems ovulating?

April 26, 2017Hormone injections ovulating problems women

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Whats the evidence for hormone injections for women with problems ovulating?

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There haven’t been any good studies involving women who have problems ovulating comparing hormone injections to having no treatment, or to clomifene. Most studies have compared different types of hormone injections. These studies included over 2,000 cycles of hormone treatments. Two large reviews (called systematic reviews) have found that older hormone injections (made from urine) and newer ones (made in the laboratory) work about the same to help women ovulate.[1] [2] Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 3 women who have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) get pregnant each cycle using these injections.References Nugent D, Vandekerckhove P, Hughes E, et al. Gonadotrophin therapy for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (Cochrane review). In: The Cochrane Library. Update Software, Oxford, UK. Bayram N, van Wely M, van der Veen F. Recombinant FSH versus urinary gonadotrophins or recombinant FSH for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic