IVF Medications

Medications administered in conjunction with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) have proven to be successful. A wide selection of fertility drug injections are available in the United States market today and this article will discuss the IVF Medications that are preferred by fertility specialist, Dr. Randy S. Morris – founder and Medical Director of IVF1.These IVF medications are used as in the treatment of women with ovulation disorders causing their inability to produce eggs and conceive naturally. IVF medications are used to adjust a woman’s hormone levels and increase the chance of a successful pregnancy. Hormonal adjustments through IVF medications are used to:

• Stimulate the production of multiple egg follicles
• Trigger the release of eggs,
• Suppress the release of eggs, or
• Otherwise regulate ovulation

IVF Medications‍

Superovulation with Gonadotropins are used to treat infertility by stimulating a woman’s ovaries to develop multiple egg follicles.

• Follicle Stimulating Hormones (FSH). This medication stimulates the development and growth of eggs in a woman’s ovaries. Common brand names that are most successful: Follistim, and Gonal-F.
• Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Antagonist (GnRH antagonist). These medications are used to regulate female hormone responses and may be used in conjunction with FSH medications. Common brand names: Ganirelix and Cetrotide.
• Letrozole (trade name: Femara) is an IVF medication that has most recently been incorporated into the regiment of drugs used for fertility treatment. This medication can be used to stimulate the growth and release of an egg follicle in women who are unable to ovulate naturally – ovulation induction. Femara also increases the chances of pregnancy in women who are able to ovulate and produce what is known as “superovulation.” Letrozole is part of the class of IVF medications called aromatase inhibitors – aromatase is an enzyme that produces estrogen.
• Lupron is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist that inhibits the woman’s pituitary gland’s ability to control the ovary and prevents the ovary from prematurely releasing egg follicles during the IVF cycle.

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) – commonly known as a ovulation trigger injection – is an IVF medication typically used when the doctor has determined through blood tests and sonograms that your egg follicles have matured and are ready to be released from the ovaries. Common brand names: Novarel, Ovidrel, Pregnyl, and Profasi. Progesterone is produced by the ovaries after a woman ovulates. In the IVF cycle progesterone is produced after the hCG trigger injection.

Progesterone is supplemented after the hCG trigger injection via vaginal suppository or intra-muscular injections – or both. Progesterone prepares the development of the woman’s uterine lining for the implantation of the embryo(s).Schedule your Infertility Video Consultation with Dr. Randy S. Morris and discover more information about the IVF medications that can be most effective for you.

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