Infertility Treatment for Women - Fertility Drugs - Infertility TV

This is part 3 in our series on Infertility Treatment for Women. This Episode covers Infertility Drugs. Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert with weekly TTC tips on InfertilityTV





Fertility drugs are the most commonly used #infertility treatment for women. Today, we are going to discuss how these medications are used.



Fertility medications are used for three purposes:

1) To get women who don’t ovulate on their own to ovulate

2) To increase the number of eggs released in women who do ovulate and

3) In preparation for IVF.



For inducing ovulation, oral medications are usually used first since they are less expensive, easier to use and don’t require as much monitoring.



#Clomid is the most commonly used medication. Typically, your doctor will start with a lower dose such as 1 or 2 pills a day for five days. After monitoring, if the doctor determines that you did not ovulate, then your dose can be increased by 1 pill per day. So if two pills a day for five days didn’t work then you go up to three pills a day and so on. You usually wouldn’t go higher than five days but in rare cases you might take the Clomid for 7 or 10 days.



Injectable medications are a more potent #infertilitytreatment for women. Typically, you will see a higher percentage of women who will ovulate and more will get pregnant. Commonly used brands of these medications are Follistim or Gonal F. 



Like the Clomid, if you are trying to induce ovulation, the doctor will usually start on a lower dose and increase only if necessary. The exact dose is going to be determined by a number of factors however such as your age, the results of hormone testing and the response you had to any previous treatments.



Because they are more potent, the injections require closer monitoring with blood tests and ultrasounds in the doctor’s office every few days.



When being used to get multiple eggs in women who already ovulate, or for IVF, the dose of medications may be higher than when it’s used to induce ovulation.



There are side effects and complications that occur with the use of fertility medications so make sure you have an experienced fertility specialist to oversee your treatment.



Infertility TV is your weekly source for the best medical information if you have infertility, recurrent miscarriage or are just trying to conceive. (TTC). InfertilityTV covers infertility testing, fertility treatments such as Clomid, Follistim and Crinone and fertility treatments like IUI and IVF (in vitro fertilization)



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Dr Morris is a practicing IVF and infertility expert who sees patients at IVF! located in the Naperville Fertility Center.



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