Fertility Drugs


The Facts On Fertility Drugs For Women

Many couples today struggle with fertility problems, fertility drugs are usually the first treatment tried. Many women are given prescriptions for clomiphene and gonadotropins. What are these fertility drugs and how do they work? Both of these drugs promote ovulation. Clomiohene works on your brain to get one or even several eggs ready to be released from your ovaries. Gonadotropins works directly on your ovaries to prepare the eggs for entering your fallopian tubes.

These fertility drugs have been used for over 30 years and have a very high success rate. The only problem with these fertility drugs is that they can produce pregnancies resulting in multiple births.

Let’s take a closer look at the fertility drugs available.

Clomiphene helps women conceive that do not ovulate regularly or even do not ovulate at all.
Men can also use clomiphene for low sperm count or mobility of the sperm, or even for the quality of sperm produced.
These fertility drugs are usually taken one 5 day cycle a month. Clomiphene helps you produce hormones that will trigger ovulation.
After the cycle is finished your brain releases a hormone which will tell your ovaries to release mature eggs into your tubes. If the egg finds a healthy sperm, they are on their way to your uterus. This will give you a good chance of becoming pregnant.
Side effects of these fertility drugs can include: mild swelling of the ovaries, weight gain, depression, irritability, fatigue, headaches, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, breast tenderness and stomach pain.
The success rate of clomiphene is pretty good. About 80% of women find they ovulate within the first 3 months of treatment. Those who do ovulate 40 % become pregnant.
The cost of clomiphene in the United States is about $50 per cycle.

Gonadotropins will help you conceive if you have tried other fertility drugs without success.
Gonadotropins is given by injection for 7 to 12 days. These fertility drugs will help you produce several eggs instead of just one. After you are finished with these injections you will then be injected with another drug that tells your ovaries to let go or mature eggs. If one of your mature eggs meets a healthy sperm in your tubes, they then travel to your uterus. Then you will have a great chance of becoming pregnant.
Side effects associated with the fertility drugs gonadotropins are abdominal tenderness, bloating, fluid retention, and weight gain.
The success rate for women using gonadotropins are usually 20 to 60 percent become pregnant.
The cost of gonadotropins fertility drugs are about $2,000 to $5,000 per cycle.

If you have ovulation problems caused from a benign tumor found in your pituitary gland, then the bromocriptine fertility drugs are for you.
Bromocriptine can be taken by mouth or vagina in pill form. These fertility drugs are taken for a few months and your doctor will keep track of your dosage and may adjust it throughout the months that you take the fertility drugs.
Side effects of bromocriptine are nausea, dizziness, fatigue, diarrhea, and headaches.
Around 90 percent of women taking these fertility drugs ovulate for the entire time they are taking the drugs. 65 to 85 percent of the women do in fact get pregnant.
Cost of bromocriptine in the United States is around $75 to $112 per cycle.

When you visit your doctor discuss with him the different fertility drugs available.
He will be able to help you decide which one is best for you and be able to answer all of your questions and concerns involving the use of fertility drugs.