Fertility Drugs

There are many different fertility medications used to treat infertility. It is important to understand fertility drugs and what are their purposes.

Since the most fertility drugs are taken to treat hormonal imbalance (a common cause of infertility), you might also want to be informed about other infertility treatment options without side effects, like alternative medicine.

Aspirin

Aspirin is also used as a fertility drug, respectively as a pregnancy preventer. It is used alone or with Heparin to reduce the risk of recurrent spontaneous pregnancy loss or miscarriage.

Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

These fertility drugs are used for the treatment of ovulation disorders and to stimulate follicle and egg production for intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), or other assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures.

Clomiphene Citrate

If your basic infertility work-up indicates that you are not ovulating regularly or if you are ovulating very late or early in the cycle, your physician may suggest clomiphene citrate. This fertility drug is used to induce ovulation, to correct irregular ovulation, to help increase egg production, and to correct luteal phase deficiency.

Human Menopausal Gonadotropin (hMG)

hMG is a fertility drug that acts directly on the ovaries to stimulate follicle development. It is used to stimulate the development of follicles in women who do not ovulate regularly and to stimulate ovulation for Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other treatment procedures.

Bromocriptine Mesylate and Cabergoline

In both men and women, hyperprolactinemia (overproduction of the hormone prolactin) can cause fertility problems by interfering with the normal production of FSH and LH. Bromocriptine and cabergoline correct abnormal prolactin levels.

Progesterone Replacement Therapy

Progesterone is a hormone which is given after ovulation to improve the quality of the uterine lining. This fertility drug can be taken by mouth, by vaginal suppository, gel or by intramuscular injection.

Balancing hormonal levels:

Because the right hormonal level of estrogen and progesterone is one of the most important infertility facts, you should be sure to have the right balance. But, as many women may believe, drugs are not the only solution to balance your hormones.

To read about the ways to stimulate the ability to conceive by balancing hormones, click on infertility treatments.