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Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone (Intramuscular route, Subcutaneous route)
LOO-ten-eye-zing HOR-mone, FOL-i-kul STIM-yoo-lay-ting HOR-moneBrand Name(s)
In the US: Menopur, Pergonal, Repronex
Dosage forms
Powder for Solution
Classifications
Therapeutic: Endocrine-Metabolic Agent; Pharmacologic: Human Luteinizing Hormone
Uses of This Medicine
Menotropins injection is used to treat infertility in women. Menotropins are a mixture of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) that are produced in the body by the pituitary gland.
Menotropins injection is used in women with healthy ovaries who are enrolled in a fertility program called assisted reproductive technology (ART). ART uses procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). Menotropins is used together with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in these procedures.
Many women choosing treatment with menotropins have already tried clomiphene (eg, Serophene) and have not been able to conceive yet. Menotropins may also be used to cause the ovary to produce several follicles, which can then be harvested for use in gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) or in vitro fertilization (IVF).
This medicine is available only with your doctor’s prescription.
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, menotropins are used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:
For causing ovulation in women to help them become pregnant For producing sperm in menBefore Using This Medicine
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered: