Infertility Drugs are medicines that help bring about pregnancy.
Purpose
Infertility is the inability of a man and woman to achieve pregnancy after
at least a year of having regular sexual intercourse without any type of
birth control. There are many possible reasons for infertility and finding
the most effective treatment for a couple may involve many tests to find the
problem. For pregnancy to occur, the woman's reproductive system must
release eggs regularly-a process called ovulation. The man must produce
healthy sperm that are able to reach and unite with an egg. And once an egg
is fertilized, it must travel to the woman's uterus (womb), become implanted
and remain there to be nourished.
If a couple is infertile because the woman is not ovulating, Infertility
Drugs may be prescribed to stimulate ovulation. The first step usually is to
try a drug such as Clomiphene. If that doesn't work, Human Chorionic
Gonadotropin (HCG) may be tried, usually in combination with other
Infertility Drugs.
Clompiphene and HCG may also be used to treat other conditions in both
males and females.
Description
Clomiphene (Clomid, Serophene) comes in tablet form and is available only
with a physician's prescription. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is given as an
injection, only under a physician's supervision.