Treating Female Infertility: Recombinant FSH (rFSH)

For couples experiencing difficulty getting pregnant, finding the proper infertility treatment can often become an overwhelming task. However, for women experiencing abnormal ovulation cycles, there may be hope in recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH). This fertility...

The Great Debate: Clomid versus Femara

Block or Fool? Femara and Clomid are both prescription drugs. Femara, or letrozole, was developed to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women and is part of a family of drugs known as aromatase inhibitors. It serves to block...

Human Menopausal Gonadotropins (hMG)

If you're having difficulties getting pregnant because of menstrual irregularities, you may want to ask you're doctor about the fertility drug: Human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG). hMG is typically given to females undergoing fertility treatments like IFV...

Unpleasant Side Effects

Clomid (clomiphene citrate) is a popular fertility drug because it is both inexpensive and effective as an easy to take oral treatment for ovulatory disorders. However, like any medication, Clomid sometimes has side effects, some of them...

The Negative Effects Of Clomid

Clomid-The Panacea Since it was first clinically introduced in 1967, Clomid (clomiphene) has become the most used and least expensive choice of medications for the treatment of infertility in women. Used primarily to induce ovulation, this hormonal drug is...

Finding The Cause

University of Liverpool scientists have found an enzyme that may be the culprit causing the condition known as endometriosis, the main reason for chronic female pelvic pain. In endometriosis, tissue mimicking that of the inner...

Fertility Treatment Costs

For the 7.1% of American married couples who have infertility problems, alternative fertility options, such as fertility drugs and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can provide for them a way to achieve their dreams of...

Triggering Ovulation With Medication

Physicians have a variety of medications that are successful in bringing on or regulating ovulation in women with PCOS and other ovulatory disorders. The most familiar of these drugs are the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and the luteinizing...