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Treatment list for Infertility:
The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Infertility includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
- Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
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Drugs and Medications used to treat Infertility:
Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any prescription drug, OTC drug, medication, treatment or change in treatment plans.
Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Infertility include:
- Bromocriptine
- Parlodel
- Apo-Bromocriptine
- PMS-Bromocriptine
- Serocryptin
Medical news summaries about treatments for Infertility:
The following medical news items are relevant to treatment of Infertility:
- Lupus treatment shows promising results
- Lupus treatment shows promising results for SLE sufferers
- PCOS may be improved by the diet drug Xenical
- Period pain (see Dysmenorrhea)
- Uterine fibroids linked to failed fertility
Discussion of treatments for Infertility:
Infertility: NWHIC (Excerpt)
Depending on what the tests turn up, different treatments are recommended. Eighty to 90 percent of infertility cases are treated with drugs or surgery.
Therapy with the fertility drug Clomid or with a more potent hormone stimulator--Pergonal, Metrodin, Humegon, or Fertinex--is often recommended for women with ovulation problems. The benefits of each drug and the side effects, which can be minor or serious but rare, should be discussed with the doctor. Multiple births occur in 10 to 20 percent of births resulting from fertility drug use.
Other drugs, used under very limited circumstances, include Parlodel (bromocriptine mesylate), for women with elevated levels of a hormone called prolactin, and a hormone pump that releases gonadotropins necessary for ovulation.
If drugs aren't the answer, surgery may be. Because major surgery is involved, operations to repair damage to the woman's ovaries, fallopian tubes, or uterus are recommended only if there is a good chance of restoring fertility. (Source: excerpt from Infertility: NWHIC)
Infertility: NWHIC (Excerpt)
New, more complex assisted reproductive technologies, or ART, procedures, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), have been available since the birth 18 years ago of Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby." IVF makes it possible to combine sperm and eggs in a laboratory for a baby that is genetically related to one or both partners. IVF is often used when a woman's fallopian tubes are blocked. First, medication is given to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs. Once mature, the eggs are suctioned from the ovaries (1) and placed in a laboratory culture dish with the man's sperm for fertilization (2). The dish is then placed in an incubator (3). About two days later, three to five embryos are transferred to the woman's uterus (4). If the woman does not become pregnant, she may try again in the next cycle. (Source: excerpt from Infertility: NWHIC)
Infertility: NWHIC (Excerpt)
Gamete intrafallopian transfer, or GIFT: Similar to IVF, but used when the woman has at least one normal fallopian tube. Three to five eggs are placed in the fallopian tube, along with the man's sperm, for fertilization inside the woman's body.
Zygote intrafallopian transfer, or ZIFT (also called tubal embryo transfer): A hybrid of IVF and GIFT. The eggs retrieved from the woman's ovaries are fertilized in the lab and replaced in the fallopian tubes rather than the uterus.
Donor egg IVF: For women who, for example, have impaired ovaries or carry a genetic disease that can be transferred to the offspring. Eggs are donated by another healthy woman and fertilized in the lab with the male partner's sperm before being transferred to the female partner's uterus.
Frozen embryos: Excess embryos are frozen, to be thawed in the future if the woman doesn't get pregnant on the first cycle or wants another baby in the future. (Source: excerpt from Infertility: NWHIC)
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Amenorrhea:
Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Imperforate hymen requires surgical correction
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome: Excise testes after puberty because of increased risk of testicular cancer
- Absent müllerian structure or presence of Y chromosome: Psychological counseling
- Ovarian failure: Consider hormone replacement therapy
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome
–Oral contraceptives decrease ovarian androgen secretion
–Weight reduction decreases peripheral estrogen
–Clomiphene to enhance fertility
–Cyclic progesterone prevents endometrial hyperplasia -
Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea
–Weight gain and reduction in intensity of exercise
–Consider oral contraceptives to prevent osteoporosis
–Exogenous gonadotropins or pulsatile GnRH may be necessary
Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004
Amenorrhea – Secondary:
Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Correction of systemic illness, malnutrition, eating disorder, or other stress
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Hyperprolactinemia
–Prolactinoma: Treat with dopamine agonist
–Medication-induced: Cessation of the offending agent -
Polycystic ovary syndrome
–Weight loss
–Oral contraceptives
–Antiandrogen agents such as spironolactone
–Insulin sensitizers such as metformin -
Ovarian failure
–Treat with estrogen-progestin replacement -
Asherman syndrome
–Treat by surgical excision of adhesions
Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007
Amenorrhea – Primary:
Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Underlying chronic illnesses, malnourished states, or hypothyroidism should be treated
- Stop medications causing hyperprolactinemia (e.g., antidepressants, phenothiazines) if safe to do so
- Prolactinomas can be treated medically with a dopamine agonist
- Other pituitary tumors will need treatment according to their specific type
- Patients with ovarian insufficiency or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism need estrogen therapy for breast development, and then should cycle estrogens and progestins to establish menses