Fertility & Reproductive Health: Medications

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  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) for infertility

    Article
    03/21/08, Healthwise

    Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is produced by the hypothalamus. It stimulates the pituitary gland to produce luteinizing hormone (LH) and, to a lesser extent, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).

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  • Gonadotropin treatment for infertility

    Article
    03/21/08, Healthwise

    In women. Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) are necessary for egg production (ovulation). Early in the menstrual cycle, a woman with low hormone levels who is not ovulating can have daily human menopausal

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  • Spironolactone for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

    Article
    01/23/08, Healthwise

    Spironolactone is a diuretic, which gets rid of excess salt and water in the body. It also reduces androgen levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

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  • MUSE for erection problems

    Article
    05/21/08, Healthwise

    The medicine relaxes the muscles in the surrounding blood vessels of the penis, increasing the blood flow into the penis. This allows an erection to occur. The medicine is inserted into the penis before sex. How well it works depends on h

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  • Progestin for dysfunctional uterine bleeding

    Article
    02/12/08, Healthwise

    Progestins prevent overgrowth of the endometrium, which helps prevent dysfunctional uterine bleeding. (Heavy bleeding is often the product of irregular breakdown of an overgrown endometrium.) In teens and women who aren't ovulati

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  • Methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy

    Article
    06/06/07, Healthwise

    Methotrexate stops the growth of rapidly dividing cells, such as embryonic, fetal, and early placenta cells.

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  • Endometriosis - Medications

    Article
    08/01/07, Healthwise

    Treatment with medicines does not cure endometriosis. Medicines are also generally not recommended if infertility from endometriosis is your main problem. But anti-inflammatory (NSAID) therapy can reduce pain and bleeding. Hor

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  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) for severe PMS

    Article
    06/19/08, Healthwise

    Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) medications reduce the amount of estrogen in the body and prevent the release of eggs from the ovaries (ovulation). This stops the monthly menstrual hormonal cycle and results in a condi

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  • Spironolactone for PMS

    Article
    06/19/08, Healthwise

    Taken only during the premenstrual phase, spironolactone blocks the body's use of the hormone aldosterone, which causes fluid retention in the body. This has a diuretic effect, eliminating excess salt and water in the body.1

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  • Alprazolam for PMS-related anxiety

    Article
    06/19/08, Healthwise

    Alprazolam is a high-potency benzodiazepine that depresses the central nervous system, causing a mood-elevating and sedative effect and relieving feelings of anxiety. This medicine can be addictive.

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