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Fertility medication

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Fertility medication, better known as fertility drugs, are drugs which enhance reproductive fertility. [1]

33 relations: Anovulation, Aromatase inhibitor, Assisted reproductive technology, Clomifene, Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, Diethylstilbestrol, Estrogen, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Fertility, Follicle-stimulating hormone, Gonad, Gonadotropin, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, Luteinizing hormone, Male infertility, Menopause, Menotropin, Merck Serono, Multiple birth, Oligospermia, Organon International, Ovarian follicle, Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Ovary, Ovulation induction, Receptor antagonist, Recombinant DNA, Selective estrogen receptor modulator, Semen analysis, Sperm motility, Urine, Vitamin E.

Anovulation

Anovulation is when the ovaries do not release an oocyte during a menstrual cycle.

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Aromatase inhibitor

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women and gynecomastia in men.

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Assisted reproductive technology

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is the technology used to achieve pregnancy in procedures such as fertility medication, in vitro fertilization and surrogacy.

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Clomifene

Clomifene, also known as clomiphene, is a medication used to treat infertility in women who do not ovulate.

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Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation is a technique used in assisted reproduction involving the use of fertility medications to induce ovulation by multiple ovarian follicles.

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Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), also known as stilbestrol or stilboestrol, is an estrogen medication which is mostly no longer used.

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Estrogen

Estrogen, or oestrogen, is the primary female sex hormone.

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Ferring Holding SA, better known as Ferring Pharmaceuticals, is a multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and marketing of drugs for use in human medicine.

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Fertility

Fertility is the natural capability to produce offspring.

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Follicle-stimulating hormone

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone.

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Gonad

A gonad or sex gland or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism.

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Gonadotropin

Gonadotropins are glycoprotein polypeptide hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the anterior pituitary of vertebrates.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) also known as gonadoliberin, and by various other names in its endogenous form and as gonadorelin in its pharmaceutical form, is a releasing hormone responsible for the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones.

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Luteinizing hormone

Luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as lutropin and sometimes lutrophin) is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland.

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Male infertility

Male infertility refers to a male's inability to cause pregnancy in a fertile female.

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Menopause

Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in most women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children.

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Menotropin

Menotropin (also called human menopausal gonadotropin or hMG) is a hormonally active medication for the treatment of fertility disturbances.

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Merck Serono

Merck Serono (EMD Serono in the United States and Canada) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals.

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Multiple birth

A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother delivers two or more offspring.

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Oligospermia

Terms oligospermia and oligozoospermia refer to semen with a low concentration of sperm and is a common finding in male infertility.

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Organon International

Organon was a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Oss, Netherlands.

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Ovarian follicle

An ovarian follicle is a roughly spheroid cellular aggregation set found in the ovaries.

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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a medical condition that can occur in some women who take fertility medication to stimulate egg growth, and in other women in very rare cases.

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Ovary

The ovary is an organ found in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum.

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Ovulation induction

Ovulation induction is the stimulation of ovulation by medication.

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Receptor antagonist

A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist.

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Recombinant DNA

Recombinant DNA (rDNA) molecules are DNA molecules formed by laboratory methods of genetic recombination (such as molecular cloning) to bring together genetic material from multiple sources, creating sequences that would not otherwise be found in the genome.

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Selective estrogen receptor modulator

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) are a class of drugs that act on the estrogen receptor (ER).

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Semen analysis

A semen analysis (plural: semen analyses), also called "seminogram" evaluates certain characteristics of a male's semen and the sperm contained therein.

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Sperm motility

Sperm motility describes the ability of sperm to move properly through the female reproductive tract (internal fertilization) or through water (external fertilization) to reach the egg.

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Urine

Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many animals.

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Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a group of eight compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_medication

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