Follitropin Alfa (Systemic)
Brand Names : Gonal-F
Precautions While Using This MedicineIt is
very important that your doctor check your progress often
at regular visits
to make sure that the medicine is working properly
and to check for unwanted effects. Your doctor will probably want to follow
the developing eggs inside the ovaries by doing an ultrasound examination
and measuring hormones in your blood stream. After you
no longer receive follitropin alfa, your progress still must be checked for
at least 2 weeks
.
If your doctor has asked you to record your basal body temperatures (BBTs)
daily, make sure that you do this every day. Using a BBT record or some other
method, your doctor will help you decide when you are most fertile and when
ovulation occurs. It is important that sexual intercourse take place around
the time when you are most fertile to give you the best chance of becoming
pregnant. Follow your doctor's directions carefully
.
If abdominal pain occurs with use of follitropin alfa,
discontinue treatment and report the problem to your doctor immediately. Do
not receive the injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and avoid
sexual intercourse
.
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy. If this side effect
occurs, do not drive, use machines, or do anything else
that could be dangerous if you are not alert
while you are using follitropin
alfa and for 24 hours after you stop using it.
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