Follitropin Beta (Systemic)
Brand Names : Follistim
Before Using This MedicineIn deciding to use a medicine,
the risks of using the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do.
This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For follitropin beta, the
following should be considered:
Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual reaction
to follitropin beta or similar medicines. Also tell your health care professional
if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives,
or dyes.
Pregnancy - Follitropin beta is not needed or recommended for
use during pregnancy. Since women using follitropin beta may be more likely
to have more than one child at a time, the problems of multiple births may
be increased for women using this medicine. Also, this medicine has been shown
to overstimulate the ovaries (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome [OHSS]) for
a longer time in some women who become pregnant than in women developing this
syndrome who do not become pregnant. Signs of this syndrome include severe
abdominal pain, nausea, rapid weight gain, and vomiting. Before using this
medicine, make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant.
Breast-feeding - It is not known whether follitropin beta passes
into the breast milk. However, this medicine has not been reported to cause
problems in nursing babies.
Other medicines - Although certain medicines should not be used
together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together
even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to
change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your doctor and
pharmacist if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter
[OTC]) medicine.
Other medical problems - The presence of other medical
problems may affect the use of follitropin beta. Make sure you tell your doctor
if you have any other medical problems, especially:
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Abnormal bleeding of genitals or uterus (unknown cause) - Use
of follitropin beta may make the diagnosis of this problem more difficult
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Adrenal gland or thyroid disease (not controlled) or
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Asthma or
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Tumors, brain or
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Tumors, sex hormone-dependent - Use of follitropin
beta may make these conditions worse
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Ovarian cyst or enlarged ovaries - Use of follitropin beta may
increase the size of a cyst on an ovary or increase the size of enlarged ovaries
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Primary ovarian failure - Follitropin will not work in patients
whose ovaries no longer develop eggs
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