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We treat patients from all over the world and while all doctors use the same basic medications for performing IVF treatment, because the brand names vary from country to country, there is often a lot of confusion as to what each medicine is and what it does. This simple table will help to clarify some of this confusion, so you can make sense of what doctors and patients in other parts of the world do.
| Generic Name | Brand Name |
|
Follitropin Alfa (Recombinant FSH) |
Gonal - F |
|
Follitropin Beta ( Recombinant FSH) |
Follistim / Puregon |
| FSH/Urofollitropin | Fostimon / Fertinex/ Bravelle |
| HMG | Repronex / Menopur / Merional |
| HCG | Pregnyl / Profasi / Novarel |
|
Lueproreline/Leuprolide (GnRH agonist) |
Lupron / Enantone / Procrin |
|
Naferelin Acetate Spray (GnRH agonist) |
Synarel |
|
Ganirelix (GnRH agonist) |
Antagon / Orgalutran |
|
Cetrorelix (GnRH agonist) |
Cetrotide |
| Progesterone Suppositories | Prometrium / Cyclogest |
| Progesterone Capsules | Prometrium / Utrogestan |
| Progesterone 8% Gel | Crinone |
| Progesterone injections | Gestone |
| Clomiphene | Clomid / Serophene |
| Letrozole | Letroz/ Femara |
|
Methylprednisolone (steroid) |
Medrol / Medrone |
|
Doxycycline Caps (antibiotic) |
Doxycycline |
| Estradiol | Vvelle / Estraderm / Estradot |
| Estradiol Valerate | Progynova/ Estrace / Climaval |
|
Desogestrel (Low dose Birth control pill) |
Desogen / Marvellon |
IVF - Guideline for drug administration
Clomiphene Citrate, Ardomon, Clom 50 (o.c), Clomiphenecitrate, Clomifen, C.-ratioph. (o.c), Clomiphen Citrate, Clomiphen-Merck, Clomipheni citras, Clomivid, Clostilbegyt, Dufine, Dyneric, Gravosan, Indovar, Klomifen, Kyliformon, Omifin, Pergotime, Pioner, Prolifen, Serofene, Serophene, Serpafar, Tokormon
Human menopausal gonadotropins (hMG), Pergonal, Repronex, Menogon, Merional, Menopur, Metrodin, Bravelle, Fertinex,
Instructions how to inject the drug: Intramuscular (IM) and Subcutaneous (SC)
Recombinant gonadotropins: Gonal-F, Puregon
Instructions to inject Gonal-F
Instructions to inject Puregon
Recombinant LH, Luveris
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH), Lupron Depot, , Decapeptyle, Buserelin, Cetrotide, and Ganarelix
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), Profasi, Novarel, Pregnyl, Ovidrel
Progesterone, Delestrogen Crinone 8%, Endometrin, Utrogestan
You can buy your medications online at http://www.ivfmeds.com/
