Pergonal

American  

[pur-guh-nal] / ˈpɜr gəˌnæl /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for a preparation containing FSH and LH obtained from the urine of postmenopausal women, prepared for injection in both men and women in the treatment of certain kinds of infertility.

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When it proved ineffective, doctors switched her to Pergonal,* which frequently causes a woman to release more than one egg a month and has been linked to previous multiple births.

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So Patti, 30, was put back on Pergonal, the fertility drug that had helped her conceive Joseph.

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Of 80 patients treated with Clomid and Pergonal in sequence, most of those with simple ovulation problems became pregnant and had babies.

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But the exact amount of Pergonal required to cause just one follicle to mature rather than three or four--or in this case seven--varies from patient to patient.

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FOOTNOTE: *About 15% of pregnancies in women taking Pergonal result in twins; another 5% in triplets or more.

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