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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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 quintuple deliveries and other multiple births have become more commonplace lately; Pamela, like thousands of other women, had been taking a fertility drug called Pergonal.

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The couple was aware that Pergonal increases the chance of multiple births,* but even so, says Sam Frustaci, 32, "we thought it might be fun to have twins."

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If the test suggests the ripening of more than two eggs, he withholds the drug; the small doses of Clomid and Pergonal alone are insufficient to produce ovulation.

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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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