Medications used in stimulation protocols preceding in vitro fertilization

The following medications are used in stimulation protocols:

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues / agonists:[/li_item]

• short-acting preparations (most often one-day),
• long-acting preparations (most often one-month).

• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists:

• one-day preparations,
• preparations acting for 4 days.

• Medications stimulating follicle growth in ovaries (gonadotropins):

• preparations obtained with the genetic recombination technique: rFSH preparations, rLH preparations, mixed rFSH and rLH preparations,
• gonadotropins obtained from the urine of postmenopausal women: FSH, mixed preparations: FSH and with LF activity.

• Medications causing the “pharmacological LH surge”:

• obtained with the genetic recombination technique (rhCG),
• obtained from the urine of pregnant women (hCG),
• GnRH agonists in cycles with GnRH antagonist.

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