Drug Treatment for Infertility

To treat infertility among men and women, a group of drugs categorized as infertility drugs are used in partnership with other kinds of infertility medications or treatments.

In women, infertility drug zeroes in on a two-pronged assault on body organs responsible for hormone production to make them produce more hormones needed by the female body in its conception process and in other body parts to produce better quality eggs that can easily team up with any male sperm cell to produce a baby.

While in men, these groups of drugs can also help in making their testosterone come up to a higher level.   Although most of the infertility drugs that are marketed are for women, there are also infertility drugs that are for men.  These kinds of drugs are basically formulated to produce quality sperm in men in terms of forms and sizes. Considering that women are the ones who will carry the joys of pregnancy, infertility drugs are therefore tailored more for the woman more than the man.

Kinds of Infertility Drugs

Clomid -    In women, one of the major causes of infertility is the inability of a woman to properly ovulate and for her ovaries to produce the needed and essential mature eggs needed for conception with a male sperm cell.  This is one of the causes why many couples could not bear children. An infertility drug known as Clomid helps women with this kind of problem.  A regular dose of Clomid would make it work on the ovaries of a woman to make it respond by producing mature eggs. Clomid is known to work effectively and is now widely used in the United Kingdom and also in the United States.  A strict monitoring of your physical status, however, is needed to know if you are pregnant or not. Once you are pregnant, it is important that you stop immediately your use of Clomid.  This is necessary because continued use of Clomid even when the woman is already pregnant can result to birth defect. .

Progesterone - It has been medically established that a lack of the hormone progesterone in women will result to infertility.  This kind of drug is especially formulated for women to aid in the fertilization of eggs towards conception. Although the use of progesterone will result to some minor side effects, it is generally considered as safe.

One advantage in using progesterone is that it thickens the uterus lining in preparation for pregnancy.  It also provides proper blood flow to the uterus lining. Although progesterone is natural to a woman’s body, there is always the possibility that due to some body chemistry, the body of a woman can sometimes lack this hormone which her body needs to be sufficiently fertile.  Progesterone is produced after a woman ovulates.

This female hormone is most especially helpful during a woman’s pregnancy because   it is responsible for thickening the over-all linings of a woman uterus where the fetus would be attached in the course of conception.  A thickened uterus is necessary for the comfort of a growing fetus. And since progesterone also enhances the proper blood circulation in the lining, a thickened uterus wall with sufficient blood circulation will provide the growing fetus a safe wall for its continued growth until birth. 

Medication for Hypothyroidism – abnormal ovulation and weight problems are caused by hypothyroidism in women. For men, it is necessary that they go on medication because this disease if left untreated will make them unable to have an erection for sufficient penetration during sex, to have a baby.  Aside from erection problems, men can also suffer from premature ejaculation because of this disease.