What is Puregon Injection?

Injections containing follitropin beta are a form of follicle-stimulating hormone (recombinant FSH), which helps improve fertility and egg production.

Puregon uses

Puregon injections are used for:

• Anovulatory infertility.

• Controlled hyperstimulation of ovaries, to induce the growth of multiple follicles, through which eggs for IVF can be obtained.

• Treat infertility in men by improving sperm production, especially with their low levels of reproductive hormones.

How to use Puregon 

• The drug should be used under the supervision of a doctor.

• The dose used varies depending on the purpose of using the drug to treat infertility or to make IVF work.

• Puregon injections are used with subcutaneous injections.

• The injection site should be changed and the injection not be in the same site every time.

Puregon side effects

Puregon may cause some side effects, such as:

• Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

• Pelvic pain.

• Pain or swelling in the injection site.

• Abdominal pain.

• headache.

• Bloating.

Puregon contraindications

Puregon injections are not used in the following cases:

• Allergy to drug ingredients.

• Ovarian, breast, uterine, pituitary, or hypothalamus tumors.

• Pregnancy.

• Unexplained vaginal bleeding.

• Ovarian cysts not related to PCOS.

• Not used in case of inability to obtain effective results, such as primary ovarian failure, or genital malformations that may hinder pregnancy.

• Primary testicular failure or testicular tumors in men.

• The drug is not used for children or the elderly.

Puregon use precautions

• The couple's fertility should be assessed before using Puregon injections, especially some disorders that may affect fertility, such as hypothyroidism and hyperprolactinemia, adrenal insufficiency, and pituitary tumors, to receive appropriate treatment for each condition.

• Some cases reported suffering from ovarian torsion after the use of the drug, which may accompany ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

• The use of the drug may lead to multiple pregnancies.

• The use of the drug for IVF may lead to ectopic pregnancy, so it should be ensured early that the pregnancy occurs inside the uterus and not outside it.

• The drug is ineffective in the absence of the endogenous luteinizing hormone (LH).

• The drug contains small amounts of streptomycin or neomycin, and can then cause allergic reactions in those who are allergic to these antibiotics.

• For men, semen analysis is recommended after 4-6 months of treatment, to assess its success.

Preservation and storage of the drug

• Keep out of children's reach.

• The drug is not frozen, kept at a temperature of 2-8 ° C, or at a temperature not exceeding 25 ° C up to a maximum of 3 months.

• The drug is kept in its packaging to protect it from exposure to light.

• Puregon is not used after expiry.

Puregon 300 price

Puregon 300 IU injection price is above the description box

FAQs

Are Gonal-F and Puregon the same?

Puregon contains follitropin beta, while Gonall F contains follitropin alpha, both are different medications and help treat infertility and improve pregnancy chances.

How many days of Puregon injection?

The duration of use of Puregon injections varies according to the doctor's instructions.