Foligest is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.
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Information regarding the use of Foligest during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
SAFE
Foligest does not usually affect your ability to drive.
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There is limited information available on the use of Foligest in patients with kidney disease. Please consult your doctor.
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There is limited information available on the use of Foligest in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
Medicine Overview of Foligest 75IU/vial Injection
Introduction
Foligest is used in the treatment of female infertility. It is used in women who have a problem with ovulation or are undergoing fertility treatments like in-vitro fertilization.
Foligest is given as an injection under the supervision of a doctor. Y...
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Uses of Foligest
Female infertility
Side effects of Foligest
Common
Abdominal pain
Headache
Bloating
Pelvic pain
Abdominal cramp
Nausea
Respiratory disorder
How to use Foligest
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
How Foligest works
In females, Foligest works by stimulating the release of estrogen which helps in the growth and development of the egg before release. It also helps to develop more follicles (eggs) in women undergoing assisted reproductive technology procedures.
What if you forget to take Foligest?
If you miss a dose of Foligest, please consult your doctor.
Quick Tips
Your doctor may prescribe more than one medicine as part of a pregnancy plan.
The injection is administered under the skin. Follow the recommended dosage and monitoring schedules to minimise the possibility of ovarian ...
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Inform your doctor immediately if you have severe pelvic pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, sudden weight gain, trouble breathing, or decreas...
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Do not use Foligraf 150IU Injection if you are already pregnant or breastfeeding.
Pregnancy following treatment with Foligraf 150IU Injection is more likely to result in a multiple pregnancy (twins or more) than if you had...
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Foligraf 150IU Injection stimulates the production of eggs in women having treatment for anovulatory infertility.
Injection
Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Female infertility
Adult: Initially, 150 IU daily SC/IM for the first 5 days. Adjust subsequent dosing based ...
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Child Dose
Safety and efficacy not established
Contraindication
Pregnancy, ovarian cysts or enlargement not due to polycystic ovary syndrome, primary ovarian failure, organic intracranial lesion e.g. pituitary tumo...
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Mode of Action
Urofollitropin, a gonadotrophin obtained from postmenopausal women's urine, possesses follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) activity but almost no lutein...
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Precaution
May result in multiple pregnancies. Abnormal genital bleeding, hormone sensitive malignancies, ovarian cysts not caused by polycystic ovary syndrome. ...
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Side Effect
>10%
Headache (11.1%), OHSS (11.1%; severe pelvic pain, N/V, weight gain)
Frequency Not Defined
Nausea, vomiting, joint pain, ovarian hyperstimul...
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Interaction
Increased risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with drugs with luteinising hormone activity.
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