User:Mr. Ibrahem/Menotropin

Menotropin, also called human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG), is a medication used for functional anovulation or as part of fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization. It may also be used for hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in males. It is given by injection under the skin or into a muscle.

Common side effects include abdominal pain, headache, pain at the site of injection, and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Other side effects may include blood clots, ARDS, ovarian torsion, multiple pregnancy, and ectopic pregnancy. Once pregnancy it should not be used. It is a mixture of gonadotropins, specifically FSH and LH.

Menotropin came into medical use in the 1964. is made from the urine of postmenopausal women. In the United States 5 doses of 75 iu cost about 1,150 USD as of 2021. In the United Kingdom this amount costs the NHS about £90. There is a recombinant DNA version known as follitropin.