hormones purified from the urine of menopausal women that can stimulate the growth of follicles (egg containing sacs) within the ovaries.
Highly potent fertility drugs that cause the ovaries to mature several eggs during a single menstrual cycle. Brand names of hMGs include Humegon, Pergonal, and Repronex.
Is a good source of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and lutenizing hormone (LH) which are excreted in the urine of a menopausal woman and then distilled, filtered and purified; is administered by intramuscular injection
A hormone used to stimulate the development of multiple follicles.
An ovulation drug (Pergonal, Repronex), containing follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), derived from the urine of postmenopausal women.
A combination of hormones FSH and LH, which is extracted from the urine of post-menopausal women. Used to induce ovulation in several fertility treatments.