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Fertility medications, also known as fertility drugs, are medications which enhance reproductive fertility. For women, fertility medication is used to stimulate follicle development of the ovary.[1] There are very few fertility medication options available for men.[2]
Agents that enhance ovarian activity can be classified as either gonadotropin releasing hormone, estrogen antagonists or gonadotropins.[medical citation needed]
Treatment decision-making involves four major factors: efficacy, burden of treatment (such as frequency of injections and office visits), safety, and financial costs.[3]
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- ^ Drobnis EZ, Nangia AK (2017). Impacts of Medications on Male Fertility. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-69535-8. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Dancet EA, Fleur Dancet EA, D'Hooghe TM, d'Hooghe TM, van der Veen F, Bossuyt P, et al. (April 2014). ""Patient-centered fertility treatment": what is required?". Fertility and Sterility. 101 (4): 924–6. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.12.045. PMID 24502889.