OVITRELLE SYR 250 MCG (2-8 C)

Ovitrelle contains a medicine called ‘choriogonadotropin alfa’, made in a laboratory by a special
recombinant DNA technique. Choriogonadotropin alfa is similar to a hormone found naturally in your
body called ‘chorionic gonadotropin’, which is involved in reproduction and fertility.
What Ovitrelle is used for
Ovitrelle is used together with other medicines:
 To help develop and ripen several follicles (each containing an egg) in women undergoing
assisted reproductive technologies (procedure that may help you to become pregnant) such as
‘in vitro fertilisation’. Other medicines will be given first to bring about the growth of several
follicles.
 To help release an egg from the ovary (ovulation induction) in women who cannot produce
eggs (‘anovulation’), or women who produce too few eggs (‘oligo-ovulation’). Other medicines
will be given first to develop and ripen the follicles. 

Directions to use

Women undergoing superovulation prior to assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF): One pre-filled syringe of Ovitrelle (250 micrograms) is administered 24 to 48 hours after the last administration of an FSH- or hMG preparation, i.e. when optimal stimulation of follicular growth is achieved.

Side effects

if you are allergic to choriogonadotropin alfa or any of the other ingredients of this medicine

(listed in section 6).
 if you have a tumour in your hypothalamus or pituitary gland (both are parts of the brain).
 if you have large ovaries or sacs of fluid within the ovaries (ovarian cysts) of unknown origin.
 if you have unexplained vaginal bleeding.
 if you have cancer of your ovaries, womb or breast.
 if you have severe inflammation of your veins or blood clotting in your veins (active
thromboembolic disorders).
 if you have any condition that usually makes a normal pregnancy impossible, such as
menopause or early menopause (ovarian failure), or malformations of sexual organs.
Do not use Ovitrelle if any of the above applies to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor before
using this medicine.
Warnings and precautions
Before the treatment is started, your and your partner's fertility should be evaluated by a doctor
experienced in the treatment of fertility problems.