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How to Use

To make using follitropin alfa as safe and reliable as possible, you must understand how and when to use this drug and what effects may be expected. A paper with information for the patient will be given to you with your filled prescription and will provide many details concerning the use of follitropin alfa Read this paper carefully and ask your health care professional for any additional information or explanation.

Sometimes follitropin alfa can be given by injection at home. If you are using this drug at home:

• Understand and use the proper method of safely preparing the drug if you are going to prepare your own drug.
• Wash yours hands with soap and water and use a clean work area to prepare your injection.
• Make sure you clearly understand and carefully follow your family doctor's instructions on how to give yourself an injection, including using the proper needle and syringe.
• Do not inject more or less of the drug than your family doctor ordered.
• Remember to move the site of injection to various areas to prevent skin problems from developing.
• Throw away needles, syringes, bottles and unusing drug after the injection in a safe manner.

Tell your family doctor when you use the last dose of follitropin alfa . Follitropin alfa often requires that another hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin - hCG be given as a single dose the day after the last dose of follitropin alfa is given. Your family doctor will give you this drug or arrange for you to get this drug at the right time.

Dosage

• For injection dosage form:
  • For treat of female infertility:
    • Adults 75 international units - IU injected under the skin once a day for approximately fourteen days. The dose may be increased at weekly intervals by 37.5 IU, up to a total dose of 300 IU once a day. Using follitropin alfa for longer than fourteen days may be needed, but only if directed by your family doctor. Report when you receive your last dose of follitropin alfa because you may be given an injection of hCG twenty-four hours later. If abdominal pain occurs with the use of follitropin alfa, report it to your family doctor immediately, discontinue treat, do not receive the dose of hCG and avoid sexual intercourse.
  • For use with assisted reproductive technology - ART procedures:
    • Adults 150 international units - IU injected under the skin once a day for five days beginning on Day 2 or Day 3 of your menstrual cycle. After five days, your dose may be increased by 75 to 150 IU every three to five days, up to a total dose of 450 IU once a day, for up to five more days. Some diseaseds may start treat at a dose of 225 IU once a day. Using follitropin alfa for longer than ten days may be needed, but only if directed by your family doctor. Report when you receive your last dose of follitropin alfa because you may be given an injection of hCG twenty-four hours later.
  • For treat of male infertility
    • Adults 150 international units - IU injected under the skin three times a week in conjunction with 1000 USP Units of human chorionic gonadotropin - hCG three times a week. Your dose may be increased up to 300 IU three times a week and the treat may last up to eighteen months.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, discuss with your family doctor when you must receive your next dose. Do not double doses. If you have any questions about this, check with your family doctor.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.