Follitropin is a substance that helps a woman’s body produce more mature follicles, with an action similar to the hormone FSH that is naturally present in the body.
Thus, follitropin is used to increase the number of mature eggs produced by the ovaries, increasing the chances of pregnancy in women using assisted reproduction techniques, such as in vitro fertilization for example.
This drug can also be known commercially as Rekovelle and can only be purchased with a prescription.
Delta follitropin should only be used with the advice and supervision of a physician experienced in treating fertility problems, as the dose should always be calculated according to the concentration of certain specific hormones in each woman’s body.
Treatment with Rekovelle is done by injection into the skin and should be started 3 days after menstruation, being interrupted when there is adequate development of the follicles, which usually occurs at 9 days, when the results are not as expected and the woman cannot conceive., this cycle can be repeated.
The most common side effects of using Rekovelle include headache, nausea, pelvic pain, fatigue, diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, vomiting, constipation, vaginal bleeding, and breast pain.
Follitropin delta is contraindicated in women with hypothalamus or pituitary tumors, ovarian cysts, enlarged ovaries, unexploded gynecological hemorrhages, primary ovarian failure, sexual organ malformations or fibroid tumors of the uterus.
In addition, this remedy should not be used in ovarian, uterus or breast cancer, as well as in women with hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the formula.