follitopin alfa (Gonal F)

Indications

• treatment of infertility in women

Adverse effects

• headache
• nausea/vomiting
• epigastric pain, abdominal pain
• bloating
• redness/pain at the injection site
• mastodynia
• uncommon
  • abnormal vaginal bleeding
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • peripheral ischemia
  • peripheral edema
  • rash
  • dizziness
• rare
  • transient ichemic attack
    • focal neurologic deficit
    • slurred speech
    • vision changes
  • sudden severe headache
  • chest pain
  • dyspnea

More general terms

• endocrine agent
• follicle-stimulating hormone; follitropin (FSH)