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When should home saliva morning testing take place?

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Collect saliva in the morning

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How does home saliva testing work?

Whats the accuracy?

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As estrogen increases theres an increase in NaCl in the mucus secreation

Accuracy: 40-98%

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What does home saliva testing set out to prove?

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Predicts ovulation

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What does Basal body temperature set out to prove?

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Confirms ovulation

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How does Basal body temperature work?

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After ovulation the female body temperature is 0.5 -1.6 F higher than the beginning cyle.

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When should Basal body temperature take place?

Whats the accuracy?

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BBT should begin “Day 1 “ of the cycle in the morning (do not drink or excercise before reading)

Accuracy: 74%

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When should Home urinary LH kits be used?

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Use morning urine (most concentrated)

The length of cycle tell you when to begin testing

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What does Home urinary LH kits set out to prove?

accuracy?

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Predicts ovulation

Accuracy 92%

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How does Home urinary LH kit work?

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Measures LH surge ( contains monoclonal antibies that bind to the LH in urine)

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Which patient population does Home urinary LH kits accuracy decrease for?

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PCOS, perimenopause,hyperthyroidism, and endometriosis.

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Women: Non pharmacological treatment, whats recommend for diet and exercise?

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5% decrease in weight may restore ovulation

5% decrease in weight my decrease androgen level in patients with PCOS

Diet and exercise is better that pharmacy treatment for overweight/obese patients with hormone deficiecies

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Women: Non pharmacological treatment, whats recommend for surgery?

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Laparocopic

  • Remove fibroids,polyps, scar tissue, endometrious
  • Reconstruction of the tubes

risk:damage to health tissue

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Women: pharmacological treatment, whats recommend for ovulation induction?

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  1. Clomiphene citrate
  2. Insulin sensitizers (metformin)
  3. Gonadotropines (FSH,LH)
  4. Human chronionic gonadotroopin (hCG)
  5. Aromatase inhibitors (Letrozole and anastrozole)
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What is the brand name of Clomiphene Citrate?

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Clomid

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What is the mechanism of action of Clomiphene?

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Stimulate FSH production

First line in patients with hormonal issues.

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What’s the dose of clomiphene?

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25-50mg/daily for 5 days ( start on Day 3 or Day 5 of cycle)

Monitor if ovulation occurs, if it does not occur, increase the does by 50mg/daily,

Max: 150-200mg/daily

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what are the side effects of clomiphene?

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  1. HOT flashes

2. multiple gestation -5%

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what are the contraindications for Clomiphene?

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Liver disease

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what’s the pregnancy category of Clomiphene?

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Category X - make sure they’re not pregnant before next cycle of clomiphene

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Why does Clomiphene have low pregnancy rates when used?

Ovulation - 80%
Pregancy - 40%

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Ovulation - 80%
Pregnancy - 40%

Low pregnancy rate do to antiestrogenic effects, most preeminent in endometrim (poor curvical mucus)

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What patients should use insulin sensitizers (metformin)?

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Patients with PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), Ovulation problems (hormone dysfuntion)

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Whats the mechanism of action for metformin?

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decrese hepatic glucose production

Increase menstrual cyclically

decrease andorgen levels

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whats more effective metformin or Clomiphene?

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Clomiphene

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Can metformin be used in combination with clomiphene?

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What is the pregnancy rates in using metformin?
unknown, not enough data
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what are the advantages in using metformin?
Cost: cheap No known effects on the fetus No need for strict monitoring Side effects: minimum (GI symptoms)
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What is the the mechanism of action of Aromatase inhibitors?
Aromatase is an enzyme that converts androgens (testosterone and androstendione) to estradiol and estrone. MOA: reduce estradiol level and therefore increase pituitary gonadroropin output (FSH)
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What pregnancy category is Aromatase inhibitors?
Category X
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What is the brand name of Letrozole?
Femara
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What is the brand name of anastrozole?
Arimidex
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what the dosing of Letrozole?
2.5-7.5 mg PO daily for 5 days (on Day 3 to Day 7)
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what has better pregnancy rate Letrozole or clomiphene?
Letrozole has better pregnancy rate
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what are some SE of aromatase inhibitors?
Vasodilation,HOT Flashes, mood changes, HTN, HA, N/V, Oseteoprosis
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What is the indication of aromatase inhibitors?
FDA approved for breast cancer off label: infertility (most data in patients with PCOS)
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List the types of gonadotropins?
Fertinex - High purified FSH Follistem and Gonal F - Recombinant FSH (common used)
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How should gonadotropins be given?
Daily SQ injections Administration should be under the direct supervision of a reproductive endocrinologist
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When are gonadotropins used?
Used in patients who fail metformin and clomiphene
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What are the gondotropins?
LH and FSH
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Whats the dosing of gonadotropins?
lowest effective dose should be identified to avoid multiple follicular development (based on weight and AGE) -Start on DAY 2 or Day 3 of cycle and continue for 12-14 days Duration of treatment- Every 3 days
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What are the SE of gonadotropins?
HA, nausea, abdominal pain, injection site reaction, HOT Flashes, and breast tenderness multiple pregnancies OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome)*** -Ovarian enlargement
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Can Gonadotroins be use in combination with clomiphene or metformin?
YES, but lower does are used when used in combination
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What sucks about Gonadotropins?
Cost: $2000-$4000 Time consuming: must be at Doctor q 3 days Efficacy: 20% pregnancy per cycle
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Name the Human chorionic gonadotroins (hCG)?
1. Pregnyl 2. Noverel 3. Profasi 4. Ovidrel (recombinant)
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When should Human chorionic gonadotroins (hCG) be given?
Given after a certain amount of eggs are matured.
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What is the dose of Human chorionic gonadotroins (hCG)?
5000-10,000 units IM x 1 or 250 mcg SQ Ovulation will occur 24-36 hrs after adminstrationn
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how does Human chorionic gonadotroins (hCG) work?
Luteinizing hormone obtained from the urine of pregnant women: stimulate ovulation (LH surge)
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What are causes of infertility for woman? (PCOS-Polycystic ovary syndrome
PCOS: inappropratite secretion of gonadotropins - Decrease in FSH - Premature LH surge - Increase in androgen - decrease in insulin action or secretion Amenorrhea or oligomenorreha Decrease feretility
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What are causes of infertility for woman? | Endometriosis
Endometriosis; -Presense of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity(usually in the pelvis) -Causes pelvic pain and infertility
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what are Primary cause of infertile in women?
``` Tubular obstruction (PID,endometriosis,pelvic masses) Ovulation problems (PCOS) Idiopathic ```
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Factors with cause infertile in men?
Age, lifestyle, stress, chronic illness, (alcohol,smoking,
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Factors with cause infertile in women?
stress,thyroid disorders, (alcohol,smoking), Hx PID,obesity,diet, age
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what are Primary cause of infertile in men?
Idopathic Obstruction -Varicocele (enlargement of veins in scrotum) Hormonal deficiency
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Diagnosis Work up: Test for women
Laparoscopy Hysterosalpingography Transvaginal ultrasound Ovarian function
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Diagnosis Work up: Test for men
Semen analysis
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what's looked at in a Semen analysis
sperm:count, mobility, and motility
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what's looked at in a Ovarian function?
FSH and estradiol
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what's looked at in a Hysterosalpingography?
evaluate tubbal patency
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what's looked at in a Transvaginal ultrasound?
fibroids,polyps,abnormalities of the endometrium, masses

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