Fertility Patch
We've all heard for the birth control patch and nicotine patch, but the
newest patch on the market is currently in clinical trials and it is the
fertility patch. The patch delivers hormones every 90 minutes via
electrical impulses.
NBC affiliate in Cleveland said, "Now University Hospitals is enrolling
women in a clinical trial testing a fertility patch that uses electrical
stimulation to help get the hormone in the body. Dr. James Liu is Chair of
UH's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He says in people of child
bearing age, the brain releases GNRH, or gonadotrophin, a hormone that
stimulates the ovaries or testes. The Lutrepatch mimics the way the brain
releases the hormone."
Doctors and researchers say the benefit of the patch is that it does not
overstimulate the eggs and ovaries much like fertility shots. It rather
implements and deploys the same amount of hormones as our brains do
naturally. This may make wave for a new form of fertility treatments if
approved and further tested.
Posted by Tala on 5/15/2009 12:48:36 PM
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