Progesterone injections are shown to women with a delay in menstruation, since they help to avoid amenorrhea, and if after that it turns out that the woman is pregnant - will help to save the child and not harm him.
Instructions for the use of pricks progesterone
Typically, doctors describe the scheme to patients how to prick injections of progesterone. Otherwise, they need to do this:
- for the treatment of intrauterine bleeding at 5-15 mg per week;
- with amenorrhea and hypogenitalism 10 mg every other day for 8 days;
- with algodismenore 6-8 days before the critical days of 5-10 mg every day or every other day;
- to maintain a pregnancy of 5-25 mg until the threat of miscarriage disappears completely.
Progesterone injections are done subcutaneously or intramuscularly. It is often prescribed intramuscular injection of the hormone, since this method is less painful. Before the introduction, the ampoule with the solution is warmed in the hand to body temperature, so that the progesterone becomes less viscous and is not so painfully introduced into the muscle.
The instructions to the drug describe how to do injections of progesterone. For each patient, an individual approach must be taken, depending on how much the progesterone level is lowered.
Progesterone-injections with IVF simply save women who want to save a long-awaited pregnancy. But they can be done only with the strictest control of doctors.
Side Effects of Progesterone Punctures
As the instruction of progesterone in ampoules says, there are some side effects when using it, namely:
- oligomenorrhoea ;
- increased blood pressure;
- swelling of the mammary glands;
- headache;
- depression;
- acne;
- albuminuria;
- edema.
When using progesterone, you need to weigh the benefit / harm ratio of this medication and be sure to consult with your doctor. It is impossible to correctly adjust your hormonal background, without analyzes, by the "poke" method.