Viagra for female fertility?
Filed under: Infertility — Alan @ 12:18 am
Some surprising discoveries have been made about the properties and potential uses of different drugs available to the medical profession today, but some are a little more momentous than others.
In the case of Kerry Horan, it was the conception and birth of a healthy child after years of failed attempts. The drug used in her case was Viagra, commonly known as an erectile dysfunction medication exclusively for men.
A series of tests and treatments at the Assisted Conception Unit of Calderdale Royal Infirmary as well as private agencies confirmed that there was low blood flow around her womb and that the lining was too thin to support the growth of an embryo. She also had an unusually strong immune system that was attacking the embryos as invaders.
Ms. Horan said that she and her husband had almost given up, but then she read about Dr. George Ndukwe at Care Fertility in Nottingham. After a consultation with the doctor and another series of detailed tests, she agreed to his suggestion of the experimental use of Viagra as a means of improving blood flow and thickening the walls of her uterus. After an uncomfortable nine days of treatment, tests indicated that an embryo could be safely implanted, and the result was the birth of a baby girl nine months later.
Dr. Ndukwe and others in the medical profession emphasized that Viagra was not the only treatment implemented. They all said that no one should try the drug as a fertility treatment without close medical supervision, as it is still very much in the experimental stages.
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