Fertility & Infertility

Breast cancer in women who have passed menopause (women who have stopped seeing their monthly period)

High prolactin levels (which can cause breast milk production when not pregnant, irregular periods, or difficulty getting pregnant), stopping breast milk production after delivery or miscarriage, Parkinson's disease (shaking palsy), certain types of pituitary gland tumours, type 2 diabetes (sugar disease)

Prostate cancer, endometriosis (a condition where womb tissue grows outside the womb causing painful periods), uterine fibroids, infertility treatment (used as part of IVF procedures)

High prolactin levels (hyperprolactinaemia), stopping breast milk production after delivery or stillbirth, certain types of pituitary gland tumours (prolactinomas), sometimes used in Parkinson's disease

Prevention of premature ovulation during assisted reproduction (IVF or fertility treatment)

Infertility in women (difficulty getting pregnant), stimulating egg production for IVF (assisted reproduction), ovulation problems caused by hormonal imbalance

Difficulty getting pregnant (infertility) in women, helping the ovaries produce eggs for IVF treatment, low sperm count in men caused by hormone problems

Difficulty getting pregnant due to irregular ovulation or not ovulating at all (anovulation), polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-related infertility

Endometriosis (a condition where tissue from the womb grows in other places causing serious pain), fibrocystic breast disease (painful breast lumps), heavy menstrual bleeding, hereditary angioedema (a condition that causes repeated swelling of the body)

Endometriosis (a condition where tissue from the womb grows outside it, causing serious period pain, heavy bleeding, and difficulty getting pregnant)

Irregular periods, painful periods, heavy menstrual bleeding, endometriosis (when womb tissue grows outside the womb causing pain), threatened miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, infertility due to low progesterone, premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Infertility in women (helping the ovaries produce eggs), assisted reproduction like IVF, low sperm count in men caused by hormone problems

Prostate cancer (men), breast cancer (women), endometriosis (painful periods caused by womb lining growing outside the womb), fibroids (growths in the womb), thinning the womb lining before surgery

Breast cancer in women who have passed menopause, sometimes used off-label by doctors to help women who are having difficulty getting pregnant (fertility treatment)

Family planning (contraception), irregular menstrual periods, heavy or painful periods, endometriosis (when womb tissue grows outside the womb), abnormal bleeding from the womb, certain types of cancer (breast, kidney, womb lining)

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar, sometimes used for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women having trouble getting pregnant

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that is not well controlled by diet, exercise, or a single diabetes medicine alone

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that diet and exercise alone cannot control

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that is not well controlled by one medicine alone

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that is not well controlled by Metformin alone

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that diet and exercise alone cannot control

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), high blood sugar that is not well controlled by Metformin or Sitagliptin alone

Medical termination of early pregnancy (usually up to 9 weeks or 63 days from the last menstrual period)

Irregular periods, absence of menstruation (when your period stops coming), support during fertility treatment (IVF), prevention of miscarriage in early pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy for women going through menopause

Type 2 diabetes (sugar disease), especially when diet, exercise, or metformin alone is not enough to control blood sugar levels