Fertility drugs
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Fertility drugs
Fertility drugs stimulate a woman's ovaries to release eggs (ovulate). Use of fertility drugs increases the risk that more than one egg will be produced and be fertilized by sperm, leading to a high-risk multiple pregnancy.
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| Author | Bets Davis, MFA |
| Author | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Last Updated | March 21, 2008 |
| Last updated: | March 21, 2008 |
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| Author: | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Reviewed By: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine, Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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