Follistim and gonal-F are recombinant - meaning they are made in a laboratory and are synthetic. They are FSH only. Menopur is a mixture of gonadotropins that are highly purified from the …

May 3, 2014 · Gonal-F is follitropin Alfa and Follistim is the beta version. They are reported to have the same clinical effect, but there have been recent studies to show slightly higher …

Follistim is Follitropin beta and Gonal-F is Follitropin alpha, they are actually not the same. They actually have the potential to work differently on a person. For example, I don't seem to …

Re: Follistim and Menopur, what's your opinion? theworms member March 2011 i can only tell you my experience, i'm 35 and my FSH is like 6 IVF#1 i did gonal f 150 for 9 nights and (didn't …

Sep 1, 2011 · I just started stims for my first IVF yesterday, and I get the feeling I'm on a pretty entry level dosage for my meds. I am taking 150 iu of follistim and two vials of menopur. I was …

Nov 25, 2012 · I don't get it. I see that there is a little bit left in the tip of each cartridge, but there's no way to really tell how much, is there? Plus, sometimes it just won't all come out, the plunger …

Nov 15, 2013 · It has to do with branding and the fact that Follistim is Follitropin beta and Gonal-F is Follitropin alpha. Here's the link, she can explain it better than I can!

I just started my Follistim (75IU 2x a day) and Menopur 1x a day yesterday. What are side effects you experienced on this combo?

Apr 1, 2014 · We've done 4 rounds of Follistim in the past, so injectables aren't anything new. I'm usually on Follistim starting on CD2 and trigger anywhere between CD11 and CD21. My daily …

Re: Follistim & Menopur - success, failure, etc. HBamama2B member October 2015 ***BFP mentioned*** Congrats on your cycle!! I used gonal-f (almost identical to follistim) and …