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What is Luveris®? Luveris® is a hormone used to support Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) therapy. It is used with follitropin alfa (Gonal-F) to stimulate a follicle(egg) to develop and mature. The therapy used when a woman desires pregnancy and her ovaries can produce a follicle but hormonal stimulation is not sufficient to make the follicle mature.
How Do I Use Luveris®? Here are step-by-step instructions for taking Luveris® (lutropin alfa) injections:
Flip plastic caps off of 1 vial of diluent and as many vials of powder as you have been instructed to use
Using a 3cc syringe with a 1 ½" needle (make sure the needle is on securely) Pull the plunger back to the 1cc mark
Insert the needle through the rubber stopper of the vial of diluent
Invert the vial.
Pull the tip of your needle down close to the rubber stopper
Inject 1cc of diluent into the first vial of powder if it does not dissolve instantly, (swirl don't shake) the contents
Invert the vial, withdraw all the liquid (make sure the tip of your needle is as close as possible to the rubber stopper, you should be able to visualize the tip of the needle through the break in the rubber stopper)
If you are injecting subcutaneously remove the 1 ½" needle and replace it with a ½" needle
Gently push on plunger until air pocket is gone and expel a drop of liquid
Last modified on: 5 June 2009
