Omnitrope??

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone! I am in the Maryland area. I was wondering if any of you had Omnitrope prescribed by your RE? Which clinic? I had 3 failed cycles and I want to try this as it’s supposed to increase egg quality. My current clinic does not prescribe it. Thanks!
“Desperate in MD”

[Anonymous]

I used it at CCRM. The cycles in which I've used it have produced better results than the one in which I didn't. But we totally changed up the protocol so it's hard to know if the omnitrope alone gets the credit. It was probably the mix. But I definitely had a higher AFC on it. good luck!

[Anonymous]

PP, do you mind sharing what other changes you made to your protocol?

To OP, I recently asked and SGF doesn't prescribe it by policy.

[Anonymous]

22:41 poster here. My first cycle was what I think is considered standard: 300 gonal, 3 vials menopur, ganirelix added. My later cycles were omnitrope priming, 2 vials menopur, 150 gonal, clomid, ganirelix added. Also did a bunch of supplements (acia, ubiquinol CoQ-10, l-arginine.)
First cycle was a disaster with nothing fertilized. In two later cycles, I had one PGS-tested "normal" embryo each. I have DOR and this was considered a mini-IVF cycle.

[Anonymous]

GW prescribed it for me. I was a poor responder with bad egg quality and it didn't seem to make a difference, but at least the RE was willing to try pretty much whatever I asked for.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you all for the responses. I was at SG and they said they don’t use it. I have an appointment at CCRM Virginia this week. I am glad to hear they are using it.

[Anonymous]

OP, how old are you? Is this your first child?

[Anonymous]

Almost 42😞… no children

[Anonymous]

I used it several years ago. I was a poor responder with poor egg quality (in my early 40's at the time). It didn't work for me, but I'm glad I tried it. Good luck, hope it makes a difference for you!

[Anonymous]

I was at a different CCRM clinic and it seemed part of their standard protocol. In terms of end result did not make a difference for me.

[Anonymous]

Hi - bumping this post. My RE has said that he would consider Omnitrope for next Hail Mary cycle. He isn’t pushing it and noted that the evidence is really mixed, but I have DOR and limited options. Aside from cost, any downsides? Also if you were successful after adding Omnitrope, I’d be happy to hear that too. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi - bumping this post. My RE has said that he would consider Omnitrope for next Hail Mary cycle. He isn’t pushing it and noted that the evidence is really mixed, but I have DOR and limited options. Aside from cost, any downsides? Also if you were successful after adding Omnitrope, I’d be happy to hear that too. Thanks!

I've used it for my current cycle, and so far, it's been great.
I've posted this on another thread, but I am AMA with DOR. I started with DF in 2019, had success on my third egg retrieval/2nd FET (had either no normal PGS or 1 normal PGS from each cycle). My child is happy and healthy.
We want a second, so I went back to DF last year, did 4 more retrievals, either ended up with no eggs (empty follicles), or few eggs that either didn't fertilize or grow past day 3. After much research, I decided to give CCRM Nova a try. My Dr. added Omnitrope, clomid, and used Zymot for sperm selection, so not sure if it's the Omnitrope that improved my results. Did my first retrieval with CCRM, to my surprise, I had 4 follicles, all had eggs. Out of 3 mature eggs, all 3 fertilized, all 3 made it to blasts though they only biopsied 2 high grades for PGS. This is a miracle for me. I also used to stim for 14-15 days, but with this cycle with the additional meds, I only stimmed for 8 days. I was told that this could be due to the Omnitrope, esp first time users.