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Adjuvants (Add-on) Treatments
Overall, the likelihood of conceiving with IVF in Australia is about 33% per embryo transfer.
It is stressful, and disappointing when an embryo transfer doesn’t result in a pregnancy.
Most of the time, this due to statistical bad luck, but when a disappointing outcome happens repeatedly, everyone involved asks themselves the question, “Are we missing something?” and “should we do something different in the next treatment cycle?”
Generally speaking, there are two groups of treatment in Assisted reproduction;
- Standard treatments, which are highly likely to influence the likelihood of conceiving, for example, having IVF with blocked fallopian tubes, and using ICSI for couples with profound sperm abnormalities, and
- Adjuvant treatments, which may increase the likelihood of conceiving during IVF treatment. These treatments are usually biologically plausible, and have a level of scientific evidence to support their use in certain patients. Not surprisingly, the levels of plausibility, and the quality of supporting evidence for each adjuvant treatment varies, and based on evolving science, continues to vary. One treatment which seems beneficial, may be shown not to be so with new research, and debate between experts may create further confusion.
Ballarat IVF fertility Specialists are aware of the range to Add On therapies which are available for use, and may influence the outcome of fertility treatment.
Our approach is that if an Adjuvant therapy is biologically plausible, it is safe, there is a reasonable body of supporting evidence, and the therapy is inexpensive, we will discuss it with our patients.
Sometimes our patients ask a question about an adjuvant therapy, and sometimes, we suggest it.
Our patients should feel free to start a conversation about Adjuvant, or Add on therapies. We will provide information to help in the decision-making process.
Adjuvants
Some information on each of our Adjuvant (Add On) treatments
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Abbreviations have been used throughout this website. Please refer to the glossary for full terminology.
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