Word: gonadotropins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...experimental treatment with perhaps fewer ill effects involves a synthetic substance called nafarelin, similar to gonadotropin-relea sing hormone. Normally GnRH is released in bursts by the hypothalamus gland, eventually triggering the process of ovulation. But "if the GnRH stimulation is given continuously instead of in pulses," explains Dr. Robert Jaffe of the University of California, San Francisco, "the whole (ovulatory) system shuts off," and the endometrial implants "virtually melt away...
...Frustacis' suit charges Dr. Jaroslav Marik, 52, and the Tyler Medical Clinic in West Los Angeles with medical malpractice, four wrongful deaths and the loss of earnings as a result of prescribing "excessive and inappropriate dosages" of Pergonal and HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). The Frustacis also claim that the doctor and clinic failed to monitor Patti's progress on the drugs. Both Marik and the clinic have refused to comment on the allegations...