Prescribed too much!! Does it make sense to hold on to all of it?

nata1111

I know the doc had no idea how much I would need for my cycle, but now I have leftovers! And of course they weren't cheap! My company stopped covering ivf this year so everything has been out of pocket. I have given 11 years to my company and now when I need it.... Nope! Ha! Story of my life! I bought 5 ganirelix at 120 a piece and didn't need any of them! I also have extra menopur and bravelle. I had my ER a week ago and froze 7 eggs! I will be hopefully going through the ET in the next 3-4 months. My question for the board.... If the ET doesn't work and I need to go through ER again, is the protocol usually the same? If I didn't need ganirelix my first time around, would it be possible I wouldn't need it the second time? I know somebody that can use the meds but I don't want to get rid of them now if I will need them in a few months!! She would need them like now! I don't know what to do!!

jen102279

Maybe ask your nurse/doctor what they routinely do if a repeat is needed? I'd start there. GL!

Sigh202

If the meds don't expire for a while, hold on to them.  If they will expire soon, consider donating them to the OOP program to help others.

Twinkie0612

Sigh202 said:

If the meds don't expire for a while, hold on to them.  If they will expire soon, consider donating them to the OOP program to help others.

This.  Most of the meds I have gotten have an expiration date a year away.  I actually have 300 IU of follistim and some menopur from my last IVF in January that I will be using during my IVF in November.

nata1111

Thanks all! I wish I knew all of this before I started. I just went with what the doc prescribed because I didn't know any other way. I definitely want to help out my friend so I will see how it all pans out. Maybe it is best that I don't hang on to it. Gotta think positive that I won't need them again!!

Sha259

For my first cycle me RE prescribed too much, but in the end I needed to cancel and then changed protocols, so there were some things, like ganarelix, that i didn't even need. I held onto everything until after my last cycle because their expiry was 2015 and 2016, but after the outcome of the cycle and having 5 blastocyst frozen, DH and I agreed that we would not be doing another fresh cycle.

At that point I chose to donate everything that I had left. No need for me to keep hold of them.