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Fertility Drugs

Fertility drugs stimulate a woman's ovaries to release eggs (ovulate). Use of fertility drugs increases the risk that more than one egg will be produced and be fertilized by sperm, leading to a high-risk multiple pregnancy.

By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer Sarah Anne Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Last Revised March 19, 2010

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Last Updated: March 19, 2010
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