Successful full-term pregnancies with assisted reproduction supported with prednisolone, acetylsalicylic acid and high progesterone doses in a lupus patient

E Trakakis; C Loghis; D Laggas; G Simeonides; V Vaggopoulos; C Chrelias; G Lambos; D Kassanos

Successful full-term pregnancies with assisted reproduction supported with prednisolone, acetylsalicylic acid and high progesterone doses in a lupus patient

Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2007;34(4):212-4.

Authors

E Trakakis¹, C Loghis, D Laggas, G Simeonides, V Vaggopoulos, C Chrelias, G Lambos, D Kassanos

Affiliation

¹ Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Attikon, University Hospital, Greece.

PMID: 18225680

Abstract

We present two rare cases of successful full-term pregnancies in a young woman suffering from lupus erythematosus for two years, who had subfertility problems and two missed abortions, before and after the diagnosis of lupus, with assisted reproduction. She received 10 mg of prednisolone daily from ovulation induction (with recombinant FSH--50 IU) until delivery, together with acetylsalicylic acid from ovulation induction until the 37th week of gestation and finally progesterone in high doses from the last insemination until the 12th week of gestation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravaginal
Administration, Oral
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
Aspirin / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infertility, Female / drug therapy*
Infertility, Female / etiology
Insemination, Artificial*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy*
Ovulation Induction
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Progesterone / administration & dosage*
Progestins / administration & dosage*
Term Birth

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Progestins
Progesterone
Prednisolone
Aspirin