IVF Meds Menopur and Progesterone for Men?

[SkyWarn]

My daughter tried IVF last year (unsuccessfully) and has a few boxes of Menopur menopropins and Progesterone left over. Is this a brand name drug thats really HCG?
My doctor may put me on HCG soon and I was planning to bring them in to him ask him about this.
Does anyone know if this is the same as HCG?

 

[HealthMan]

Menopur is FSH + LH not HCG

 

[SkyWarn]

Menopur is FSH + LH not HCG

I see. Too bad. Was hoping I could save some money

 

[HealthMan]

To be honest it is superior to HCG specially when it comes to maintain fertility. However much more expensive

 

[SkyWarn]

At 54 I don't need the fertility part. I will ask the doc if it makes sense for me to start with this then switch to HCG in a couple months. Im not expecting him to approve though. Probably better to just go on HCG from the start

 

[HealthMan]

HCG “mimics” LH. When you are using exogenous testosterone you shut down both LH and FSH. FSH as far as we know is mostly related to fertility. LH has effects in other hormones. Hence the idea to replace it. So yes you could use Menopur instead of HCG with 2 caveats: it is much more expensive and both LH and FSH half lifes are much shorter than HCG