Florida Fertility Institute Patient Instructions: HCG
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IVF - Medication HCG

The IVF Department will inform you of the time for the injection and of the amount of medication (HCG) you will administer.

Following the directions below will ensure that you have administered the proper amount of the medication.

IMPORTANT *** HCG must be taken at the exact time that you were instructed to do so.

HCG is packaged in a small box. The box will contain two bottles - 1 bottle of powder (HCG) and 1 bottle of liquid (sterile diluent).

If you were instructed to take...

• 10,000u = With the black (22g, 1 1/2in) needle, draw-up 1cc of the liquid. Insert the liquid into the powder and mix. Draw-up the 1cc of the mixture until use hear or see air entering the syringe. Replace the black needle with the blue (25g, 1 1/2in) needle. With the needle aimed at the ceiling, ?flick? the syringe then slowly push the plunger to discard the air bubbles in the syringe. You should now have 1cc of the medication mixture in the syringe. Inject this into the upper-outer hip. OR...
• 5,000u = With the black (22g, 1 1/2in) needle, draw-up 2cc of the liquid. Insert the liquid into the powder and mix. Draw-up the 2cc of the mixture until you hear or see air entering the syringe. Replace the black needle with the blue (25g, 1 1/2in) needle. With the needle aimed at the ceiling, ?flick? the syringe then slowly push the plunger to discard the air and 1cc of the mixture . You should now have 1cc of the medication mixture in the syringe. Inject this into the upper-outer hip. OR...
• 3,300u = With the black (22g, 1 1/2in) needle, draw-up 3cc of the liquid. Insert the liquid into the powder and mix. Draw-up the 3cc of the mixture until you hear or see air entering the syringe. Replace the black needle with the blue (25g, 1 1/2in) needle. With the needle aimed at the ceiling, ?flick? the syringe then slowly push the plunger to discard the air and 2cc of the mixture. You should now have 1cc of the medication mixture in the syringe. Inject this into the upper-outer hip.