Lucrin vs synarel

I'm just so full of questions right now...

I'll be starting lucrin in a few days after a not so great experience with synarel.

First question - has anyone used both? How do the side effects compare?
I had dreadful, crippling headaches for the first week on synarel, and the nurses are telling me I shouldn't have anything like that with the lucrin as I'll be taking it once a day only, and if I do it at night I should be fine.

Second question - why do I not need a blood test before starting lucrin?
I had one before starting synarel to check that it was ok to start. Things didn't work right, so the synarel was stopped, a trigger shot was given and I went in a week later to have another blood test before resuming the synarel. Unfortunately, my levels were wrong yet again, I'm now having to take primolut for a week, and will start the lucrin after 6 days on primolut The switch to lucrin was decided on after the comment was mad that we need to ensure I'm absorbing enough synarel and me revealing that I have hayfever and am normally a bit sniffly, but was shockingly congested while on the synarel. But no blood test before starting lucrin. Why?

I tried to get DH to ask the question while he was in at the clinic picking up more drugs - he was told that was just the protocol and I didn't need a blood test. But if the synarel and lucrin are doing the same thing, why do I not need a blood test before starting lucrin?

Third question - why does the lucrin dosage drop when I start puregon?

Hopefully someone has a clue on these!

BW

BW,

I hope someone can help you here. I've only ever used Lucrin so can't help with the synarel questions. I didn't have to do a BT before starting lucrin, so I suspect that they may be keeping a closer eye on your levels before you start maybe? I also had zero chance of falling pg naturally, as well, so no chance of being pg before I started.

My dose of lucrin also stayed the same the entire cycle, so I can't help you with that either. Only thing I can think of is the higher dose so you don't O again before they start, and the lower dose once you start puregon so they they suppress O but don't inhibit follicle development? I'm just guessing though.

Any chance you could remember what dose you were on, sushee?

I'm told it's 20 units daily, but when I start puregon I drop to 10 units.

It's all feeling a little odd at the moment - I've had blood tests before starting every single drug, and now I'm being told to start lucrin without one. I guess they know what they are doing, but I am the kind of person who ends up wanting to know everything. Guess I'm going to drive the nurses crazy with my questions and my refusal to respond to drugs properly!

BW

I was always on 15iu, BW. Never any more or any less!

BTW questions are good!