Pre-term Delivery Risk
Yes, you can do it. We’re here to help.
Your doctor may prescribe weekly injections of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17P) as part of your baby’s pre-natal care. Research has reported that this medication may lower the risk that you’ll go into labor before your baby is ready to be born. (You can learn more about this research from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology's booklet, Preventing Preterm Birth.)
We know you’re excited about your new baby and that you want to do what’s best for your little one. We also know that you may be a little nervous about getting or even giving yourself an injection. That’s normal and OK. But your doctor feels this medicine is best for you and your baby — and knows you can do it. So do we!
How should 17P be given?
- Your doctor may ask you to bring your medicine to the office so that a healthcare professional can administer the injections. Your doctor may arrange for the injections to be given by a visiting nurse or a family member. Your doctor also may ask you to give the injections to yourself.
- This medication is given as an intramuscular (IM) injection according to doctor’s directions.
- According to published protocols, a dose of 250mg is usually injected once each week for a certain number of weeks. Your doctor will give you specific instructions about how much and how often to administer the medicine.
Made just for you.
This medicine will be custom-compounded for you by Wedgewood Pharmacy, to fill the prescription your doctor wrote for you. It will be made to meet your individual needs. For this reason, there is no standardized information or literature available to go with your prescription. If you have not done so, please discuss this medicine with your doctor to ensure that you understand (1) why you he or she has prescribed a compounded medicine, (2) how to properly take this medicine, and (3) the interactions, if any, this medicine may have with any other medicines you are taking.
This information may be used as an educational aid and is not intended to take the place of the expertise and judgment of your physician, pharmacist or other healthcare professional. This information does not cover all possible uses, actions, precautions, side effects, or interactions of this medicine. This information is not intended as medical advice for individual problems.