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This was a pilot study to determine the safety and effectiveness of nimodipine, an oral calcium channel blocker, to delay the mid-cycle spontaneous LH surge in women with regular menstrual cycles.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Eight women with regular menstrual cycles self-monitored three consecutive cycles for the day of an LH surge by daily urine assay. The first and third cycles were observatory. In the second\u00a0cycle, subjects took nimodipine 60\u00a0mg by mouth three times daily for four days, starting two days prior to the expected LH surge day based on cycle one.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The LH surge day in cycle 2 (nimodipine) was significantly delayed in comparison to both observatory cycle 1 (15.5+\/\u22123.4 vs 14.0+\/\u22122.8\u00a0days; p\u2009=\u20090.033) and cycle 3 (15.1+\/\u22123.5 vs 13.1+\/\u22122.4\u00a0days; p\u2009=\u20090.044). There was no difference in the LH surge day between the two observatory cycles (13.4+\/\u22122.4 vs 13.1+\/\u22122.4\u00a0days; p\u2009=\u20090.457). Three patients experienced a mild headache.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>There was a statistically significant delay in the spontaneous LH surge day in the treatment cycle in comparison to both observatory cycles. Nimopidine should be further investigated as an oral alternative to delay a spontaneous LH surge.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1477-7827-11-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,7]],"date-time":"2013-02-07T15:14:10Z","timestamp":1360250050000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Nimodipine, a calcium channel blocker, delays the spontaneous LH surge in women with regular menstrual cycles: a prospective pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Dan","family":"Nayot","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shany","family":"Klachook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Robert F","family":"Casper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,7]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"1063_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"129","DOI":"10.1093\/humupd\/8.2.129","volume":"8","author":"MJ Pelinck","year":"2002","unstructured":"Pelinck MJ, Hoek A, Simons AH, Heineman MJ: Efficacy of natural cycle IVF: a review of the literature. 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