Patent ID: 7772219

Claim:
A method of increasing fertility in a perimenopausal female, said method consisting essentially of administering to the female a monophasic combination of estrogen and progestin for a period of 80-90 consecutive days, in which the daily amount of estrogen is equivalent to about 10 μm to about 30 μg of ethinyl estradiol and in which the daily amount of progestin is equivalent to about 0.05 mg to about 0.20 mg of levonorgestrel, followed by a hormone-free period of 5-8 consecutive days, wherein neither estrogen nor progestin is administered to the female, and wherein hormone-free placebo is administered during said hormone-free period of 5-8 consecutive days, followed by administration of an agent to induce ovulation in the perimenopausal female.