Pregnancy rates climb with fertility drug Clomid
January 8, 2010 by Cindy Ferda
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To combat infertility, many women are turning to clomiphene citrate as their first course of action. Sold under the brand name Serophene or Clomid, it is the most commonly 
prescribed medication for women with ovulation issues, PCO (polycystic ovarian syndrome) and/or luteal phase defects, however it does not work for women with blocked fallopian tubes.
Treatment generally begins with a 50mg dose of Clomid. This will assist in regulating and/or inducing ovulation by stimulating hormones that will produce or release mature eggs from the ovaries.
Affordable and prescribed from your doctor or purchased through an international pharmaceutical source online without a prescription, a one-cycle 50mg dose may only cost about $50.
Studies indicate this easy to take oral medication offers great ovulation results for approximately 40% of the women it is prescribed to. Clomid can be taken for up to six menstrual cycles, but most doctors agree that if it doesn’t produce a pregnancy within the first three cycles, another treatment should be considered.
Taken orally on days 3 to 7 or 5 to 9 of your menstrual cycle, Clomid signals the pituitary gland to begin secreting more FSH and LH hormones. At this signal, the ovaries will typically begin to mature eggs and release them; sometimes even more than one.
Used alone or as part of what is known as superovulation on women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), Clomid offers some patients the chance for multiple egg retrievals or ultimately multiple births. The live birth rate for women using Clomid is climbing and thought to be between 30 and 60 percent. Studies also suggest there is a 10% increase in the birth of twins.
Monitoring your body during this treatment is vital to the success of the treatment. Work with your doctor or fertility specialist to make sure you are not developing a hostile cervical mucus environment known to affect about one third of all Clomid users. Hostile cervical mucus will adversely affect sperm on contact.
Generally with mild side effects, Clomid’s adverse reactions may range from ovarian enlargement or hyperstimulation, hot flushes, abdominal discomfort, breast discomfort, nausea, vomiting, visual impairments, headaches or abnormal uterine bleeding.
There are potential risks however with the drug. A 1994 study cites a connection with an increase in risk of ovarian cancer in women who took clomiphene (Clomid) for 12 or more months. Additionally, there are a number of women using Clomid without the advice of a medical professional who are not the right candidates for this med, thus reducing their potential to conceive.
Hi! I just read the article about Clomid. I’ve been trying to get pregnant for over 24 months after losing a 7months pregnancy. My doctor prescribed clomid to me but told me to use it on day 2 of my menstral cycle. However your article says between days 3 to 7 or 5 to 9. Could this be the reason why i’m still not pregnant?
We have been on dis drug for years,we use and later stop .i have married since 2002,yet to concieve.Recently the doctor discover that my husband sperm did not get to the ovary,that there was no easy way,he said during menstration it will open,thereafter it will closed,pls he sugested an operation,but am afraid,i felt it is spritual,do i go for the operation,pls i need your councel.all other test has been done and it is okay.and i will be 35 in october 4.
My husband and I been trying to get pregnant for about 1 year and nothing seems to work. We both are fine and is sperm is doing they part but it seems to me like its not doing nothing at all really. I just want to know if I take this drug would it help us have our baby cause we really want because we are buying our first house and just want to bring a little one home with us too so if there is anything that will help us can you please give me some advice on what to take. Thank you
Hi, my husband and I have been trying to get pregant for 3yrs( which we already have 1 son who will be 4 soon), we went to see a fertility speacialist & had test ran on both of us, and it came back that my right tube is closed, If we start taking clomid ( because I believe that my right ovary is more active then my left) how successful do you think the clomid would be & will it stimulate my left ovary to produce a heathly egg/eggs?
Hi ladies, you will definitely get pregnant. As a christian I am very confident in God because He has promised and will surely fullfil his word. Hold onto God, and when you pray believe that you recieve answers to your prayers. I have been there and I know it works.
Feel free to emailme if you need someone to share you worries with.
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