FERTILITY DRUG: CLOMIPHENE

Is clomiphene right for me?

     Clomiphene citrate can help you conceive if:

Ovulate irregularly or not ovulate, particularly if you have the polycystic ovary syndrome .

You have unexplained infertility

You need to stimulate egg production before an artificial insemination.

Depending on your fertility problems and your overall health, the doctor may prescribe drugs other than clomiphene.

Does clomiphene also in men?

Clomiphene can also help men who have a hormone imbalance associated with a low sperm count or poor quality or poor motility (ability to move).

How is treatment with clomiphene?

Clomiphene treatment can be intense for some women, emotionally. This causes anxiety think if the body is reacting favorably to the drug. Women taking clomiphene should also assist the doctor's office frequently for follow up. Is that how it works:

Take the drug Clomiphene is taken in pill form for one five - day cycle a month, at the start of your period. It helps to increase the production of hormones that cause ovulation (follitropins), which increases the ability of your ovaries to mature eggs.

Lutropins release. Your doctor will be looking to identify when your ovaries are ready to release an egg. Through a blood test or an ultrasound you can determine how the follicles develop. It could be you're asked to use an ovulation test or a table of basal temperature to detect ovulation.

The moment of conception. Your doctor helps you know when you release eggs to calculate the ideal medium for you and your partner have sex, or the most appropriate time for artificial insemination time. When an egg is a healthy sperm on its way to the uterus, you will have chance to conceive.

Clomiphene treatment duration

It depends on how regularly is the menstrual cycle of women who take it and how many times you have to do treatment before becoming pregnant.

It could take a month or two of taking the drug, (with increasing dose if necessary), before ovulation starts. Once ovulation occurs, it could take three to six cycles of treatment. Most doctors do not recommend using clomiphene for more than six cycles of treatment.

If your period is regular , you will begin to take clomiphene between two and five days after starting your monthly menstrual cycle and you will continue taking it for five days. (To calculate when to start your next menstrual cycle, use our ovulation calculator .)

If your period is irregular or absent , then the doctor will induce menstruation by prescribing one medication llamadoacetato medroxiprogesteron) to take for 10 days and can start taking clomiphene after the period starts.

If unsuccessful after three cycles, your doctor may suggest you another treatment or medication.

Side effects of clomiphene

Most women tolerate treatment with flomifeno, but some cause them minor side effects, including:

Humor changes

Flushes of heat

Cervical mucus thick and dry

Pelvic pain

Breast tenderness

Ovarian cysts

Nausea

Headache

mild depression

blurred or double vision (is rare)

What are the risks of clomiphene?

You will have a probability of 5 to 12 percent of conceiving twins with these fertility drugs. (Less than 1 percent conceived triplets or more. While many couples consider this a blessing, multiple pregnancies increase the risk of spontaneous abortion and other complications .

In very rare cases, clomiphene causes a mild form of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome or SHO, which occurs when you respond to medicines too well and produces too many eggs;. your ovaries rapidly swell to several times its normal size and fluid accumulation occurs in the abdominal cavity this usually disappears alone but requires careful medical follow - up. However, in rare cases can cause life- threatening and is necessary for you to be hospitalized to effect you more intensive monitoring.

on the other hand, recent studies found that clomiphene does not increase the risk of women developing cancer ovary. This was previously a central point of controversy and concern.

Success rates when using clomiphene

About 80 percent of women ovulate, usually within the first three months of treatment. Of those who ovulate, 30 to 40 percent get pregnant for the third cycle. Note that there are other factors that affect the chance of pregnancy, from your age to the speed and agility of sperm of your partner.