[kikewrite]

Has anyone been on clomid before
Can someone tell me about it

[tickle]

Kikewrite, here is some basic information about Clomid:

The first fertility drug?
Clomiphene citrate (CC, Clomid, Serophene) is often the first fertility drug that couples come in contact with. It is (relatively) inexpensive as fertility drugs go, it is easily taken (orally rather than by injection) and it is the first line drug used for ovulation induction in patients with PCOS and other ovulatory disorders. It has been used for patients with luteal phase defect. It can also be used to assess ovarian reserve or, in other words, the likelihood that a woman's ovaries can still produce viable eggs. Clomid is not useful for women whose ovaries have reached the end of their working life.

How does it work?

Clomid is actually quite a potent and somewhat complicated medication. It is capable of reacting with all of the tissues in the body that have estrogen receptors.
These tissues include hypothalamus, pituitary, ovary, endometrium, vagina, and cervix. Clomid influences the way that the four hormones required for ovulation, GnRH, FSH, LH and estradiol, relate and interrelate. While we do not completely understand the mechanisms by which this drug works, in essence it appears that Clomid fools the body into believing that the estrogen level is low. This altered feedback information causes the hypothalamus (an area of the brain) to make and release more gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) which in turn causes the pituitary to make and release more FSH and LH. More follicle stimulating hormone and more luteinizing hormone should result in the release of one or more mature eggs - ovulation.

[kikewrite]

THANK YOU, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUl. My Husband and I have been trying for eleven months without success, I have been over streesed, and I am thinking of medications that could help. I do not have insurance right now, but my husband will get to put me on his insurace by October,I hope I will be successful then. This past eleven months have been the longest of my life.

[JanetB]

Clomid is the first-line medication for ovulation induction for women with PCOS and other ovulatory disorders.
Persons most likely to achieve success with clomiphene therapy include:
- patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
- amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome
- psychogenic amenorrhea
- post-oral-contraceptive amenorrhea
- certain cases of secondary amenorrhea of undetermined etiology.

According to a study, the live-birth rate is about 22.5%