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Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You?
Using Clomid Could Help You Conceive
By Gail Johnson
Tammy Feldman always assumed that once she and her husband were ready to have a baby, she would simply stop using birth control and get pregnant. For many of her friends, it really was that simple. But for Feldman, like millions of others, the road to pregnancy was difficult.
After a year of trying to get pregnant, Feldman says that she and her husband had a hard time admitting that there may be an infertility problem -- but she knew it was time to look for outside help. After a thorough examination by her OB/GYN, she learned she was not ovulating. "I was infertile – and I was devastated," she says.
Feldman is not alone in her infertility. According to RESOLVE, a national infertility association based in Somerville, Mass., more than five million people of childbearing age in the United States experience infertility – defined as the inability to conceive a child despite trying for one year. Often a diagnosis of infertility means that becoming pregnant will be a challenge, but this challenge is becoming less difficult for some women with the use of fertility drugs.
One of the most commonly prescribed fertility drugs is Clomid. Dr. Scott Roseff, reproductive endocrinologist and director of the West Essex Center for Advanced Reproductive Endocrinology in West Orange, N.J., says that Clomid is the brand name for a drug called clomiphene citrate. Two major companies market clomiphene – one calls it Clomid and the other calls it Serophene. A generic form is also available.
Clomiphene (Clomid) is typically prescribed as a "fertility pill" for women who do not ovulate. "There are many reasons a woman may not ovulate, and she should first be screened by her doctor to assure she is an appropriate candidate for Clomid," Roseff says.
Clomiphene is thought to work by "faking out the brain into thinking the ovary is not producing an egg," according to Roseff. The brain responds by pumping out more of the appropriate hormones for stimulating egg development. Clomid is most commonly prescribed when a woman doesn't ovulate properly and if her infertility workup reveals she is an appropriate candidate for Clomid therapy.
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Re: by liz on 11/25/2009 11:27AM
am on my second dose of clomid can it work in the first 3 months
Re: Clomid by anonymous on 10/11/2009 08:57PM
Hi there, I was put on clomid by gynecologist and my blood test showed I responded very well but didn't get pregnant and found out that it's not just me who has problem but my husband. So I think the lesson there is to make sure that the husband sperm is not an issue before taking clomid. My confidence with going through treatment was lessen by this because I think they should have checked my husband first before they put me on Clomid. Anyway I feel so frustrated....with everything...so hard undergoing this problem----- I wished I just got pregnant in my early years.....
Re: Clomid by anonymous on 09/22/2009 10:41AM
We tried for a year with no luck I started taking 50mg of clomid in November of 08 with no luck was bumped up to 100mg of Clomid March of 09 with no luck Now we are taking 150mg of Clomid this is my 2nd cycle of the 150mg. Keeping my fingers crossed
It worked for me by anonymous on 09/22/2009 09:54AM
I was 40 when I was trying to conceive. I was ovulating every month and had a period, but my progesterone was low. I agreed with my husband that we would only try three rounds. The third round was succesful with only one baby. I saw very few side effects from the drug. Good luck to all who are trying now!
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Worked for me too by anonymous on 12/05/2009 06:13AM
I was 35 and had had 2 miscarriages before trying clomid for the 1st time, 3 rounds. My daughter is now 4, and at age 40, I'm starting clomiphene again. Organon brand this time; doesn't seem as bad as my 1st time with clomid. My friend and her husband hate clomid, though, and have stopped using it.