Understanding Clomid

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Understanding Clomid Video Description: Clomid is one of several prescription fertility drugs that can be used to aid conception and boost fertility. If you want to take clomiphene to help start your pregnancy, start here - with this video on understanding clomid.
Transcript: If you’re having trouble getting pregnant, a drug called clomiphene may be your doctor’s first recommendation.Clomiphene is a fertility medication sold under the brands Clomid and Serophene. This drug is usually prescribed for women who ovulate irregularly or not at all. Here’s how clomiphene works for women: Several days into the menstrual cycle, you will take a pill every day for five days. The medication encourages your brain’s hypothalamus to produce lutenizing hormone, which tells your ovaries to release eggs into your fallopian tubes. You’ll generally ovulate between five and 12 days after you finish the last pill. During this time, your doctor will monitor you carefully to see whether your ovaries are preparing to release an egg. Clomiphene is quite effective at stimulating ovulation—in fact, 80 percent of women who take it ovulate within several cycles. (20) But ovulation does not guarantee conception, and only about 40 percent of women taking clomiphene actually get pregnant. Clomiphene can also help men who have a low sperm count or who have poor sperm quality. When a man takes Clomid, it encourages his pituitary gland to make lutenizing hormone, which tells the testicles to produce more testosterone, and possibly more sperm.  Men take clomiphene in cycles that last from three to six months. Clomiphene is less expensive and invasive than other fertility treatments, and can be a good first line of defense against infertility.
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