Even if you are using assisted reproductive technologies, such as estrakorporalnoe fertilization, drugs to treat infertility remain an important part of treatment. As the number of names of drugs for the treatment of infertility simply rolls over, we present the basic facts about the most often prescribed medications.
Clomid or Serofen (clomifen citrate).
Indications: Clomid is often the first-line therapy in the treatment of infertility, because it is effective and used more than 25 years. Clomifen prescribed to women who normally do not ovulate. Clomid and Serofen, commercially known clomifen are antiestrogens drugs. As a result, they make gipotalamum and the pituitary gland, located in the brain that produce hormones that stimulate the ovaries to the production of eggs. Gonadotrophins produced hypothalamus and follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormone pituitary. These drugs for infertility are often used in combination with assisted reproductive technology or artificial insemination.
Use: The usual initial dose clomifen - 50 miligramm day in the first five days of admission. The first pill must be taken at the third, fourth or fifth day after the start of menstruation. Seven days after receiving the last dose of medication may happen ovulation. If ovulation was not the dose is 50 milligrams every day of every month to 150 miligramm. Once you start to ovulate, most doctors advise to take clomifen no longer than 6 months. If you are at this time did not become pregnant, your doctor will assign you to other drugs.
Efficiency: On average 60% - 80% of women who take clomifen begin to ovulate and about half of them pregnant by therapy. Most pregnancies occur after three cycles.
Side Effects: Side effects clomifen serious. These include hot flushes, defocused vision, nausea, bloating and headache. Clomid can cause changes in the quality of cervical mucus, so it can be difficult to determine how much you are fertile and to prevent the sperm to penetrate into the uterus. Like most drugs for infertility, Clomid mozhdet increase the likelihood of multiple pregnancies, although it happens much less frequently compared with the use of certain hormones, introduced by injection.
