Clomid is a medication with clomiphene in the composition, indicated for the treatment of female infertility, in women who are unable to ovulate. Other causes of infertility must be excluded or treated appropriately before treatment with clomiphene.
This medicine can be purchased in pharmacies, for a price of about 50 reais, upon presentation of a prescription.
How to take
The treatment consists of 3 cycles and the recommended dose for the first treatment cycle is 1 50 mg tablet per day, for 5 days.
In women who do not menstruate, treatment can be started at any time during the menstrual cycle. If menstruation induction is programmed using progesterone or if spontaneous menstruation occurs, Clomid should be administered from the 5th day of the cycle. If ovulation occurs, it is not necessary to increase the dose for the next 2 cycles. If ovulation does not occur after the first treatment cycle, a second cycle of 100 mg per day should be performed for 5 days, after 30 days of the previous treatment.
However, if the woman becomes pregnant during treatment, she must stop the medication.
Know the main causes of infertility.
How it works
Clomiphene stimulates the growth of eggs, allowing them to be released from the ovary to be fertilized. Ovulation usually occurs 6 to 12 days after taking the medicine.
Who should not use
This medicine is contraindicated for people with hypersensitivity to the components of the formula.
In addition, it should also not be used during pregnancy, in people with a history of liver disease, hormone-dependent tumors, with abnormal or undetermined uterine bleeding, ovarian cyst, except polycystic ovary, since dilation may occur additional cyst, people with thyroid or adrenal dysfunction and patients with intracranial organic injury, such as a pituitary tumor.
Possible side effects
Some of the most common side effects that may occur during treatment with Clomid are an increase in the size of the ovaries, an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy, hot flashes and a reddened face, visual symptoms that usually disappear with treatment interruption, abdominal discomfort, breast pain, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, headache, dizziness, vertigo, increased urge to urinate and pain to urinate, endometriosis and exacerbation of pre-existing endometriosis.
