femara better than clomid

Make sure your doctor is monitoring (with ultrasound) each cycle on clomid, it can cause cysts to develop rapidly In women with PCOS. I took 5 rounds of clomid up to 150mg and never ovulated. I am on follistim injections now and have ovulated each cycle. You should ask your doctor about changing you to femara it's a pill like clomid with less side effects and it singles out an egg to mature unlike the clomid that tries to mature everything (hints cysts).

I used Clomid for one cycle and it worked. Did you ovulate on Femara? Some women with PCOS have better luck with Femara than they had with Clomid.

I have tried both Clomid and Femara, I would take Femara over Clomid ANY day!!! Clomid gave me a MONSTER headache for almost 4 weeks, YES 4 weeks!! Femara, LOVED IT!!! Had no side effects and its better on the uterine lining (doesn't thin it out like Clomid), and doesn't create hostile CM like Clomid! Good Luck!

It seems that some people work better on femara than clomid and visa vers, just depends what your body thinks i guess! Good luck! oh and i think the generic name is letrozole (sp?

Hello! yes as rjoshua said it doesn't thin the lining like clomid can.. also if your not doing IUI's it is "typically" better with cervical mucus than clomid.. doesnt' dry it out... some people respod better to clomid, some to femara, it really is different person to person of course! We have a femara ladies post somewhere on here! we've had a good number of BFP's on there! we did get preg with femara +follistim but unfortuantely miscarried later on...

t handle. I found it better than clomid and am going for CD12 scan tomorrow. Will let u know how it goes!!! :) good luck.

My lining was still not great, but better than it was on the clomid. I am starting another round tomorrow. I had 0 side effects. On clomid I had hot flashes at night. HOpe this is helpful! I liked it a lot better. :) Good luck to you.

I don't think that would have been too soon. The sperm should be able to survive for a few days. I also took Femara for the first time this cycle on days 3-7. I didn't know what to expect either since I O'd late with Clomid, so I used OPK's and temps and appeared to have ovulated cd12. I am now 12 dpo and holding out hope, even though I've felt like AF is coming soon.

Hello! yes a lot of us have used it on here, and its worked! i never used clomid though - they did my lap and i was covered in endo : ( ... so femara is particularly good for endo patients.. i produced one or two follicles each time (but i was on the low dose - 2.

So I am getting ready to start Femara on my next cycle...Clomid not working. Anyway I was wondering who is on or has been on it and when and how much did you have to take? I have done alot of research on it but I am just wondering why women are on such different doses and cd to take them? Is it just up to the individual DR.? Has anyone had success with Femara?? I need a little light at the end of this long tunnel....

hi there! I took Clomid 100 mg for two cycles ..unsuccessfully and like you , had horrible side effects including a thin lining.. I did do a Letrozole a.k.a Femara cycle and though wasn't pregnant..I definitely felt much better than with Clomid....and I have heard a lot of people get success with femara when clomid doesn't work for them!

Femara works better for me than Clomid. It is a new drug being tried by many REs for fertifility patients and the success rate is good. It depends on your body's reactions to drugs...

hello! we just had success with femara (and injectables) and we have endo, pcos and male factor! we did do IUI... however we may be losing this pregnancy (in the waiting game right now) as far as side effects, i didn't have many at all, and it actually can increase cervical mucus unlike clomid. and it does have a short half life so birth defects shouldn't be a worry!. a lot of people have success stories on this! good luck!

) GOOD LUCK!!!!

I did find that the side effects of Femara were far less severe than the Clomid and, unlike Clomid, Femara does not affect your CM or thin out your uterine lining.

My RE told me not to use clomid for more than 5-6 cycles because after that it can have adverse effects. I've used both clomid and femara in the past while doing IUI's. I actual do ovulate without meds but my progesterone level was low and the RE said the meds made for "better" ovulation, as I could tell because my cycle on clomid or femara was ~28 days instead of just 21-22 days.

I have been also put onto femara not injectable but better than clomid for some people. It only matures egg's that are good so generally only one at a time and dosen't think the uterus lining out like clomid. I am currenky doing this femara with iui. Had my first one no luck but sure this second one is going to work. Femara also seems to be helping my cycle as well. Ps. Was given ovidel injection for release of egg.

Maybe you are thinking of Femara (letrozole)?? This is also used to treat breast cancer and to induce ovulation in fertility patients instead of clomid. I read many scientific articles regarding femara before I decided to try it. It does work and worked for me on the first cycle. I know others who it also worked for. If you are looking for an alternative to clomid it is something you may want to investigate bfore moving on to injectibles.

Hi Shandris! How low was your progesterone? An did they increase the dose after they told you it was low? I agree with Helen, though, if you've been on clomid for nine months, it's probably time to try something else. If you're not quite ready for injectibles, you could ask to try Femara for a month or two. Some women respond better to Femara than clomid, and it has less side effects. I'm currently on my first month on Femara and have not had any side effects at all. Take care!

Hi there-I was on clomid 2 months with IUI and trigger-only had 2 follicles both times. I was on Femara this month, trigger and IUI and I had 6 follicles. I also took it on 4-8. So, for me, femara worked much better. I didn't do Menopur. I am in my 2ww and will find out on Tuesday. I wish you all the best!

was told this would work and was better than clomid.i just cant seem to ovulate and my insulin is very high so i take glucaphage 2000mg daily to help wih that.can someone tell me what i need to do to get my body to ovulate nd will this pill work?

I am 15 weeks pregnant. Prior to that I had tried clomid for a long time (longer than I should have been on it) with no success. So it does work! I hope it works for you!

So my question is which is better Clomid or Femara??? Should I discuss with her which one is best for me or should I just go with the clomid?? I live in Canada so i dont even know if they have Femara here?? Just looking for peoples opinions.

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