FERTOMID (Clomid / Serophene) 50 mg – 50 tablet

Fertomid 50 mg contains an active ingredient called Clomiphene Citrate. It is generally administered by oral route, it is available in tablet Form. Fertomid 50 mg is used for treating female infertility and for certain conditions as determined by your doctor. Fertomid 50 mg is an ovulatory stimulant. It works by helping to produce more hormones that cause your ovaries to release.

What is this medicine?

Clomiphene is a fertility drug used to increase the chance of getting pregnant. It is used to help women ovulate (produce a mature egg) properly during their cycle. Compared to other fertility treatments, clomiphene alone does not greatly increase your chances of having multiple babies. An increased chance of having twins may occur in roughly 5 out of every 100 women who take this medication. Occasionally clomiphene is prescribed to men with fertility problems due to low sperm counts.

How Fertomid 50 mg used and works?

To understand why and how clomiphene is used, it is important to have a basic understanding of normal ovulation. Normally, a woman’s ovaries produce one egg every 24 to 35 days. Ovulation usually occurs about 12 to 14 days before the next menstrual period. A woman’s best chance for becoming pregnant occurs around the day of ovulation and one to two days before ovulation. This would be approximately 12 to 14 days after the first day of a 28-day menstrual cycle.

Women who are most likely to respond to clomiphene include those with polycystic ovary syndrome. Women who are unlikely to respond are those with absent periods and very low estrogen levels due to low body weight or exercise, or those with high follicle-stimulating hormone levels, an indicator of ovarian aging early menopause or primary ovarian insufficiency.

Fertomid 50 mg works at the level of the hypothalamus where it competes for estrogen binding places. When these places are occupied by Fertomid 50 mg, the hypothalamus responds by producing more gonadotropin releasing hormone, which then stimulates the pituitary to produce follicle-stimulating hormone.

In a normal cycle healthy follicles produce estrogen, which signals the hypothalamus to reduce production of follicle-stimulating hormone. Women must monitoring their follicular development via ultrasound and blood tests to measure estradiol.

Dosage and direction

Fertomid 50 mg is administered to stimulate ovulation 50 mg 1 time a day at bedtime, starting from 5th day of the menstrual cycle during 5 days (in the absence of the cycle – at any time). In case of no effect (ovulation does not occur within 30 days) increase the dose to 150 mg / day or lengthen the course to 10 days. Take exactly as prescribed, do not take the medication in larger quantities.

How should I take this medicine?

Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Take exactly as directed for the exact number of days prescribed. Take your doses at regular intervals. Most women take this medicine for a 5 day period, but the length of treatment may be adjusted. Your doctor will give you a start date for this medication and will give you instructions on proper use. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.

Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.

Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.

NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.

Precautions

Before to take Fertomid 50 mg notify your doctor if you have ever had any allergic reaction to clomiphene, liver diseases, mental depression, thrombophlebitis. This drug may cause vision problems, dizziness, or lightheadedness, be especially attentive if you need driving or operating machinery which requires high concentration of attention.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity, liver or kidney failure, metrorrhagia of unknown etiology, ovarian cysts, neoplasms of genital organs, tumor or hypofunction of the hypophysis, endometriosis, ovarian failure together with hyperprolactinaemia, pregnancy.

Possible side effect

Together with allergy symptoms such as swelling of lips, tongue, or face or hives in some patients may appear the following conditions: ovarian enlargement presenting as abdominal or pelvic pain, flushing, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, blurred vision, headache, abnormal uterine bleeding.

Drug interaction

Inform your doctor and laboratory operators about all medications and herbal products you are taking if you are treated with Fertomid 50mg.

Missed dose

If you missed a dose take it as soon as you remember, but not if it is almost time of the next intake by your schedule. If so skip the missed dose. Do not try to make up a missed dose by taking an extra one.

Overdose

If you suspect that you took too much of the medication seek for immediate medical attention.

Storage

Keep out of the reach of children.

Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Protect from heat, light, and moisture. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.

Disclaimer

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EXPERT ADVICE

• • Do not take clomifene tablet, if you are allergic to clomifene or to any other content in the medicine.
• • Do not take clomifene, if you have liver disease; ovarian cyst; any type of cancer; ovarian cyst; unusual or unexplained menstrual bleeding.
• • Inform your doctor before taking the medicine, if you are having an early menopause or if you told you are infertile; or menses have ceased due to pregnancy, underweight, or other reasons.
• • Do not take clomifene, if you have had fits or seizures in the past; polycystic ovaries or swelling in the ovaries; or hypertriglyceridemia (increased level of fats in the blood).
• • Avoid using clomifene, if you are pregnant or breast-feeding a baby.
• • Do not take these tablets for more than five days at a time.
• • Do not drive or operate heavy machinery, if you experience visual disturbances after taking this medicine.
• • This medicine should not be taken by children, adolescents, or by women who have gone through menopause.

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