How is clomiphene given?
When you are planning a clomiphene cycle, we ask that you call our office on the first or second day of your menstrual cycle. If you start on a weekend, call on Monday morning.The nurse will talk with you about the cycle, schedule an ultrasound if needed and call your prescription to the pharmacy. The usual clomiphene dose is 100mg/day for 5 days beginning on cycle day 3, 4, or 5. Ovulation usually occurs approximately 7 days after the last pill is taken. How is treatment begun if I have no menstrual cycle? Progesterone or a short course of birth control pills (!) is used to induce a menses. After 5 days of progestin therapy, a period occurs, then clomiphene is started on the fifth day of bleeding. We usually start at a dose of 100 mg a day taken cycle day 5 thru 9. How do I know when I am ovulating? Ovulation can be predicted with the use of an ovulation predictor kit, which detects the surge of LH that occurs 1-2 days prior to ovulation . Alternatively, we use ultrasound to evaluate
