Moving on to Femara...

shapo · 04-09-2009, 11:28 AM

My husband and I have been TTC 9 months. We knew going into it that I had PCOS, so pretty much immediately I was put on drugs. I have been through 4 rounds of Clomid (50, 100, 200, 250mg) and no results. I guess my ovaries are "quiet". My doctor originally said we'd move to injectables next, but now she wants to try Femara for 1 or at most 2 rounds. I guess my most frustrating thing is my cycle is 46 days long... day 1 is forced by Provera. I am also on a daily dose of 2000mg Metformin XR and baby asprin. Didn't know if there was anyone out there that didn't have Clomid work, but Femara was the ticket?

katt_:) · 04-10-2009, 01:32 AM

Keep taking the Metformin. It took me 2 years to start cycling normally. I still have issues if I don't watch what I eat. Overall things have gotten much better. It may just take time.

scarolinagirl · 04-10-2009, 10:40 AM

I've been on both clomid and femara and none of them worked for me. But Femara had far less side effects than clomid. Good luck!

Monty'sGirl · 04-10-2009, 11:14 PM

Femara works great for me! But I think it's because I take Avandia too (a med like Met). I'm now Oing and getting AF on my own!! It's wonderful!

I took Clomid before I started the Avandia, so I don't know if it would have worked with Avandia or not. It didn't work when I took it and my side effects were so horrible, my doc changed me to Femara.

I've seen lots of women on this board saying that Clomid didn't work for them, but Femara did. I think it's worth trying it at least one month. I know it can be frustrating to wait though, if it doesn't. It's your choice, but I would probably try it.

Good luck to you!