24.2.07

Clomifene (Clomid, Serophene, Milophene)

  • what "fertility pills" are usually made of
  • used to treat female infertility due to anovulation (lack of ovulation)
    • doesn't work if infertility is caused by the dude (defective or lack of spermies) or woman's infertility is caused by ovarian dysfunction
  • inhibits the negative feedback action of estrogen in the anterior pituitary gland, resulting in increased release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) - this leads to a higher rate of ovulation and hence increased potential for pregnancy
  • can actually cause multiple ovulation, increasing the risk of multiple births
    • sometimes four or five ova are released and fertilized - say hello to the local news crew, quintuplets!
  • actually is a mixture of two geometric isomers, enclomifene and zuclomifene
  • used (abused?) by some male bodybuilders to block the estrogen-like effects (e.g. man titties!) produced by anabolic steroids and restore the body's natural production of testosterone (which is lost with steroid use)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clomiphene

1 chemically inspired comments:

david said...

The side effects of using drugs are more crucial and that may lead to several diseases like cancer and lever damage etc. Steroids require respect, because they are very powerful and they can harm just as fast as they can help. A lot of self-made "experts" hurt themselves and others... and families suffer. This isn't cool.For further details go for anabolic steroids