CLOMID

klōˈmĭd: see fertility drug.

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books on: Clomid  - 32 results

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The Shared Experience of Illness: Stories of Patients, Families, and Their Therapists
Book by Susan H. McDaniel, Jeri Hepworth, William J. Doherty; Basic Books, 1997
Subjects: Countertransference (Psychology), Family Psychotherapy, Psychotherapist And Patient, Sick--Family Relationships, Sick--Psychology
...infertility, I began taking 100 mgs. of Clomid, an ovulation-enhancing drug. On my third Clomid cycle, our daughter, Lisa, was conceived...probably only a "little infertile" and that if Clomid worked once, it would work again. Since...
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Woman's Choice: A Guide to Contraception, Fertility, Abortion, and Menopause
Book by Robert H. Glass, Nathan G. Kase; Basic Books, 1970
Subjects: Contraception, Menstrual Cycle
...in a short time. A few women who use Clomid sometimes experience hot flushes and transient...birth is always present. Ten per cent of Clomid pregnancies are twins. Regardless of...successful pregnancy, and retreatment with Clomid is required if another pregnancy is desired...
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Test Tube Families: Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation
Book by Naomi R. Cahn; New York University Press, 2009
Subjects: Fertilization In Vitro, Human--Law And Legislation--United States
...problems. The first treatment option may be Clomid, perhaps the most commonly used fertility...produce eggs on a more consistent basis. Clomid may be enough. Peggy Orenstein describes Clomid as my gateway drug; the one you take because...
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Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions
Book by Marcia C. Inhorn; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
Subjects: Infertility, Female--Treatment--Egypt, Traditional Medicine--Egypt
...hospital, where a doctor prescribed the drug Clomid and a vaginal douche for a period of nine...minor side effects before, Maisara found Clomid therapy to be particularly "severe...nine months, she discontinued taking Clomid and stopped seeing this physician. The...
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Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies
Book by Annette Burfoot; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Fertilization In Vitro, Human--Encyclopedias, Human Reproductive Technology--Encyclopedias, Infertility--Treatment--Technological Innovations--Social Aspects--Encyclopedias
...babies after using the fertility drug Clomid, a few well-known clinics may combine...use timing in the menstrual cycle, Clomid to produce girls, and sperm separation...separation; for female selection, they inject Clomid and utilize a different sperm fraction...
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journal articles on: Clomid  - 9 results

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The Debt Financing of Parenthood
Journal article by Melissa B. Jacoby; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, 2009
Subjects: Adoption--Finance, Debt financing (Corporations)--Laws, regulations and rules, Debt financing--Laws, regulations and rules, Parent and child (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Parenthood--Economic aspects
...loans from $1,500 to $40,000, giving ... a flexible range of funds to help pay for fertility treatment options like Clomid, PCOS treatment, IVF, IUI, ICSI, surgery, tubal ligation reversals, and donor eggs." (80) Capital One Fertility gets...
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Carrying a Single Twin: Breaking the Silence to Reduce Stress
Journal article by Althea Hayton; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 25, 2010
...pregnancy * Mother experienced starvation through illness famine or hyperemesis * Mother took hyper-ovulation drug (eg. Clomid) * More that one embryo transplanted after IVF * Ultrasound evidence of second sac * Features of labor and delivery associated...
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Di(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate Metabolites May Alter Thyroid Hormone Levels in Men
Journal article by John D. Meeker, Antonia M. Calafat, Russ Hauser; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Biological markers--Research, Endocrine disruptors--Research, Metabolites--Physiological aspects, Metabolites--Research, Phthalates--Health aspects, Phthalates--Research, Thyroid hormones--Research
...measured in serum. An additional 14 subjects taking hormone medications (e.g., propecia, finasteride, cabergoline, clomid, gonadotropin-releasing hormone, testosterone, prednisone taper) were excluded from the present analysis. In addition...
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Social Support and Psychological Well-being in Lesbian and Heterosexual Preadoptive Couples
Journal article by Abbie E. Goldberg, Julianna Z. Smith; Family Relations, Vol. 57, 2008
Subjects: Families & family life, Parents & parenting, Personality traits, Social support, Support groups
...1 = tried). Use of infertility treatments. A single item asked whether couples had used fertility medications (e.g., Clomid) (O = no treatments, 1 = tried treatments). Use of in vitro fertilization. A single item asked if couples had tried IVF...
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Sharing Space: a Bedtime Story: Sleeping through the Night
Journal article by Marjorie L. Rand Phd.; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 16, 2001
...of her mother, and a host of complications with their first pregnancy. Following a miscarriage in 1998, Karen was put on Clomid and conceived her son two months later. Although there were few complications other than morning and day sickness, the labor...
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magazine articles on: Clomid  - 13 results

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The Colour of Loss
Magazine article by Elizabeth Ruth; Herizons, Vol. 21, Winter 2008
Subjects: Childbirth & labor, Pregnancy, Reproductive health, Women
...long-term side effects of pills like Clomid, both on women who took them and on the...not to take gonadotropin injections or Clomid, even for the recommended period of less...months, but that she had been taking Clomid for eight months and was terrified of...
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Finding the Way: Infertility and the Pharmacist
Magazine article by Katie Rodgers; Drug Topics, Vol. 138, October 24, 1994
Subjects: Drugs, Families & family life, Medical procedures, Pharmacists, Pregnancy, Problems, Roles, Statistical data, Therapy, United States
...been trying to get pregnant for seven years. "Ive been on Clomid, Pergonal, Metrodin, Lupron--everything," Amy said...an ovulatory women usually begins with clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Marion Merrell Dow; Serophene, Serono Laboratories), 50...
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Trying to Outsmart Infertility
Magazine article by Judith Randal; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, May 1991
Subjects: Artificial insemination--Evaluation, Fertility agents--Evaluation, Fertility drugs--Evaluation, Fertility, Human--Physiological aspects, Fertilization in vitro--Evaluation, Human fertility--Physiological aspects, Infertility--Care and treatment, Reproductive technology--Innovations
...frequently prescribed. The most popular of these drugs are Clomid and Serophene (both clomiphene citrate in tablet form), which...the pros and conso ftheir use with the physician in advance. Clomid and Serophene, for example, can prolong the menstrual cycle...
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Thoroughly Modern Mommy
Magazine article by Elizabeth Powers; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother (Book)--Book reviews
...suggests. By page 175, she has been through "six months of Clomid, two rounds of IVF, three miscarriages, and a year of acupuncture...what "planned parenthood" looks like before the first dose of Clomid: As soon as Orenstein stops taking the Pill, she is charting...
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Overcoming Infertility
Magazine article by Tamar Nordenberg; FDA Consumer, Vol. 31, January 1997
Subjects: Human reproductive technology--Methods, Infertility--Causes of
...a health-care professional. Treatment with drugs such as Clomid or Serophene (both clomiphene citrate) or Pergonal, Humegon...treated with drugs or surgery. Therapy with the fertility drug Clomid or with a more potent hormone stimulator--Pergonal, Metrodin...
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newspaper articles on: Clomid  - 62 results

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Fertility Drug 'May Double Cancer Risk'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 9, 2008
Subjects: Cancer treatment--Health aspects, Cancer--Care and treatment, Cancer--Drug therapy, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Risk factors, Clomid (Medication)--Health aspects, Estrogen antagonists--Health aspects, Estrogen--Antagonists, Estrogen--Health aspects
...having a baby also known by the brand name Clomid, underIVF, may raise the risk of thyroid...clomiphene, also known by the brand name Clomid,beforedeveloping the cancer, which...balance, which may affect fertility. Clomid is commonly used as a first treatment...
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The Fertility Drugs That Don't Help the Childless; Pregnancy: Difficult for Many
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 8, 2008
Subjects: Clomid (Medication), Estrogen antagonists, Estrogen--Antagonists, Fertility agents, Fertility drugs, Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations
...It found those using the fertility drug Clomid or a form of artificial insemination did...clomifene citrate, including drugs such as Clomid, which is thought to correct subtle ovulatory...thousands of patients each year. Although Clomid appeared to be less effective than natural...
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Why Wannabe Mums Dice with Danger Online; HEALTH: Dear Miriam
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 5, 2010
Subjects: Clomid (Medication)--Health aspects, Estrogen antagonists--Health aspects, Estrogen--Antagonists, Estrogen--Health aspects, Fertility agents--Health aspects, Fertility drugs--Health aspects
...under 4% said they would definitely buy the fertility drug Clomid on the internet - and a further 12% would consider doing so...this path cant know the full extent of the risks shes taking. Clomid (clomiphene) is a powerful drug that isnt suitable for every...
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Linda Blamed Herself for Her Miscarriages. in Fact, like Millions of Women, She Was a Victim of Haywire Hormones; Precious: Dr Linda Papadopoulos with Her Daughter Jessica
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 5, 2008
...says Linda. She was put on the fertility drug Clomid to regulate her hormones. Clomid is one of the best treatments for polycystic ovaries...the first month of treatment. Because of the Clomid I felt very positive about the pregnancy. A scan...
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OUR FIVE LITTLE FIGHTERS; EXCLUSIVE; Just Seven Weeks Old, the Deeply Moving Story of the Sextuplets Born to an Awestruck British Couple O and Their Grief for the Little Boy They Lost
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 3, 2010
...taking the controversial fertility drug Clomid, prescribed by her GP to stimulate her...Grace was also conceived with the help of Clomid. As a child, Vicky suffered from life...of the risk of multiple pregnancy with Clomid, the Lambs -- who married in 2006...
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encyclopedia articles on: Clomid  - 2 results

 
 
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Clomid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLOMID klo mid: see fertility drug . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Fertility Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cause of female infertility is failure to ovulate. In certain cases this can be corrected with the drug clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Serophene). Introduced in 1967, clomiphene stimulates the release of the gonadotropic hormones : follicle-stimulating...


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