Letrozole - Femara for treatment of PCOS

There are two categories of fertility drugs - pills and injections. The most commonly used pill is called clomid. However, not all women will ovulate on clomid. Women who don’t ovulate as a result of PCOS or polycystic ovary syndrome are often resistant to clomid and fail to ovulate.

Recently, a well done study compared clomid to another oral medication - Letrozole (also known as Femara). The study showed conclusively that for women with PCOS, letrozole was associated with a greater chance for ovulation and pregnancy. Importantly, there was no increase in the chance for birth defects.

As a result of this study and others, fertility experts now view letrozole as the first line fertility treatment for women who don’t ovulate due to PCOS

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