Metformin & Clomid whats the difference?

[nlz2468]

I'm currently due to start clomid any day now when af arrives but have a question thats been bugging me.

I know Metformin is for something to do with PCOS but have been reading on serveral posts now that woman are taking it to help them ovulate and they are taking the clomid to improve the eggs???

I thought the clomid makes you ovulate? getting confused now

Does woman with PCOS only have metformin or anyone struggeling to concieve? What does metformin help to do?

Sorry think im going abit insane

could someone please explain to me!

A NOTE: I haven't been diagnoised with PCOS by the way i have been given clomid as the doctor doesnt think im ovulating as i havnt concieved again since my MC 2 years ago

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[Mrs. Bear]

Metformin and Clomid are completely different. Metformin is a diabetes medication to help regulate insulin. Since many with PCOS have an insulin imbalance it can help them to have a more regular cycle and ovulate. My RE also said that when taken through the first trimester some studies show it helps reduce the risk of miscarriage for women with PCOS. It can take a few months to be effective.

Clomid is a drug used to stimulate ovulation by tricking your body into producing more hormones. It would be used in combination because not everyone with PCOS will ovulate just due to the metformin. Some women will use it that do not have PCOS if they are not ovulating regularly. Others will use it to stimulate more than one egg per cycle to increase odds of conception.

Both can be used alone or in combination, it just depends on the circumstance.

 

[nlz2468]

Thanks hun i was getting confused by them both x

 

[cottonlily]

Mr RE said it's as pointless for someone who doesn't have PCOS or insulin problems to take met as it is for someone who Os on their own to take clomid. Met is said to help regulate whole cycles for women who have trouble ovulating on their own, often due to insulin resistance and ovarian problems associated with PCOS. Clomid helps with the portion of the cycle which matures follicles in the effort to produce more and larger, quality eggs. Neither, however, makes you ovulate - the actual process of the follicle rupturing and releasing the egg.