HCG Injections / Chlomid

[Hollograms]

Hi - I am new to this network but its great to hear that I,m not alone! I'm on round 3 of chlomid at 100mg. I am currently being scanned on day 12 each month (as long as that doesn't fall on a weekend!!), however I have been informed by the hospital that they cannot administer the HCG injection due to countrywide shortage - Has anyone else been told this? Getting very frustrated, does anyone know how many months they issue chlomid without investigating further? I am 35 and wanting my first child. Thinking about doing reflexology or acupuncture too as this is meant to help with fertility? Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi there - I did the maximum rounds of clomid including a couple using Pregnyl as a trigger shot. I've since done two rounds of IVF (where you also need a trigger shot). The first, before Xmas, I used Pregnyl. The second, a couple of weeks ago, Pregnyl wasn't available from any of the pharmacies I contacted. I was told variously that there is a supply issue and that it has gone out of production. However, pregnyl is just one brand of HCG so I used an alternative Ovitrelle, which was available at all the private pharmacies I tried so no supply issue a few weeks ago. As far as I am aware they are like for like just different brands so there would be no reason to not let you have a trigger shot, though I'm not a medic so I may be missing something here. Ovitrelle is about £20 which is, if I recall, about the same cost as Pregnyl so, if you are NHS, I can't see that price would be a barrier. If you are are NHS and for some reason the NHS won't purchase this brand, ask for a private prescription and buy it for yourself (assuming £20 is not beyond budget). It's possible to have tandem NHS and private medication.

Sorry Hollograms, missed the second question in your post re: how long you can take Clomid for. Again, I'm not a medic but based on my experience (others may chip in and report different) I was told that you can take 600mg in a life time. So, for me that was 50mg x 6 months then 100mg for 3 months.

I don't know how old you are or why you are taking Clomid. I posted on here when I started my first dose as I was concerned about twin births [looks for eye rolling/bitter/ha poor fool! smiley and finds it sadly lacking]. One wise MNetter advised me, and cited some peer reviewed papers, that Clomid works best for PCOS not for the undiagnosed fertility issues (failure to ovulate) that I have. Given my age at the time 38/39 (now 40) she recommended that I consider IVF sooner rather than later. I now regret spending so long on Clomid. I suspect that the NHS uses it in order to meet it's target of 'treating' you within a set period (it is classed by your PCT as a 'treatment'), because it's cheap, and because it delays you requesting alternative treatment. I feel that I wasted a year mucking round with it.

As I say, this is my personal experience, I don't know your history and for many on here it's obviously worked a treat!

you can def get ovitrelle on the nhs,,this is what ive been using and managed to get it without any bother!