Letrozole (Femara)

Clomid or clomiphene citrate is an oral medication that is often used for stimulating ovulation in women that do not ovulate on their own. Femara has sometimes been used in these women as an alternative to clomiphene.

● Some women will not respond to Clomid at all.

Letrozole can induce ovulation in some of these women.

● Women that do ovulate with Clomid still might never get pregnant with it.

Some of these women will conceive with letrozole

● There can be unpleasant side effects with Clomid that cause women to stop taking it

This can be a reason to use Femara instead of Clomid

Letrozole and tamoxifen are both used to treat breast cancer. They work by reducing the amount of the hormone estrogen in your body. These drugs are both forms of hormone therapy for breast cancer.

Letrozole is the generic version of the brand-name drug Femara. Tamoxifen is an active drug that's available only as a generic drug. It's not available as a brand-name medication.

In some cases, letrozole is prescribed for early breast cancer that's already been treated with surgery plus 5 years of tamoxifen therapy. (With early breast cancer, the cancer hasn't spread beyond your breast or lymph nodes in your armpits.)

Letrozole can interact with tamoxifen. So, it's recommended that you don't take the drugs at the same time. With this interaction, tamoxifen can reduce how well letrozole works.

• The most common dose of Femara is 2.5 mg per day on days five through nine of the menstrual cycle
• Sometimes it is given in higher doses of 5 mg or 7.5 mg per day