Is it safe to take letrozole while conceiving ?
Patient: is letrozole 25 mg good for me .i want to get preg fast? 29 yrs,i have pcod ,irregular periods overweight taken three month course of dolute-L finsihed on march[jan-2011 to march2011] after that i have taken duphaston for 15 days. next month sysron-n for periods.all my tests were normal i.e insulin, but little hormon problem i.e fsh-4.56. LH-5.11 .now my doctor gave me letrozole2.5mg[intraget]tablet for five days from my day2 of period.i have this tablet. 1--Is this tablet safe for me because i have heard some side effect like birth defect ,triplet etc.? 2--now is my third day(9-8-2011) 3--plssssssssssss suggest is this a right way .any other suggestion Doctor: Hello  Thanks for query  Letrozole 2.5 mg per day for 5 days is the standard dose for the ovulation induction. No medicine  is fre from side effects ,but the drug has been approved by the FDA & Govt.of India for use in India. We are using it our more than 200 patients without any significant side effect. Hope I have answered your question well to your satisfaction. Wish you speedy complete recovery at the earliest.