Clominphene Citrate is prescribed to induce ovulation for women who have ovulatory disorders that might be the reason it is hard to get pregnant. It influences how the hormones for fertility and ovulation work in the body. Clomiphene Citrate stimulates your pituitary gland to secrete higher levels of FSH and LH-the hormones that cause the ovary to produce and release a mature egg.
The structure of Clomiphene is similar to estrogen, allowing it to bind to the estrogen receptor sites. There are estrogen receptor sites in various tissues of the body. Once these sites are filled with Clomiphene, they can no longer bind with the estrogen circulating in the blood. As a result, your body perceives estrogen level is too low. To compensate for the 'low levels of estrogen', the pituitary gland produces more FSH. The raised level of FSH will stimulate maturation of an egg within an ovarian follicle and eventually leads to the release of one or more mature eggs.
