Question Title: endometriosis & clomid

Dear Z:
Endometriosis that has been cauterized during laparoscopy and then medically suppressed by danazol is likely to recur in one half of patients over a 5 year time. There is no way to diagnose endometriosis expect laparoscopy; this would not be done unless pregnancy fails to easily occur.
Cigarette smokers have a reduced efficiency to become pregnancy: cutting back is a good plan and stopping is best both from a fertility and a pregnancy perspective.
Polycystic ovary syndrome patients do not ovulate on their own and require fertility drugs such as clomiphene. On clomiphene, approximately 80% of patients will ovulate and most of that group will become pregnant.

Keywords: endometriosis; polycystic ovary syndrome

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