Ibuprofen link to Male infertility
January 9. 2018
A study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), monitored 31 healthy white men aged 18 to 35. The volunteers were interviewed, completed a questionnaire assessing their physical activity, and gave a blood sample. The men were then divided into two groups, 14 in an ibuprofen group and 17 in a placebo group.
Those in the ibuprofen group were given two doses of ibuprofen a day. Each dose was 600 mg, equivalent to three over-the-counter pills.
Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology to produce a state of compensated hypogonadism
Ibuprofen has a negative impact on the reproductive systems of young men
The researchers, from Denmark, France, and China, concluded that taking ibuprofen increases the risk of a condition known as compensated hypogonadism. The condition, generally associated with elderly men and linked to reproductive and physical disorders and including infertility.Read the full research here:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/01/03/1715035115.full?sid=f8ff48f7-3370-4891-9dab-2bae2bb6e857
Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology to produce a state of compensated hypogonadism.
Ibuprofen has a negative impact on the reproductive systems of young men