Antidepressant drugs taken by tens of thousands of British men may damage sperm quality and harm fertility, researchers at the Cornell Medical Centre in New York have found. The doctors examined the effects of paroxetine (Seroxat) on men taking the drug over five weeks. Four weeks into the trial, tests revealed the men had sperm showing more than twice as much genetic damage as at the start of the study.
Read article in the Guardian (UK)
Friday, October 03, 2008
Anti-depressant drug, Seroxat, may affect fertility, says study
Posted by Willow at 10:58 am
Labels: adverse side-effects, Anti-depressant drug, paroxetine, poor fertility, Seroxat, sperm
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