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Male Fertility Pills Tips

by Janette Sturges

Overview

While there are many options for women who are suffering from infertility, male fertility options are considerably more limited. If a semen analysis has returned with a low sperm count, you may be considering male fertility pills, which promise increased testosterone and more healthy, manly sperm. But it's important to consider all the facts about male fertility pills and look at your options when dealing with male infertility.
Fertility pill cautions

Male fertility pills make great promises, but it's important to separate the truth from the hype. There are currently no drug treatments for male infertility that have have approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but this doesn't prevent online retailers from selling products labeled as being effective. Androgens, FSH injections, kallikrein, testolactone, clomiphene, steroids and vitamins E and C have been tested and proven ineffective at increasing sperm counts, so be wary of any supplements containing these active ingredients. While certain steroids have shown some promise in trials, it is typically impossible to purchase real steroids over the internet. For now, generally assume that any pill promising male fertility is probably quackery. Also remember that supplements are not tested by the FDA for safety and efficacy.

Trying Male Fertility Pills

While there are no male fertility treatments currently approved and available for purchase, there are many medical research facilities looking into male fertility. One route you may consider is researching drug trials being performed by research hospitals in your area. You can search for licensed clinical trials in your area at clinicaltrials.gov, but be aware that participating in a clinical trial is no guarantee that you'll be given a real fertility drug (someone has to be in the control group), and drugs in the trial stage have usually been proven safe in the short term, but their long-term effects have not been measured.
Other options

Instead of wasting your money on ineffective male fertility pills, consider your other options. Your first step should be talking to an infertility specialist, who can test you for hormone or other disorders and treat an underlying problem. You and your partner can also consider intrauterine insemination or the more invasive intracytoplasmic insemination. Both options can be expensive and are only minimally effective. Before considering these procedures, first make sure you've improved your odds of natural conception as much as possible by quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption, wearing looser pants and not using cocaine, anabolic steroids or marijuana. Finally, remember that being unable to conceive your own children does not mean that you cannot be a parent. There are many wonderful children in the world in need of loving homes.