Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and fertility potential of the men. Psychiatry and Urology. At the junction of related disciplines
- Authors: Korshunov M.N.1,2, Korshunova E.S.3,4
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Affiliations:
- Central State Medical Academy
- Russian-German Centre of Reproduction and Clinical Embriology
- National Medical Research Radiological Center
- Research Institute of Health Organization and Health Management
- Issue: Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
- Pages: 19-25
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/uroved/article/view/5861
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/uroved6319-25
- ID: 5861
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Abstract
Introduction. Iinfertility leads to emotional stress, which is a precipitating factor of depression. Stress has also been recognized as one of possible reasons of pathospermia and infertility. The aim of pilot study: to evaluate SSRIs effects on spermatogenesis and fertility in the treatment of depression.
Material and Methods. Study included 19 fertile men with depression of mild severity. None of them had any urological disorders. They were treated by fluoxetine 20 mg per day during 6 weeks. Semen analysis (WHO 5), level of DNA fragmentation were performed before, after the therapy and 3 months of drug discontinuation.
Results. All the men had normal semen parameters and level of DNA fragmentation before the treatment. After 6 weeks of the treatment, we fixed the reduction of sperm´s parameters and increasing the level of DNA fragmentation. After 3 mounts of drug discontinuation the mean semen volume, sperm concentration, motility, percentage of normal morphology increased and reverted to the normal levels. Sperm DNA fragmentation index decreased and it had the values less then before the treatment that positive correlated with the reduction of depression’s symptoms.
Conclusions. Using SSRIs may have a negative effect on spermatogenesis and male fertility within the therapy. The most changes of sperm quality (morphology and DNA integrity) were registered. 3 months of drug discontinuation the semen parameters reverted to the normal levels. The infuence of SSRIs in infertile men with depression are to be studied in more detail.
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Maksim N. Korshunov
Central State Medical Academy;Russian-German Centre of Reproduction and Clinical Embriology
Author for correspondence.
Email: m_korshunov@bk.ru
MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Urology Russian Federation
Ekaterina S. Korshunova
National Medical Research Radiological Center;Research Institute of Health Organization and Health Management
Email: e_korshunova@mail.ru
MD, PhD, senior research fellow Russian Federation
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