medication that reduces sperm motility and increases deformaty

So, my wife and I are trying for a child... and unfortunately I am currently firing blanks - 0% motility rate and only 0.5% are not deformed. The consultant who is trying to help us has advised that the (list of) medication I'm on is not helping and if I was clear of them for 3 months, this figure would probably change dramatically.

When I tried to draw out of him which specific tablets are the cause he was reluctant to comment and mentioned I should ideally bring this up with my psychiatric consultant... I fully get that he is covering his back here and doesn't want to be responsible for a crash.

With that said, it's going to be a while until I see my p-doc next and I would far prefer to be prepared beforehand so that I know what I need to discuss rather than get confused in a very brief medicine review.

The tablets that I am on are as follows - sodium valproate, quetiapine, mirtazapine, venlafaxine, lorazepam, and zopliclone.

Both my wife and I are getting on a bit and I really want to make this work for her as she (we) desperately wants a child.

Thanks for reading,

TJ

Had the same issue, though it warn't medication induced and on top of that, the wife had some benign cyst of some sort that warn't helping matters.

A very good doctor recommended a supplement, which is actually an amalgam of supplements. At first I was, "nah, just high-priced vitamins, what's that gonna do?" But I was already taking T replacement shots from her anyway, so I thought, "why not"?

To my surprise...I wasn't looking for it, by then - couple, three months or so after I started taking the supplement pack but, I noticed - ah, how do I put this...you know that unmistakable feeling when your C - 130 transport plane just delivered a bunch of troops to the battlefield? Follow?

Anyroad, Don't know about any clinical trials, haven't really looked (and I'm a stickler for double-blind, evidence based treatment) but the wife began getting pregnant again and again and again - house full of kids now. Of course, with the wife's cyst being a factor, its very likely that it took that first conception and birth to 'pave the way' for the rest.


Could've been something else, and I know it warn't the T-shots, but it certainly wouldna hurt to look into it, if you're keen on it


Let me know if ya want the name of the company. I don't know if it falls into PC's spam policy, so I don't wanna violate that.

From what I can tell, they're just vitamins but I think the difference being they are manufactured to very high standards, starting materials, etc. At least they were 17 years ago. I guess them to still be around.

Anyroads, good luck and all!

We went through very many years of infertility "treatment" and if there was a magic pill I never heard of it. My specialist said that given enough time everyone with the right equipment would get pregnant. We did after waiting a year on the waiting list to get on the real waiting list for adoption. Despite what people say, I think it was just luck--not why it happened.


I can only help you with one drug unfortunately and only sort of. They just completed a big study that showed Seroquel does not cause deformities. Is there no way you could get your psychiatrist and infertility specialist to consult with each other??

You may have to do some serious studying yourself and not really at public forums. Look for studies sponsored or written up by serious medical journals. NIH. You can know more than either of your doctors because they won't have spent that much time on single issues as one drug/one problem. I've done that before just because my psychiatrist has to know so many other things and has so many other patients.

Very good luck to you!

Ja, to be sure there is no majik pill but fertility can be influenced by any number of factors, including whether one's knickers are too tight or has a habit of sitting in overly warm baths in the evening.

Is that always the case? No, of course not. Probably only a relatively small percentage of times. But it doesn't hurt to try and have as many favourable variables as one can.

Thanks for this, I've narrowed down two possibles as sodium valporate and venelaflaxine... the latter being a bit of an issue for me as the withdrawals that I get are rather nasty.

Will speak to my consultant at the next opportunity after speaking to my wife and her voiced concern on just quitting both.

Despite everything I said in my prior long post I should mention that the first time I got pregnant we had gone on a serious (wheat germ, yeast etc--but NOT mega vitamins) health food kick. The second time my husband had recently quit smoking.