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Diagnosed With Azoospermia, Have Shrunken Testicles With Pain, Using Minoxidil Since A Long Time For Hair Loss. Does Propecia Cause Male Infertility?
This is more comment than question. Yesterday I saw an article that stated that propecia can cause male infertility . Afew years ago I was diagnosed with azoospermia . My urologist could find no cause. A geneticist found nothing abnormal. I fathered a child twenty years ago. When I read about the propecia symptoms: shrunken testicals, pain in the same area, I realized these were identical to my symptoms though I had used minoxidil for years as opposed to propecia. I really think this could be what caused this as the timeline of my usage does coincide with when the symptoms began, I just never put 2 and 2 together until being diagnosed with the az and then reading the article. Any opinion?
Hello Thanks for your query. Yes, use of propecia is corelated with azoospermia. Please go through the following link _ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18054928 You would find it useful take care.
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Diagnosed With Azoospermia, Have Shrunken Testicles With Pain, Using Minoxidil Since A Long Time For Hair Loss. Does Propecia Cause Male Infertility?
Hello Thanks for your query. Yes, use of propecia is corelated with azoospermia. Please go through the following link _ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18054928 You would find it useful take care.