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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?
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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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.