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High blood pressure medication & infertility

Liam

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Joined: September 19, 2015

Hey folks, just curious to know, are there any links between high blood pressure medication and infertility, especially among men? My colleague, who is taking amlodipine to control his high BP, has been advised to change his medication by his infertility specialist, whom the couple have been seeing for over a year.

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Posted on December 2, 2015 at 6:38 PM
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Cristina

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Joined: September 10, 2015

Re: High blood pressure medication & infertility

Yes, it is true, particularly in case of calcium channel blockers. It either lower the level of testosterone needed to make sperm or otherwise cut their quantity and quality, that’s what I read.

Posted on December 15, 2015 at 11:46 PM

AntonyDixon

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Joined: February 17, 2018

Re: High blood pressure medication & infertility

i also read in the one article about this , and this is a true

Posted on February 19, 2018 at 9:27 PM

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