Drugs that men take to combat depression can lead to infertility, experts say.

Scientists have conducted a study, which found that after the use of antidepressants by men for four weeks, the level of spermatozoa with damaged DNA has become much higher. The results of the study were published in New Scientist magazine.

According to experts, such an effect of antidepressants does not necessarily lead to infertility, but causes some concern. The study involved 35 men, who were observed during the drug. Specialists studied the sperm of participants under a microscope. It turned out that there was no difference in sperm motility, but after testing for DNA fragmentation, the experts noticed changes.

It turned out that after four weeks of taking antidepressants, the participants increased DNA damage in the semen from about 13.8% to 30.3%. Scientists are worried about the question whether there will be enough of the remaining 70% for a full conception of the child. Previous research has shown that couples making artificial insemination are less likely to receive more embryos and their embryos are weaker and unlikely to be successfully implanted into the uterus if future fathers have a high level of sperm DNA damage, scientists said..

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