Glutathione therapy for male infertility

Arch Androl. 1992 Jul-Aug;29(1):65-8. doi: 10.3109/01485019208987710.

Abstract

Eleven infertile men were treated with glutathione (600 mg/day IM) for 2 months. The patients were suffering from dyspermia associated with various andrological pathologies. Standard semen and computer analyses of sperm motility were carried out before treatment and after 30 and 60 days of therapy. Glutathione exerted significant effect on sperm motility patterns. Glutathione appears to have a therapeutic effect on some andrological pathologies causing male infertility.

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies
  • Epididymitis / complications
  • Glutathione / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Male / drug therapy*
  • Infertility, Male / etiology
  • Infertility, Male / pathology
  • Male
  • Orchitis / complications
  • Prostatitis / complications
  • Sperm Motility
  • Spermatozoa / immunology
  • Varicocele / complications

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Glutathione