What types of medications and illicit drugs affect fertility?
Some medications and illicit drugs may decrease your fertility because they can adversely affect the fertile cervical mucous produced around ovulation time. Acupuncture and herbs can be effective in restoring the fertile cervical mucous, thus, increasing your fertility. A treatment plan that emphasizes quantity and quality of fertile mucous is especially important if sperm count or motility is low. An environment that maximizes survival of sperm and encourages entry to the uterus may be all the advantage sub optimal sperm need to reach their destination. Examples of some drugs and medications are as follows: Certain antibiotics: can allow an overgrowth of vaginal candida or thrush Anti-seizure drugs Anti-depressive drugs Anti-hypertensive drugs Cortisone Corticosteroids Anti-ulcer drugs Calcium channel blockers Procardia Adalat (it is restricted to male and affects sperm quality) Birth control pills – even after the return of regular periods, the cervical mucous produced after being on
