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> Men who filled metformin prescriptions before or after the three-month period of sperm development did not have offspring with a higher incidence of birth def
by unmole 3y ago
> Men who filled metformin prescriptions before or after the three-month period of sperm development did not have offspring with a higher incidence of birth defects, the study found.
- slim 3y agowhat does that mean ? is there a season for sperm development ?
- 8note 3y agoIt's continuous. Mean make sperm constantly, and the sperm die constantly. What the study shows is that if there's an effect it would have to be in the short time between the sperm developing and dying
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoTL; DR Do not take if you're trying to impregnate someone. (Is that the right term? Get pregnant?)
- nielsbot 3y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnate#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnate#Verb (Sense 1)
- MauranKilom 3y ago"impregnate" is not wrong per-se, but it is weird in placing the emphasis on only one of the two people required. Usually you'd say something like "trying for a child", I believe.
- resolutebat 3y agoIt's not weird in this case, because the drug specifically affects male sperm, and it's the man who impregnates the woman.
- relaxing 3y agoIt's weird regardless of the drug.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoWhile more study is warranted, I believe the thesis is there is possibly a similar mechanism to how anti parasitics kill parasites during a specific window of their development cycle (with little effect outside of those windows).
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