The Claim

In men with idiopathic infertility, daily oral clomiphene citrate at 25–50 mg every other day for an average of 13 months is associated with a mean increase of 13.1 million in total motile sperm count and significant elevations in serum testosterone (9.9 nmol/L), follicle-stimulating hormone (4.9 IU/L), luteinizing hormone (4.8 IU/L), estradiol (53.9 pmol/L), and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (1.8 nmol/L).

Source: Effectiveness of clomiphene citrate on total motile sperm count and hormonal profile in men with clinical infertility.

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

In men with unexplained infertility, taking clomiphene citrate every other day at a dose of 25–50 mg for about 13 months is linked to an increase in the number of moving sperm and higher levels of several reproductive hormones in the blood.

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In men with idiopathic infertility, daily oral clomiphene citrate at 25–50 mg every other day for an average of 13 months is associated with a mean increase of 13.1 million in total motile sperm count and significant elevations in serum testosterone (9.9 nmol/L), follicle-stimulating hormone (4.9 IU/L), luteinizing hormone (4.8 IU/L), estradiol (53.9 pmol/L), and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (1.8 nmol/L), suggesting a potential role in enhancing spermatogenic activity through gonadotropin stimulation.

Why this might work

Clomiphene citrate blocks estrogen from signaling the brain to stop making hormones that tell the testes to produce testosterone and sperm. This causes the brain to release more of those hormones, which then tell the testes to make more testosterone and produce more moving sperm.

Verified mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Effectiveness of clomiphene citrate on total motile sperm count and hormonal profile in men with clinical infertility.

    This study found that men with unexplained infertility who took clomiphene citrate for about a year had more moving sperm and higher levels of important reproductive hormones, just like the claim says.

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