Sperm Booster?

Some men are gritting their teeth and gulping down a few ounces of a citrus-flavored dietary supplement that the manufacturer says is "specifically designed to optimize sperm quality." Besides the taste, there's the cost. The supplement, called proXeed, costs $500 for a six-month supply. But many men and their wives think it is worth it. The problem, according to urologist Larry L. Lipshultz, MD, is low-quality sperm.

That's why Lipshultz advises some patients to take proXeed, anover-the-counter product manufactured in Italy for a Maryland company. Lipshultz is the director of the first U.S. Clinical trial for the dietary supplement. Researchers are eager to find out if it works as they gain more knowledge into the nature of male infertility.성인용품

"We need to raise awareness of male infertility," says Lipshultz, director of the proXeed study and head of the Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He ticks off statistics from a 1998 government study: 1.1 million U.S. Women per year make appointments with their gynecologists for infertility. Of those cases, only 20% of male partners, some 250,000 men, were referred for evaluations, he says.