Re: Healthy pregnancy
From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:22:32 -0600 (CST)
Hello -
I'm not sure if Advil is okay for the male partner; however, since Advil
(and other ibuprofen) is made with or from male hormones it can
aggrivate PCOS for the female. My Reproductive Endo. would not allow
any female patient to take ibuprofen during the cycle since it can
prevent the woman from ovulating.
I was in a very high stress job several years ago and was taking about
4-6 ibuprofen a day to prevent migraines. Several months on this, I
started having the worse PCOS symptoms ever. I stopped the ibuprofen
and it got better.
(later changed jobs, too)
It sure had an effect on me. Not sure about adverse effects on the male
partner.
Good luck! Ruth ;-)
At Fri, 19 Jan 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>I don't know for sure if the male taking advil will affect a fetus at the
>time of conception or not. It may and it may not. I am not a doctor. I do
>know that my husband has always taken Advil for just about everything. And
>he was going to school 4 nights a week, and working a 6 day a week full-time
>job as well. He kept alot of headaches, and was taking Advil around the time
>that I conceived with our first child. Thomas is 100% healthy. You can
>always call your local pharmacy and ask them as well, if not your doctor to
>be totally sure. It would be interesting to know what you find out. Keep us
>posted.
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>Susan
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>I don't know for sure if the male taking advil will affect a fetus at the
>time of conception or not. It may and it may not. I am not a doctor. I do
>know that my husband has always taken Advil for just about everything. And
>he was going to school 4 nights a week, and working a 6 day a week full-time
>job as well. He kept alot of headaches, and was taking Advil around the time
>that I conceived with our first child. Thomas is 100% healthy. You can
>always call your local pharmacy and ask them as well, if not your doctor to
>be totally sure. It would be interesting to know what you find out. Keep us
>posted.
>
>Susan
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