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Is there any recent research about what purpose prolactin serves in men or whether low prolactin levels are harmful for them?

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Dr. Weber Chuang answered

Specializes in Urology

Little effect: Better understood is that hyperprolactinemia can cause erectile dysfunction and infertilty in men due suppressive effects on lh and fsh. There have been a few studies suggesting that hypoprolactinemia in men can also cause infertility in men.

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Answered 8/9/2019

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I just turned 42. 5 weeks late and put on provera (medroxyprogesterone) for 10mg/10 days to induce period. Thyroid, prolactin, estrogen good. FSH level was at 30. Peri men?

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