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After taking tamsulosin for bph for 3 months, my semen analysis suddenly went from 114 million/ml, 37% motility, 4% normal morphology to 8 million, n/a and 0, with tiny volume. what is the method, chance and amount of time to get back to my normal?

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Dr. Harold Fields answered

Prostate : If you have stopped your prostate treatment then it may return to higher limits. However as you get older it is not abnormal for your sperm count to fall. Good Luck

Answered 7/30/2018

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A member asked:

After taking tamsulosin for bph for 3 months, my semen analysis suddenly went from 114 million/ml, 37% motility, 4% normal morphology to 8 million, n/a and 0, with tiny volume. what is the method, chance and amount of time to get back to my normal?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Harold Fields answered

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