Experiment 1216825
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ROUTE NOT GIVEN |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | BRACKEN,MB: ESKENAZI,B: SACHSE,K: MC SHARRY,JE: HELLENBRAND,K: LEO-SUMMERS,L:. (1990). ASSOCIATION OF COCAINE USE WITH SPERM CONCENTRATION, MOTILITY, AND MORPHOLOGY.. 53(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THIS IS A SORT OF RETROSPECTIVE CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN WHICH THE USE OF COCAINE AMONG THE CASES (LOW SPERM COUNT, ETC.) WAS COMPARED WITH ITS USE AMONG THE CONTROLS (NORMAL SPERM COUNT). THIS STUDY DOES NOT PROVE CAUSE AND EFFECT, IT ONLY SHOWS THAT COCAINE USE COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. COCAINE USE DID APPEAR TO BE MORE COMMON AMONG CASES WITH LOW SPERM COUNTS, BUT SO WERE SOME MEDICAL PROBLEMS. COCAINE MAY BE ABLE TO IMPAIR SPERM FORMATION TO SOME EXTENT, BUT ITS POTENTIAL LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS REQUIRES A PROSPECTIVE STUDY WHICH IDEALLY SHOULD LACK POTENTIALLY CONFOUNDING VARIABLES. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | MALE |