| Disease | TESTING ON 20 FERTILE MARRIED MEN,APPARENTLY HEALTHY,AT THE AGE OR 25-44.SPERMATOZOA WERE IMMOBILE AFTER 1-3 WEEKS OF DAILY DOSING.
RECOVERY TO NORMAL SPERM COUNTS TOOK PLACE ABOUT 16 WEEKS AFTER GOSSYPOL WITHDRAWAL.
SIDE EFFECTS WERE DECREASED APPETITE(7 CASES),FATIGUABILITY(5),DRYNESS OF MOUTH(5),DIARRHEA(4),INCREASED APPETITE(3),NAUSEA(3),SLEEPINESS(3),DIZZINESS(2),CONSTIPATION(1),VOMITING(1),AND EDEMA OF EYELIDS(1).
SIDE EFFECTS WERE GENERALLY MILD AND REQUIRED NO TREATMENT.
SERUM K+ CONCENTRATION WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED IN 1 CASE(FROM 4.8 TO 3.5 MEQ/L.
ROUTINE URINE EXAMINATION:PORTEIN INCREASE FROM A TRACE TO + IN 1 CASE,BUT SHORTLY RECOVERED.
ECG,THYMOL TURBIDITY AND THYMOL FLOCCULATION:NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
SGPT:SLIGHTLY ELEVATED IN 4 CASES,BUT RECOVERY.
LIBIDO AND POTENCY:SEEMINGLY DECREASED IN 1 CASE.
HEMOGLOBIN,WBC AND DIFFERENTIAL,BLEEDING TIME,CLOTTING TIME,BLOOD PRESSURE AND TESTICULAR SIZE AND CONSISTENCY WERE OBSERVED IN PART OF THE CASES:NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
ONE CASE DEVELOPED ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND SHORTLY RECOVERED AFTER SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT. |