Facts about male fertility drugs:

As in the cases of women, they need the right balance of hormones to ovulate regularly, men also need certain hormones to produce healthy sperm and studies conclude that the same substances control these reproductive functions in both men and women. So amazingly the same fertility drugs that stimulate ovulation stimulate sperm production. However in the medical world it is said that the drugs don't perform nearly as well for men as the success rates of men are about a third of those for women. Considering the condition the Food and Drug Association hasn't yet approved them for use in men, though a specialist can prescribe them. Till date very few studies have been done on the effects of fertility drugs on men still it has been observed that the drugs can help only men with specific hormonal imbalances.

How the drugs work:

Clomiphene and human menopausal gonadotropin [HMG] used with human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG] are the two most popular fertility drugs for women that are also used to treat men with primary hypogonadotropic or hypogonadism, which is a hormone deficiency in the pituitary gland or hypothalamus that prevents the testicles from receiving the signal to make sperm. Clomiphene, which can be, consumed daily as a pill, prompts the pituitary gland to make the lutenizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone, which leads the testicles to produce testosterone and possibly more sperm. HCG if injected two to three times a week, sometimes with HMG also prompts the testes to produce testosterone and sperm directly.

Length of treatment:

In case of men a cycle of clomiphene consists of taking one pill a day for three to six months and a cycle of HCG means having two to three injections a week for six months. However if the body doesn't respond to HCG the doctor may suggest a regular intake of HMG. It is common myth that taking fertility drugs for longer periods may improve chances of success. As long as hormone levels stay normal, one can safely take clomiphene in low doses for six months to a year.