应关注男性不育的药物治疗:睾酮,用还是不用
2014-09-18李宏军
李宏军
【摘要】在治疗男性不育症中是否使用睾酮是一个大问题。2013年欧洲泌尿外科学会(EAU)的《男性不育指南》指出:雄激素补充治疗被严格禁止用于男性不育的治疗,这种观点引起强烈关注和质疑。尽管一些临床研究的证据目前还没有支持用于男性不育的药物治疗,但不应该妨碍证明这些药物有效的机会,药物治疗的广泛探索应该被鼓励和加强,而不是简单地禁止。无论是从医学基本原则、促进医学发展、医学研究现状以及人文医学角度,男性不育的经验性药物治疗(包括睾酮)应该成为一线选择或基础选择。因此,笔者认为EAU《指南》的上述结论考虑不周,故对在治疗男性不育症中应用睾酮的主要理由进行了论述。
【关键词】男性不育症;治疗;药物;睾酮
More attention paid to the drug treatment of male infertility-whether to use testosterone or notLI Hongjun. Urological Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
【Abstract】 Whether to use testosterone or not in the treatment of male infertility is a big problem. The 2013 guidelines on male infertility of European Association of Urology (EAU) point out that testosterone replacement is strictly contraindicated in the treatment of male infertility, which has brought extensive concerns. Although absence of well performed and controlled clinical trials for drugs treatment of male infertility at present, the opportunity to prove the effectiveness of such drugs should not be deprived. Exploration on drug treatment should be encouraged and strengthened rather than forbidden simply. No matter from the perspective of basic medical principles or development of medicine or medical research status or humanity medicine, empirical drug treatment (including testosterone) of male infertility should be the first-line option or basic option. Therefore, I believe that the conclusion from EAU guidelines on male infertility is poorly conceived and major reasons for application of testosterone in the treatment of male infertility are discussed in this article.
【Key words】Male infertility; Treatment; Drugs; Testosterone
【中图分类号】R698+.2【文献标志码】A
在阅读2013年欧洲泌尿外科学会(EAU)《男性不育指南》时,觉得让人比较难以理解和接受[1]。根据《指南》[2],“雄激素补充治疗被严格禁止用于男性不育的治疗,循证医学证据等级为A。”虽然在《指南》中也给出参考文献,但在仔细阅读文献出处之后,并未发现其所述客观事实能够作为A级推荐级别(最高级别)的证据,并且《指南》中给出推荐级别的注解为“根据专家共识而做出的更新”,也令笔者感到有些不解。在与一些国内外同行商讨和分析后,决定表达一下个人观点。
在以往针对不育的药物研究中,认为雌激素受体调节剂他莫昔芬联合十一酸睾酮对于特发性少精子症的男性不育患者具有较好的疗效[3],因此曾一度被推荐为男性不育经验性治疗的一线选择,也是EAU推荐的药物治疗男性不育的唯一选择[4,5]。……
