Saw Palmetto and Reduced Sexual Function

• Serenoa repens and its effects on male sexual function. A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.

  • 2021-12-21
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica 93(4)
  • • Gianni Paulis
    • Andrea Paulis
    • Gianpaolo Perletti

  • PubMed: 34933534
  • DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2021.4.475

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Sexual Function

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  no significant mean differences in the Male Sexual Function-4 (MSF-4) test scores were found between SR and tamsulosin (SMD: -0.31, 95% CI: -0.82 to 0.19; I^2 = 90%).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No