When to start taking pregprep
Over-The-Counter Supplements May Improve Fertility
HERE'S A QUESTION.
COULD TAKING THIS IMPROVE YOUR
ODDS OF HAVING A BABY?
WOMEN WITH FERTILITY PROBLEMS
ARE OFTEN WILLING TO TRY
ANYTHING SO HOW EFFECTIVE IS
THIS OVER-THE-COUNTER
SUPPLEMENT?
DR. MALLIKA MARSHALL IS HERE
TONIGHT WITH SOME ANSWERS ABOUT
THIS.
Reporter: WELL, THE SIMPLE
ANSWER IS PROBABLY NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S CALLED,REP PREP
WITH SOMETHING CALLED VITA PREP
LIKE A MULTIVITAMIN -- VITAMIN
B 12, FOLIC ACID -- ANOTHER
PART IS CALLED FERTILE PREP AND
THAT CONTAINS SUBSTANCE THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO HELP SPERM GET
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
NOW, I TALK TO AN INFERTILITY
SPECIALIST AND SHE SAID THERE
REALLY IS NO CLEAR SCIENTIFIC
PROOF ANY OF THE COMPONENTS
WORK, EITHER ALONE OR IN
COMBINATION SO -- YOU PROBABLY
ARE JUST WASTING YOUR MONEY.
IT'S NOT CHEAP.
IT'S $30 SO THAT'S A BUCK A
DAY.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEONE PUT
THAT MONEY TOWARDS GETTING REAL
HELP IF THEY'RE HAVING
INFERTILITY ISSUES BECAUSE WE
KNOW THERE ARE FDA-APPROVED
MEDICATION AND THERAPY THAT
WORK.
WHAT'S TOUGH IS FOR WOMEN
WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO HAVE A
BABY AND ARE STRUGGLING, THEY
WILL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY,
"I'LL DO IT."
Reporter: "I'LL TRY
ANYTHING."
AND IT'S GOT A DOCTOR'S
