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Men's Health
Men's Health verdicts ranked by evidence score. 109 verdicts in this category.
49 foods and supplements claimed to help men's health, ranked by evidence
Drugs and procedures removed — only what you swallow, ordered by how strong the evidence is.
Men's Health Evidence Ranking
Within this category, verdicts with higher evidence scores appear first. Verdicts without a score stay lower in the same list.
| A | 94 | Abiraterone acetate (a prescription CYP17 androgen-synthesis inhibitor; Zytiga) | Prolonged overall survival when combined with ADT and prednisolone in high-risk metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer |
| A | 93 | Radium-223 dichloride (bone-targeted alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical; prescription injection, Xofigo) | Prolonged overall survival and delayed symptomatic skeletal events in castration-resistant prostate cancer with symptomatic bone metastases and no visceral metastases |
| A | 93 | Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC, a one-time surgical procedure) | Reduced risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection in HIV-negative heterosexual men in high-prevalence settings |
| A | 92 | Enzalutamide (oral prescription anticancer androgen-receptor signaling inhibitor; Xtandi) | Prolong overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after docetaxel |
| A | 92 | Docetaxel (taxane cytotoxic anticancer drug; prescription injection) | Prolonged overall survival when added to ADT for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer |
| A | 91 | Radical external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer (prescription procedure) | Reduced prostate-cancer and all-cause mortality when added to androgen-deprivation therapy in locally advanced or high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer |
| A | 90 | One-time abdominal aortic aneurysm ultrasound screening in men aged 65 to 74 years (imaging screening test) | Reduced abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture and related mortality in older men |
| A | 84 | Goserelin acetate (subcutaneous depot prescription gonadotropin-releasing-hormone agonist; Zoladex) | Improved overall survival and prostate-cancer mortality when used as long-term adjuvant therapy with radiotherapy for locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer |
| A | 82 | Finasteride 5 mg (prescription 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, Proscar) | Reduced benign prostatic hyperplasia progression, acute urinary retention, and surgery risk |
| A | 81 | Dutasteride (type 1 and type 2 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, prescription medicine, Avodart) | Improved urinary symptoms and reduced acute urinary retention and surgery in benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| B | 79 | Sildenafil (PDE5 inhibitor, Viagra, prescription) | Improved erectile function and intercourse success in men with erectile dysfunction |
| B | 79 | Vardenafil (a prescription PDE5 inhibitor marketed as Levitra) | Improved IIEF erectile function and penetration and intercourse success rates in men with erectile dysfunction |
| B | 78 | Tadalafil 5 mg once daily | Improvement of urinary symptoms and quality of life in BPH or LUTS |
| B | 76 | Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV 6/11/16/18 vaccine, prescription vaccine; Gardasil) | Prevention of vaccine-type HPV-related external genital lesions and genital warts in males aged 16 to 26 years |
| B | 76 | Bicalutamide (a nonsteroidal androgen-receptor antagonist and oral prescription anticancer drug, marketed as Casodex) | Reduction in metastasis, prostate-cancer death, and all-cause death when added to salvage radiotherapy for men with rising PSA after prostatectomy |
| B | 76 | Four months of androgen-deprivation therapy added to radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer | Improved overall survival and prostate-cancer mortality |
| B | 74 | Tadalafil (prescription PDE5 inhibitor; Cialis) | Improved erectile function and intercourse success in men with erectile dysfunction |
| B | 72 | Avanafil (selective prescription phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor; Zepeed) | Improvement in IIEF erectile function, penetration success on SEP2, and intercourse success on SEP3 in men with erectile dysfunction |
| B | 72 | Apalutamide (androgen-receptor inhibitor; prescription anticancer medicine, Erleada) | Prolonged overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival when added to androgen-deprivation therapy in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer |
| B | 72 | Darolutamide (nonsteroidal androgen-receptor inhibitor; prescription anticancer drug, Nubeqa) | Prolonged overall survival when added to androgen-deprivation therapy and docetaxel in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer |
| B | 72 | Lutetium-177 vipivotide tetraxetan (lutetium-177-PSMA-617; PSMA-targeted prescription radioligand; Pluvicto) | Prolonged overall survival in PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after an androgen-receptor-pathway inhibitor and taxane therapy |
| B | 72 | Cabazitaxel (taxane chemotherapy, Jevtana, prescription injection) | Prolongation of overall survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after docetaxel |
| B | 72 | Enzalutamide (androgen-receptor inhibitor, Xtandi, oral prescription anticancer drug) | Added to ADT to prolong overall survival in high-risk nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| B | 72 | Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP, prescribed endoscopic urologic surgery) | Prevention of long-term treatment failure, including urinary retention and crossover to invasive treatment, in moderately symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| B | 72 | Repeated PSA-based prostate-cancer screening offered every two to four years to men aged 55 to 69 | Reduction in prostate-cancer mortality over 13 years |
| B | 72 | Omission of prophylactic cefuroxime 1.5 g before transperineal prostate biopsy | Noninferiority for sepsis or urinary tract infection requiring hospitalization within two months |
| B | 68 | Silodosin (selective alpha-1A blocker; prescription drug) | Improvement of IPSS, urinary flow, voiding discomfort, and quality of life in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| B | 68 | Alprostadil (PGE1 intracavernosal vasodilator, Caverject, prescription drug) | Induction of an erection sufficient for intercourse when PDE5 inhibitors are unsuitable or inadequate |
| B | 66 | Beta-sitosterol (prostate-efficacy axis) | Improvement of urinary symptoms and flow in benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| B | 65 | Aquablation, robot-assisted transurethral waterjet resection | Improved moderate-to-severe urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia as much as TURP while reducing ejaculatory dysfunction |
| B | 64 | Dapoxetine (short-acting selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Priligy, prescription medicine) | Improved intravaginal ejaculatory latency time, ejaculatory control, and sexual satisfaction in men with premature ejaculation |
| B | 64 | Doxazosin (prescription alpha-1 blocker; Cardura XL) | Prevention of long-term composite clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| B | 62 | Alfuzosin hydrochloride extended-release tablet, an alpha blocker sold by prescription including as Xatral XL | Improved lower urinary tract symptoms, urinary bother, and quality of life in benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| C | 58 | L-arginine | Improvement of mild to moderate erectile dysfunction |
| C | 58 | Mirodenafil (PDE5 inhibitor, Mvix, Korean prescription medicine) | Improvement of IIEF, erectile function, and intercourse success in men with erectile dysfunction |
| C | 58 | Udenafil (prescription PDE5 inhibitor; Zydena, developed in South Korea) | Improvement of erectile function and intercourse success in erectile dysfunction |
| C | 58 | Finasteride 5 mg (a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, Proscar, prescription medicine; cancer prevention is unapproved) | Reduced prostate-cancer diagnoses in men aged 55 years or older |
| C | 57 | Stinging nettle root extract | Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| C | 57 | Red ginseng oil KGC11o | Improved prostate health, nocturia, and urinary symptoms |
| C | 56 | Habitual edible mushroom intake without specified species or amount | Prevention of incident prostate cancer |
| C | 55 | Rye grass pollen extract (Cernilton) | Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| C | 55 | Desmopressin orally disintegrating tablet (prescription vasopressin V2-receptor analog; Nocdurna) | Reduced nocturnal voids and longer sleep until first void in adult men with confirmed nocturnal polyuria |
| C | 54 | Quisqualis fruit extract powder (Combretum indicum) | Prostate health and improved urinary symptoms |
| C | 54 | Single-use hydrophilic-coated intermittent catheter | Reduced antibiotic-treated symptomatic urinary tract infection after acute spinal cord injury |
| C | 52 | Radical prostatectomy (open, laparoscopic, or robotic prescription surgery) | Reduction of prostate-cancer mortality and all-cause mortality in localized prostate cancer |
| C | 52 | Microsurgical varicocelectomy (prescription surgery for male infertility) | Increased natural pregnancy and live birth in infertile men with a palpable varicocele and abnormal semen parameters |
| C | 52 | Low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (Li-ESWT, local penile procedure) | Improved erectile function and erection hardness in vasculogenic erectile dysfunction |
| C | 50 | Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia) | Male vitality and testosterone |
| C | 50 | Coenzyme Q10 for male reproductive efficacy | Improved sperm concentration and motility and greater pregnancy potential in infertile men |
| C | 50 | Tomato salsa 300 g eaten with avocado 150 g | Increased 9.5-hour plasma TRL exposure to lycopene and beta-carotene |
| C | 50 | Fourteen urinary phthalate metabolites | Changes in sperm concentration, total count, motility, and morphology |
| C | 50 | Removal of the urethral catheter at 24 hours after TURP in eligible stable patients | Reduced catheter pain, discomfort, and hospital stay |
| C | 50 | Rezūm transurethral convective water-vapor thermal therapy | Improvement of moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| C | 50 | PeniMaster PRO penile traction device | Reduction of erect curvature in stable Peyronie's disease |
| C | 48 | Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) | Testosterone, strength, blood glucose, and lactation |
| C | 48 | Pygeum (African plum tree bark extract) | Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| C | 48 | Lespedeza cuneata extract powder | Improved male climacteric symptoms |
| C | 48 | L-carnitine | Improvement in sperm motility and the chance of natural conception in male infertility |
| C | 47 | Pelvic floor muscle exercise plus manometric biofeedback | Improved erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction |
| C | 46 | Maca (maca; Lepidium meyenii, including gelatinized maca powder/black maca) | Vitality and male function (sexual desire, erectile function, late-onset hypogonadism symptoms, sperm parameters) |
| C | 46 | Testosterone undecanoate (prescription testosterone replacement; Nebido) | Broad improvement in libido, sexual function, and vitality in middle-aged men |
| C | 46 | Seven days of ejaculatory abstinence | Increase in serum testosterone |
| C | 45 | Tamsulosin (alpha blocker, Harnal, prescription medicine) | BPH urinary symptom improvement leading to prevention of acute urinary retention and surgery |
| C | 44 | Ashwagandha root extract (Withania somnifera, a withanolide-containing adaptogen supplement) | Improved serum testosterone and sexual-function scores in adult men with low desire but normal testosterone |
| C | 43 | Pumpkin seed oil | Improvement of urinary symptoms from benign prostatic hyperplasia and male androgenetic alopecia |
| C | 43 | Shilajit | Improvement of testosterone, sperm, and fatigue |
| C | 43 | Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP, intracavernosal injection procedure) | Clinically meaningful IIEF-EF improvement in mild-to-moderate erectile dysfunction |
| C | 42 | Saffron extract (Crocus sativus, a crocin- and safranal-containing herbal supplement) | Improved drug-induced erectile dysfunction in men taking fluoxetine |
| C | 42 | MED3000 (Eroxon, volatile hydroalcoholic topical gel, nonprescription medical device) | Improved IIEF-EF and intercourse success in men with erectile dysfunction |
| C | 41 | Korean red ginseng extract (Panax ginseng, a ginsenoside-containing health supplement) | Improved IIEF erectile function and intercourse satisfaction in men with erectile dysfunction |
| C | 40 | Muira puama (Ptychopetalum olacoides) | Improvement of male libido and erectile function |
| C | 40 | Black ginger (Kaempferia parviflora) | Improved erectile function, libido, and male vitality |
| C | 40 | L-citrulline, erectile-dysfunction efficacy axis | Improvement of erection hardness and sexual function in mild erectile dysfunction |
| C | 40 | Cabergoline, a prescription dopamine agonist sold including as Caberactin; sexual-function use is off label | Shortened post-ejaculatory refractory period and multiple orgasms in healthy men |
| D | 34 | Single invitation to prostate-specific antigen screening | Reduction in prostate-cancer mortality among average-risk men |
| D | 34 | Self-reported habit of carrying an active mobile phone in a front pants pocket | Lower fecundability and worse semen parameters |
| D | 34 | Silver-alloy hydrogel-coated short-term indwelling urethral catheter | Reduced symptomatic urinary tract infection versus standard PTFE-coated catheter |
| D | 34 | Repeated catheter clamping as bladder training before removal of an indwelling urinary catheter | Improved trial-without-catheter success and prevention of recatheterization |
| D | 32 | Zinc | Prostate, sperm, and male reproduction |
| D | 30 | Limosilactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 | Increased testosterone and vitality in middle-aged men |
| D | 30 | Pomegranate juice or concentrate (polyphenol-rich fruit-juice food or supplement) | Improvement of erectile function and IIEF in men with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction |
| D | 30 | Creatine monohydrate (a guanidino exercise supplement) | Increased total and free testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in healthy men |
| D | 30 | Cooked tomato products | PSA reduction in men with prostate cancer |
| D | 28 | Tribulus terrestris (Tribulus terrestris) | Male vitality, testosterone, and exercise performance |
| D | 28 | Clomiphene citrate (prescription medicine, off-label in men) | Improved pregnancy and live-birth rates in male infertility |
| D | 28 | Deer velvet antler powder, an animal-derived supplement made from dried and ground unossified antler tissue | Increased testosterone, libido, and erectile function in healthy middle-aged men |
| D | 28 | Physiotherapist-guided pelvic floor muscle training | Faster early recovery of urinary continence after radical prostatectomy |
| D | 28 | Early tadalafil 5 mg once daily after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy | Increased recovery of unassisted erectile function after treatment cessation |
| D | 27 | Resveratrol (a stilbene polyphenol dietary supplement) | Increased total and free testosterone and improved male vitality in middle-aged men |
| D | 27 | Scrotal cooling patch or device (hydrogel or wearable male-infertility product) | Improved sperm concentration, motility, morphology, and pregnancy likelihood in men with oligozoospermia |
| D | 25 | High-dose vitamin E 400 IU (alpha-tocopherol, a fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin sold over the counter and as a supplement) | Primary prevention of prostate cancer in men from the general population |
| F | 18 | Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol, a fat-soluble vitamin sold as a dietary supplement) | Increased total and free testosterone and improved sexual function in otherwise healthy men |
| F | 12 | D-aspartic acid | Increase in testosterone and muscle |
| F | 8 | Selenium | Prevention of prostate cancer in men from the general population |
| F | 8 | ZMA complex (zinc-magnesium aspartate plus vitamin B6) | Increased testosterone, muscle mass, and vitality in healthy men |
| F | score not listed | Saw palmetto | prostate health (urination) and hair-loss relief |
| ? | score not listed | Horny goat weed (Epimedium species, icariin) | Improvement of erectile function and libido |
| ? | score not listed | Fadogia agrestis | Increased testosterone and male vitality |
| ? | score not listed | Damiana (Turnera diffusa) | Improved libido and sexual function |
| ? | score not listed | Yohimbe bark extract (Pausinystalia johimbe) | Improved erectile function and libido |
| ? | score not listed | Cistanche tubulosa extract | Improvement of testosterone and sexual function |
| ? | score not listed | Pine pollen | Increased testosterone and male vitality |
| ? | score not listed | Suma root (Pfaffia/Hebanthe paniculata, Brazilian ginseng) | Increased testosterone, male libido, and vitality |
| ? | score not listed | Catuaba bark supplement | Increased male libido, erectile function, and testosterone |
| ? | score not listed | Freeze-dried bovine orchic glandular supplement | Increased testosterone, libido, and male vitality |
| ? | score not listed | Irish sea moss (Chondrus crispus, a red-algae supplement) | Higher circulating testosterone and improved libido and male vitality in healthy men |
| ? | score not listed | Testicular red and near-infrared photobiomodulation (600–1100 nm home LED wellness device) | Increased blood testosterone, libido, and vitality in healthy men |
| ? | score not listed | Whole garlic-chive leaves | Improved erectile function or sexual vitality |
| ? | score not listed | Whole raw or cooked oysters | Improved libido, erectile function, and overall sexual function |