Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show
Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show
After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.
After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.
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rubbed a clear gel on his shoulders, waited for it to dry, then went about his day as usual
Blimey that's a surprise innit. His shoulders??
I must be doing it wrong
Edit: "In this issue of Cosmo: Ladies, Your Man's Biggest Erogenous Zones are Actually His Shoulders"
I mean what do you have sex with
I mean it's not that much of a surprise, it's called a reproductive system for a reason. At least, it makes about as much sense as taking a pill by mouth to affect the functions of the uterus.
Same reason the birth control patch for women can be placed anywhere, below the belt just being the easiest to conceal (though too close to the groin has been known to cause cramping).
It's like how some people load a dishwasher, it doesn't really matter where you put stuff cause the hormones just go all over in there.
This is great, I'd get this in a heartbeat.
The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Right to Contraception Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced as Democrats look to squeeze Republicans once again over abortion
I mean this is just "sperm suppression", of course it lowers the risk of pregnancy considerably, but not 100%. I'll still get my tubes snipped at this point. As a guy you simply don't have a lot of options if you want to be safe. Condoms and vasectomy, that's it. And condoms can fail too if you're unlucky.
As soon as the girl is pregnant all you can do is pray she doesn't decide to keep the kid :-/
I got a vasectomy and it was crazy easy. Had a meeting with my doc just so he could make sure I knew it was permanent, I asked if I could have something extra for the pain and dude was like "I can give you vallium is that alright?" Showed up day of, took like 30 mins and didn't feel a thing. Only thing was the smell of burning flesh was a little much but that was literally it.
My partner wants some form of permanent BC herself but literally no doctor will allow it.
Or pray she cheated.
Why are we still fucking around with hormones when male birth controls like RISUG already exist??
RISUG works by an injection into the vas deferens, the vessel through which the sperm moves before ejaculation. RISUG is similar to vasectomy in that a local anesthetic is administered, an incision is made in the scrotum, and the vasa deferentia are injected with a polymer gel (rather than being cut and cauterized). In a matter of minutes, the injection coats the walls of the vasa with a clear gel made of 60 mg of the copolymer styrene/maleic anhydride (SMA) with 120 μL of the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide. The copolymer is made by irradiation of the two monomers with a dose of 0.2 to 0.24 megarad for every 40 g of copolymer and a dose rate of 30 to 40 rad/s. The source of irradiation is cobalt-60 gamma radiation.
Sounds simple and fun lmao
Also I'm reading it's irreversible. Why wouldn't you just get a vasectomy instead of injecting your junk with styrene and exposing it to radiation?
Yea wtf that sounds awful! I got my tubes snipped it took 10 minutes. This sounds way worse!
Last I checked that was dangerpus for peoples kidneys right?
I've never heard that before. The only thing I knew was that it didn't get much traction in India because men weren't interested. If you have an article or something, I'd be interested in reading about it. RISUG is in some sort of testing in USA right now under the name Vasalgel, but as far as I know it's the same thing
Give people options in case one doesn't work for them.
Than what? Also, sample size?
Nothing, and 222 men. Read the article.
No. Late at night, in bed, long day, curious but not overly committed to finding out, and I don't want the bright white of Firefox loading in boost on my phone.
Accept that people are lazy, and stop moralizing when they lazily ask for specifics about new science. Not everyone is having your day or has your commitment.
It's a community, so I didn't have to this time... And I'm still not interested enough to verify your answers.
Thank you.
Why do they always use the phrase "safe and effective". Almost as if they are programming people by repeating the same phrase everywhere....
Nah, it's almost as if proving a treatment is "safe and effective" is the entire purpose of a phase ii clinical trial.
If you want pharmaceutical conspiracies to chase, follow the money. The point at which they are trying to "program" you is when the drug hits the market and commercials come out. It's not that these products are ineffective at this point, just that they will do just about anything to capitalize on them.
Pharmaceutical companies are by no means clean and trustworthy, but your conspiracy is literally just a description of marketing and advertising, which I agree is a plague upon our society.
Because those are the two most important things when it comes to birth control?
There are things that are safe but not effective.
There are things that are effective but not safe.
There are things that are neither safe nor effective.
For example: There was some drug to stop morning sickness (im lazy and not going to look up the drug's name) that was really effective but absolutely turned out to not be safe as it caused all sorts of birth defects in the developing fetus.
Thalidomide/Contergan for those curious Thalidomide scandal
Lmao get out of here
We're going to trust men with an invisible daily birth control? I don't think so.
As with any invisible or otherwise difficult to monitor birth control method, this is really only for people in dedicated relationships.
It goes both ways. A man shouldn't trust a women he just met to be on birth control. A women should have the same reservations.
This is for people who can trust a long term partner, and who wouldn't be destroyed by the failure of the product. And that's still a huge market.
I've several ex girlfriends who fuck up taking their daily birth control and needed plan b... IDK why men would be worse tho, please explain?
Such a weird argument. Look beyond that one use case.
In my case, I, a male, don't want kids. I would get this. I'd still use condoms, because STDs. But in the event that they don't work (because it can happen), at least I know that I won't get anyone accidentally pregnant. It's great!
Why not both? Seems awesome for reducing risk of pregnancy even further.
It's for relationships. if you're with a new partner use condoms.
This is why Grindr has a Stat for when you were last tested. Straight dating platforms should have it too imo
If you‘re sleeping around it’s a good thing, in addition to condoms. Condoms do fail sometimes. The probability of a condom and hormonal birth control failing at the same time is much lower