While a pill for men certainly isn’t coming to the pharmacy anytime soon, unfortunately, there is reason for (muted) hope. Several promising products are quietly making their way through clinical trials.
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More than a decade in the making, the male birth control that’s furthest along in clinical trials is a gel called Nestorone-Testosterone. The gel contains testosterone and a progestin, which is a synthetic form of the female sex hormone progesterone.
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In a new, yet-to-be published study recently presented at the annual Endocrine Society meeting, researchers revealed data from a 100-person randomized controlled trial showing that a male birth control pill — dimethandrolone undecanoate, or DMAU — appeared to be safe when used every day for a month.
The effects of the drug also stuck around in the blood for at least 18 hours, suggesting DMAU would only need to be taken once per day.
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[Reversible inhibiation of sperm under guidance, RISUG] involves injecting a polymer gel into the vas deferens to block sperm, rather than cutting or tying the vas (a vasectomy). And the treatment can be reversed with a shot that breaks down the gel.…
Researchers who have modeled the impact of a new male contraceptive estimate that even if only 10 percent of interested men took up the novel method, we’d see unintended pregnancies fall by up to 5 percent in the United States.
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