Posted on 12/06/2018 5:52:47 PM PST by servo1969
A large clinical trial launched this week will test a new, gel-based form of male birth control, Gizmodo reported Friday.
If it proves safe and effective, the gel could finally expand the very short list of contraceptive options that can be utilised by men.
"Many women cannot use hormonal contraception and male contraceptive methods are limited to vasectomy and condoms," study investigator Diana Blithe, said in a statement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is funding the trial.
"A safe, highly effective and reversible method of male contraception would fill an important public health need."
The gel, applied to the back and shoulders once daily, contains a combination of a progestin compound and testosterone that is absorbed through the skin.
The progestin reduces sperm production to "low or nonexistent levels," the NIH statement said, while the testosterone will work to maintain normal sex drive and other functions that require the hormone. The researchers plan to enroll 420 couples in the trial, the statement added.
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Y'all don't understand how angry I am about this, fine to prod us with needles and implants and alter our hormones every day but first male birth control and it's a simple and convenient GEL, I'm outta here https://t.co/mSdSg7Togj
- seagal (@lucybadlose) December 3, 2018
Well... I’ve had no shortage of painfully inserted IUDs dislodge and stab my uterus, but yes, let’s invent a birth control GEL for men. #maleprivilege
- Dr. Kehaulani Watson @hehawaiiau Dec 2
Male birth control is going to be rubbing a gel on your shoulders?! Nah y’all can swallow a pill every single night, get injections & implants like the rest of us.
- Erin Charles @ercharles15
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It will take the government 20 years to approve it.
It is the best way to absorb hormones with the fewest side effects.
It is fairly easy for a compounding pharmacy to make up a cream that fits your needs exactly.
“Yeah baby, I promise...I use that new gel”
Hence the word “bitch”.
“A safe, highly effective and reversible method of male c5ontraception would fill an important public health need.”
Why care? Ain’t getting anything one way or another.
Hmmm...you’d think I would have known that, wouldn’t you? Forget the sarc tag just once...!
Sorry, but no guy is going to do this UNLESS his wife does it for him.
Wow!If I were a young married woman, and that’s all it took for birth control, I’d be thrilled.
No making yourself sick with chems, no pain of surgeries and insertion of painful, dangerous devices, no having to PLAN the fun as some methods require, no permanent surgeries or allergies to creams/foams or latex, or sheep (some condoms) or breaking of such...
Yes, women’s bodies went through hell in trying to do right by our spouses and families, but why in tje world would a woman complain at the prospect of not having to deal with that anymore?
It would be nice if there were a counterpart as an option for some women, maybe one will come along soon.
“I took it, I took it, trust me, babe...”
STD rates will continue to blossom.
I cannot fathom why this woman would get angry about this. This means no pain, no fuss, nothing to do — except make sure her man uses the gel. So what in the world is she complaining about? She must be one of those illogical democrat women.
The greatest form of birth control is to actually HAVE children...more than one.
Once you’ve gone down that road your sex drive isn’t nearly what it was because you’re too tired for sex at least frequently enough to produce more of children.
Gotta get that into the water supply in Mehico.
More reasons to get a robot
“Why care? Ain’t getting anything one way or another.”
At least get the daily backrub.
Probably even accelerate since most men hate prophylactics and only use them out of fear of a lifetime of child support payments.
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