Reliable, affordable male birth control pills have been a long time coming. There are currently several male birth control pills in the works, and here is what you can expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To prevent pregnancy, the male birth control pills work by decreasing the sperm count in semen. In fact, you\u2019ll have so few semen that you\u2019ll be considered temporarily infertile and endocrinologists are using low sperm count numbers associated with infertility as a baseline to create these pills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some male birth control pills work in conjunction with a topical gel. There\u2019s also a non-hormonal polymer called Vasalgel, which gets injected into the vas deferens to block the sperm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the male birth control pill decreases testosterone, these pills include replacement testosterone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of these male birth control pills are still in phase 1 or phase 2 trials with small groups of men. Phase 3 of drug trials are when they\u2019re tested against a placebo, but these trials haven\u2019t gotten that far yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the trials have determined that these pills carry with them side effects\u2014from acne and fatigue to lowered libido\u2014most have been tolerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because these trials still need to recruit for phase 3, complete those phase 3 trials and then, assuming all goes well, get the products manufactured, you\u2019re looking at probably a decade before anything hits the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thinking you might want to sign up to be in a trial? Consider that, in addition to possible side effects, there are some rules to be a participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, you and your partner would need to agree to have sex without using any other form of birth control. After all, the researchers need to know efficacy rate for typical use. Of course, the scientists wouldn\u2019t shove you out into the world of unprotected sex until they knew your sperm levels were sufficiently low, but no form of birth control is 100% effective\u2014especially those still in the trial phases.
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