Hi there, It’s International Women’s Day! This week I’m talking about contraception. Preventing pregnancy is important to women and men, but the responsibility is placed primarily on women. This needs to change. Current contraception methods are not good enough
I don't think it's true that commercialisation is the issue. The surveys pretty clearly show men are interested and would pay for it - even given the side effects.
Take for example the 2016 study - it was discontinued because of concerns by the safety committee, however 75% of the men were actually keen to continue the trial. This is despite the fact that the side effects were much much higher than they are on the pill. Source: https://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13494126/male-birth-control-study
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Of course what the coverage doesn't mention is the side effects which the participants were most likely very happy about. Increased libido, increased muscle mass, reduced bodyfat, etc. The hormonal approaches all boil down to *literally* taking steroids - with all of the pros and cons of doing that.
Both the 1970s study (200mg/wk) and the 2016 study (1000mg/mnth) are well above a hormone replacement regime (about 100-150mg/wk).
I don't think it's true that commercialisation is the issue. The surveys pretty clearly show men are interested and would pay for it - even given the side effects.
Take for example the 2016 study - it was discontinued because of concerns by the safety committee, however 75% of the men were actually keen to continue the trial. This is despite the fact that the side effects were much much higher than they are on the pill. Source: https://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13494126/male-birth-control-study
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Of course what the coverage doesn't mention is the side effects which the participants were most likely very happy about. Increased libido, increased muscle mass, reduced bodyfat, etc. The hormonal approaches all boil down to *literally* taking steroids - with all of the pros and cons of doing that.
Both the 1970s study (200mg/wk) and the 2016 study (1000mg/mnth) are well above a hormone replacement regime (about 100-150mg/wk).