Current Events > male birth control pills soon to go into human trials

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A new male contraceptive was found to be 99 percent effective when tested in mice, according to research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Wednesday.

Gunda Georg, a medicinal chemist who leads the University of Minnesota lab conducting the research, said that human testing of the nonhormonal male contraceptive could begin as soon as the third or fourth quarter of 2022, according to a press release from the ACS.

"Scientists have been trying for decades to develop an effective male oral contraceptive," said Abdullah Al Noman, a graduate student involved in the research.

Currently, no approved male birth control bills are on the market, he said.

The ACS noted that the majority of male birth control pills in the works use hormones to target testosterone, which could potentially cause side effects such as weight gain, depression and increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

"We wanted to develop a non-hormonal male contraceptive to avoid these side effects," Noman said.

When given orally to male mice for four weeks, the compound researchers tested was found to be 99 effective in preventing pregnancy in female mice. No observable side effects were detected, and male mice were able to reproduce within four to six weeks after they stopped receiving the compound.

"Because it can be difficult to predict if a compound that looks good in animal studies will also pan out in human trials, were currently exploring other compounds, as well," noted Georg.

So do you just jam it in your pee hole or what

How do they test it? Do they just have men bang women and see if they get preggers? >_> I'd volunteer for that

Typically pills are swallowed

Sounds like it has (at least some of) the same side effects as womens birth control.

It's funny because I just got out of the shower and am naked right now.

Sounds like it has (at least some of) the same side effects as womens birth control.

So do you just jam it in your pee hole or what

So do you just jam it in your pee hole or what

They've been saying it's coming for like 50 years. I'll believe it when I can grab it off the shelf and finally stick it up my pee hole.

Don't trust it. Especially when I hear some of the downsides. I had a gf who tried the pill and hated it -- I 100 percent backed her because I'm not down with this hormone manipulating stuff. It can mess ya up.

Don't trust it. Especially when I hear some of the downsides. I had a gf who tried the pill and hated it -- I 100 percent backed her because I'm not down with this hormone manipulating stuff. It can mess ya up.

You should still wear protection. It doesnt stop STDs lol

People should just stop having sex. There's no point if not trying to make baby