Male birth control? ?
For the first time, a safe, effective and reversible hormonal male contraceptive appears to be within reach. Several formulations are expected to become commercially available within the near future. Men may soon have the options of a daily pill to be taken orally, a patch or gel to be applied to the skin, an injection given every three months or an implant placed under the skin every 12 months, according to Seattle researchers.
Male birth control pill?
Yay! I would think it would be amazing, and I'm pretty sure most men would take the pill if.. if it was approved by the FDA. If the man and the woman took the pill, and the risk was the same, then the chances of having getting pregnant would be would be 1 in 250,000. 99.98% = 2/1000 = 1/500. 1/500 * 1/500 = 1/250,000. It would be an amazing breakthrough, I think it would be incredible. It would prevent so many unwanted pregnancies. Edit: I'm 17 and a senior in high school. I'm not sexually active, but if I was, and there was this male birth control, I would use it. I would be happy even if I didn't use it because of all the pregnancies it would prevent. Think how many poor girls have to drop out and ruin their lives because they got pregnant in school, and how many of their boyfriends have to drop out to help support the child. And then we get these crazies who are against any form of abortion who help to ruin these kids lives... I have had to take medication for a lot of things, I have epilepsy and if I didn't take my medication I could die. I do trust modern medicine a lot, it has saved my life a lot. Of course I would do my research, but I don't start off with a skeptical attitude. @Romantic Man: Based on your previous questions, and answers, everybody knows that you are a troll. Anything you say from this point on will not be taken seriously. Sorry buddy, you've ruined your reputation.
Male birth control pill?
I though it was already in development? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3543478 It's reversable and it lowers your sperm count to zero... well you read it.
Why women are against Male birth control pill?
There is a very simple answer why some women are opposed to the introduction of a Male Contraceptive Pill. It is not totally reliable. Whereas the female Oral Contraceptive, the "Pill" is 98% effective the results for the male equivalent are not nearly so impressive. The Male 'pill' consists of a cocktail of testosterone and other hormones that specifically suppress the secretion, from the Pituitary Gland, both the Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and the Follicle Stimulating Hormone that are in sperm. Here then is the first problem with this the process. The daily ingestion of the pill must be maintained without break for several months (up to 6) if the manufacturing of healthy sperm is to be prevented. Now for the second problem. The process did not work in a percentage of those men who participated in the trial. They were still fertile regardless of the dosages taken, or the duration of the testing period. Women are opposed to the Male Pill going on sale before it is 100% effective. Whilst a man's intentions might be good, the odds that he is 'firing blanks' are not.
Why don't men take birth control?
Men are able to have more babies in a year than a woman can by impregnating multiple people. Why don't men take more responsibility for their part in the grand scheme of things?
Why is there no male birth control pill?
Ok. Enough of the evil pharma talk already. Big Pharma is Hiding the Secret of Male Birth Control, obviously. It’s not. Before we begin castigating the evil, evil pharmaceutical industry (Skhreli, Skhreli! — and no, I don’t care whether I spelled him right) let us propose an absolutely radical notion.We have no male pill, because it is harder to develop an acceptable contraceptive for men.There have been attempts at generating a male “pill” for some time. Side effects and reversibility have been problematic, to say the least. In other words: It’s far easier to affect the female reproductive cycle than it is to reversibly and safely shut down male sperm.Gossypol - Wikipedia makes 20% of users have permanently reduced fertility or makes them outright infertile. It has been known since the 1920s and actively developed since the 70s. Guess what? People like their birth control to not be permanent by accident.Early attempts in another direction, affecting the retinol pathway (in the 1950s no less), proved that that was a workable way at reducing sperm motility and numbers. It also was reversible. So what went wrong? At the same time as working, the medication was interfering with alcohol metabolism, making people poison themselves with drink. (Wheee!) New drugs might be able to rectify that. But it shows that a male pill has been in development for a fucking long time. It also shows why it has so far failed.Affecting the testosterone pathway was also tried. And guess what: It, again, led to a number of unacceptable side effects. Lovely, lovely acne outbreaks plus mood swings happened. Roid rage is not an acceptable payment for temporary sterility. The last trial? In 2011.The list can be continued for a long time. I’ll not do that here. Yes, the advent of safe hormonal contraceptives for women took some wind out of the sails of marketers for this area, but developments past and present show that finding a safe and reversible male contraceptive is a different beast from finding a female one. You cannot simply affect testosterone levels, so other approaches are necessary. And some of these proved a disaster for peoples health.No, evil pharma is not hiding the holy grail from you again.
As a male, would you ever take a male birth control pill?
Honestly, it depends.With the side effects you mentioned, I wouldn't bother for casual hookups. Not only do they potentially get in the way of a casual relationship even forming, they're an unnecessary headache for one off situations. It'd be better to stick with condoms instead. Probably cheaper as well.In an actual relationship though, why not? I assume (having done no research, nor having any experience with women on birth control) that these side effects are not universal. Like with any other medication some people might only suffer from a handful, or maybe won't suffer at all. Assuming female birth control is still a thing, my hypothetical partner and I can both try it out. We can test which one of us has it worse. If it's a negligible difference we could trade off. Both of us could take it, but between my pill, her pill, and a condom it might not really be all that necessary.The male reproductive process isn't as complicated, so this pill could possibly be far more effective and stable. Either way it'd be nice to have more options.
Women of Quora: if male birth control becomes available, would you still continue using your own method and why? (This question is solely for for birth control, not STI prevention, which is another issue.)
Yes!Male birth control is available, first of all. It’s called the male condom. There are also vasectomies.More importantly, it takes a level of trust I’m not sure I’m at all capable of to believe that a man has taken his birth control and not worry obsessively about the consequences if he hasn’t.If a woman lies about being on birth control/messes up her birth control, it can be horrible for the man. I won’t deny that. That being said, the pain of being forced into parenthood is not the same as the pain of being pregnant and needing to choose between abortion or forced parenthood. It’s much easier for an absent dad to just leave.Equally important is the fact that my birth control is internal. I have the copper IUD, so all I need to do is exist, and I won’t have kids. There’s no remembering involved, no trips to the doctor, none of that. I have absolute faith in my IUD, since it statistically has a 99.4% success rate, and I don’t have to guess if someone else messed up. I’m a very forgetful person, and it seems all too likely to me that a person could mess up their birth control and not realize. Combined with the idea of malice, that’s a lot of unnecessary risk.AFAIK, even the ideas for male birth control are more like the pill. The only internal male birth control is a vasectomy, and that’s permanent. If a guy I liked had a vasectomy, I wouldn’t, like, take out my IUD or anything, but I’d be a lot more comfortable forgetting about birth control.
What are the arguments against a male birth control pill?
Mostly logistical arguments, as in how it’s easier to prevent a single egg implanting, but the potential for failure multiplies exponentially to prevent every single sperm cell. So the only way to accomplish that is to prevent them from being produced at all. But then how to accomplish that without risking long term sterility, as well as other undesirable health effects that could later turn into a civil lawsuit?There are other more promising methods being developed and soon to be available to the public. There are also other forms of contraception available that men can currently take advantage of. There is some mistrust since currently a high percentage of men do not use or are not familiar with the available methods, secondary contraceptives would be required for peace of mind. But there really is no controversy or outcry, and the claims that there is a feminists conspiracy are laughably flimsy.