A male contraceptive pill has been developed which is effective, safe and does not harm sex drive, scientists have announced. In what has been described as a “major step forward”, the drug was successfully tested on 83 men for a month for the first time. So far efforts to create a once-daily pill to mimic the mainstream female contraceptive have stalled because men metabolise and clear out the hormones it delivers too quickly.

This is good news

It means temporary male
contraception has relied on
condoms alone, with the main
hopes for future contraceptive
developments resting on a long-
acting injection or topical gel, both of which are also under
development. However, the new drug, called
dimethandrolone undecanoate, or
DMAU, includes a long-chain fatty
acid which slows down the
clearance, allowing just one dose
to be taken each day. Like the pill for women, the
experimental pill combines activity
of an androgen - a male hormone
such as testosterone - and a
progestin. Investigators at the University of
Washington Medical Centre tested
three doses of DMAU - 100, 200
and 400mg - on 100 healthy men
between 18 to 50 years old, 83 of
whom completed the study. Contraception innovations Male hormone injections Progestogen jabs to cut off
sperm production were
found to be 96 per cent
effective in clinical trials at
University of Edinburgh last
year.

When tested, all subjects passed their safety tests, including markers of liver and kidney function. "DMAU is a major step forward in the development of a once-daily 'male pill'," said Professor Page.

wizkid should have gotten this sooner

The results showed that the pill worked only if taken with food. "Despite having low levels of circulating testosterone, very few subjects reported symptoms consistent with testosterone deficiency or excess.
No more pregnancy blackmailing!!

This is good news!

Slay queens are in trouble.

Now they have to actually work not feed off Baby Mamaism.

Painment won't allow dominique move this to FP.

Jollynuel:
Just imagining how men will be smiling when bae comes with the popular quote "honey I missed my period" or "I'm pregnant and you're responsible"

lol.
We are free to nut in any butt!

mhen! hope ds news is tru,i go happy die

Hmmm.

highqueen:
Hmmm.

wetin gwan?