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Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the BBC:
A hormone injection has been shown to be a safe and effective method of contraception -- for men. U.S. researchers say the jab was almost 96% effective in tests on around 270 men who were using it, with four pregnancies among their partners. However, a relatively high number developed side effects, including acne and mood disorders... Because men constantly produce sperm, high levels of hormones are needed to reduce levels from the normal sperm count of over 15 million per milliliter to under one million/ml.
One professor pointed out that despite the side effects, "75% of the men who took part in the trial would be willing to use this method of contraception again."
One professor pointed out that despite the side effects, "75% of the men who took part in the trial would be willing to use this method of contraception again."
If wikipedia is to be believed. Condom typically fails 18% of the time, in best case it fails 2%. For the pill it is 9% typical case, 0,3%.
The Worlds press is carrying this story but almost all have missed that the trial has been stopped due to unnacceptable side-effects
Of the 300+ patients,
- 1 committed suicide
- 1 attempted suicide
- many being treated for clinical depression
- 8 were left infertile a year after stopping the drug.
75% may be willing to continue, but not at that cost
I'm almost 40 now and we have one kid, and I don't want more. I'm thinking about vasectomy, any experiences here?
Yes. Ask the doc for a fan. Needless to say, the smell of cauterization isn't a pleasant one, especially when you know what's being burned.
No, don't let that concern or dissuade you, the overall procedure isn't that bad at all, and they obviously numb you up...it's a walk-in, walk (slowly) out, done in about 30-45 minutes procedure.
Then go fill your script for a mild painkiller, and ensure your Netflix account is in order. Prepare to catch up on [your favorite series] for the next 3 days as you rest in bed. I got introduced to Deadwood during my stint before Netflix was around. Took Friday off from work, was fine by Monday.
I'm 39, had mine last year after having twins for a total of 4 kids. Local anaesthetics have little affect on me, so I chose to go under and was only out for 15-20 minutes and walked from recovery. Was no where near as bad as I expected and while there was a bit of pain it was mainly from the stitches. I was told it would feel like I was kicked in the nuts but it was nothing like that at all, a very mild discomfort apart from the stitches. If you are worried about it, don’t be, its a quick and relatively painless procedure.
Just do it.
It's simple, but you'll be down for a day afterwards. Frozen peas to keep swelling/pain down. Tender for a week, tops, but iirc they want you to give a sample after 5-6(?) ejaculations to check and make sure there were no misses, so 2-3 weeks before you're verified "safe" for live fire action.
All of the commercially-available (and female-targeted) contraceptives have at least 3-nines effectiveness, and the popular ones have 7-nines effectiveness.
Well, there's some BS. Absolutely no company makes claims of 99.99999% effectiveness of their product and there has never been a study large enough to provide that level of accuracy. There's plenty of real evidence that female birth control pills are more effective than this without you spewing ridiculous numbers.
"That is why the rate of teen pregnancies are the highest in areas where abstinence is preached the most."
Which is beside the point. Abstinence is not ever just preached because the preacher hates babies and/or teen pregnancy*.
Abstinence is also the single most effective STD preventative, maybe more teens get pregnant, but many of those teens who used condoms and did not get pregnant still got crabs and scabies, and since they were sexually active they got anything and everything doing oral (I sort of get the impression no one uses those oral condoms). And more than anything their is the moral and physiological argument, many people, cultures, etc. simply do not believe in unbridled hedonism, and many studies show the damage unmarried sex can cause (even if you avoid all physical problems that can sometimes go with it.
It is about agency and respect. We can give people all the facts up front. Many of them will still screw up, in some categories many more statistically than if we lied to them. But doing so is the only way to give each one a choice to make up their own mind and potentially follow the correct path. Rather than measuring teen pregnancy, measure the number of abstinent teens under each method. The one with the highest number of abstinent teens, in my book, is the clear winner.
* Teen pregnancy is such a horrible term. My sister had two teen pregnancies while married and wanting children. I imagine she is included in some teen pregnancy statistics.
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