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Whether it's an IUD, a shot, an implant, or a daily pill, birth control is a regular part of many adult women's lives. It has left a lot of women asking: Why not men?
For years, people have tried to create birth control for men. The World Health Organization commissioned what sounded like a promising trial, a two-hormone injection designed to lower sperm count. Initial results looked like it would be 96 percent effective in preventing pregnancy in the participants' partners. But the Stage II trial was stopped after an independent review panel found that the drug had too many side effects. The results were published last week in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
All Things Considered's Audie Cornish sat down with NPR science correspondent Rob Stein to discuss the trial and the reason it was canceled. Here are excerpts of their conversation, edited for length and clarity.
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they realized that a lot of guys were dropping out because they were experiencing side effects. The most common side effect was acne, and sometimes that acne was pretty severe. Some men also developed mood swings and in some cases those mood swings got pretty bad. One man developed severe depression, and another tried to commit suicide. Because of that, they cut the study short.
(Score: 2) by https on Saturday November 05 2016, @11:15PM
Major side effects didn't stop pharma from pushing Birth Control Pills on women.
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 07 2016, @10:36PM
That was when we had all sorts of dangerous medication and the pharma companies got sued badly and some places in the world there is still deep distrust of all birth control pills which impacts their ability to even get approval for new pills.
I think they're trying to avoid it. As soon as this hits the market there will be lawyers all over this.