Male Contraceptive on its way

Post by **pixel** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:33 pm

Biology News Net wrote: Tyler Dunlap, a 27-year-old newlywed in San Francisco, is just one of the many American men eagerly awaiting the results of a large clinical trial in India.

The trial is studying a new male contraceptive, RISUG (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance): a reversible, nonhormonal contraceptive that provides 10 or more years of protection after a 10-15 minute procedure. Researchers received approval this week to begin enrolling additional study volunteers, after a delay of nearly four years.

"RISUG would be exciting because it would mean that, finally, I could take control of my own future, instead of leaving it to someone else," says Dunlap. "Being in a committed long-term relationship means that I don't want to rely on condoms for birth control. I'm not ready for a vasectomy, though. This new procedure could be the answer that gives men the decisive control we lack with current contraceptives."

In the RISUG study, doctors inject a gel into the tube that sperm travel through after they are produced (known as the vas deferens). The gel then disables the sperm as they swim by. In study animals, male fertility returns if the RISUG is flushed out with another injection that dissolves the gel.

BaldMonk · Post by **BaldMonk** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:38 am

Interesting... But I think I'd wait to see if people wind up with serious abnormalities before I try it...

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:34 am

BaldMonk wrote:Interesting... But I think I'd wait to see if people wind up with serious abnormalities before I try it...

Aye, also don't know if I like the idea of some chemical (gel) laying inside me. No telling what the long term effects of that could be.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:23 am

Veggita2099 wrote:
BaldMonk wrote:Interesting... But I think I'd wait to see if people wind up with serious abnormalities before I try it...
Aye, also don't know if I like the idea of some chemical (gel) laying inside me. No telling what the long term effects of that could be.

Never mind that. I hate thinking of ways they might get the goo into my pipes. It can't be comfortable.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:42 pm

OneThirty8 wrote:Never mind that. I hate thinking of ways they might get the goo into my pipes. It can't be comfortable.

Well, I don't know about you, but I already have goo in my pipes

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OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:02 pm

az_bont wrote:
OneThirty8 wrote:Never mind that. I hate thinking of ways they might get the goo into my pipes. It can't be comfortable.
Well, I don't know about you, but I already have goo in my pipes .

Not always, and when there is goo in those pipes, it travels out rather than in.

Post by **pixel** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:25 pm

When or if this ever becomes proven safe, this will be revolutionary. I know I would sign up when that day comes.

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:51 pm

I know I'd do it.

I don't want to imagine little Ned's running around.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:23 pm

If it were proven safe, Id go for it.

Post by **Roofus** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:38 pm

This will just encourage male promiscuity.

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:58 pm

OneThirty8 wrote: Never mind that. I hate thinking of ways they might get the goo into my pipes. It can't be comfortable.

I'm thankful I'll never have to worry about impregnating someone because that makes me uncomfortable thinking about it

Post by **pixel** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:06 pm

Roofus wrote:This will just encourage male promiscuity.

And condoms, sponges, diaphragms, spermicide, the pill and vasectomies haven't?

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:35 pm

pixel wrote:
Roofus wrote:This will just encourage male promiscuity.
And condoms, sponges, diaphragms, spermicide, the pill and vasectomies haven't?

Well, it might to the degree that condoms require some storage requirements whereas a decomissioned penis doesn't. Condoms are probably the only effective contraceptive that has male responsibility.

ace · Post by **ace** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:50 pm

WHAT ABOUT ABSTAINING? 100% EFFECTIVE.

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:13 pm

ace wrote:WHAT ABOUT ABSTAINING? 100% EFFECTIVE.

Abstanance is 100% effective, but it's not "Safe sex." It's not sex at all.

(when i was in school we had a speaker come in about "Safer sex" i.e. abstanance. What a stupid way to present such a topic.)

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:25 pm

Buy a fleshlight, total safety

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:13 pm

Hawq wrote:Buy a fleshlight, total safety

So long as you remember to buy it new.

Gav-X · Post by **Gav-X** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:17 pm

This is awesome news, but 10 years at a time feels like an awful lot of time to not be able to have kids. I'd rather use something more BCP-like.

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:21 pm

Gav-X wrote:This is awesome news, but 10 years at a time feels like an awful lot of time to not be able to have kids. I'd rather use something more BCP-like.

10 years is the amount of time it takes for the substance to leave on its own. I think the article said there's a way for a doctor to flush it out early if you want.

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:18 pm

Wagh wrote:I know I'd do it.

I don't want to imagine little Ned's running around.