Male contraceptive with no side effects and 99% effectiveness has been produced
Abdullah al Noman and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota gave male mice a daily dose of a molecule called YCT529 for four to six weeks and discovered that their sperm count dropped and had no side effects.
When they stopped giving them these drugs, they resumed producing sperm normally.
Female contraceptives have a lot of negative hormonal effects like spotting or bleeding, breast tenderness, weight gain, and other hormonal imbalances. The other alternative is IUD patches which is almost a medical procedure that involves inserting a device into a woman’s body.
On the other hand, condoms are unreliable and they are a man’s first line of defense or a vasectomy which can be expensive and irreversible.
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But things could be taking a turn for the better as men could be getting their contraceptive pills without hormonal side effects.
These tests have been carried out on mice with minimal side effects and the results will be laid before the American Chemical Society today. Noman and his colleagues licensed the drug to a private company, your choice Therapeutics to carry out human trials later this year.
You will recall that male contraceptive pills have been in the works for a while, but they had negative side effects so this is a great development.
