New Male Contraceptive on the Horizon
May 7, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Health, Sex, men's health
It’s starting to look like a injectable form of birth control for men might just be possible in the future. A new study by Chinese researchers at the National Research for Family Center in Beijing has been focusing on the effectiveness of a monthly testosterone-based injection for men. And the results are promising with a 99 percent success rate..
For the study, a 1000 healthy and fertile men between 20 and 45 were given monthly injections of 500mg of testosterone undecanoate in tea seed oil for 30 months. This testosterone-based product caused the disruption of sperm production and hence prevented reproduction.
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