Effects are Reversible Male Contraceptive, According to Report
The “pill male, currently working in laboratories, it has irreversible consequences for fertility, a new medical study published in The Lancet.”
Men are reluctant to use contraception unless you have total security that, once they stop taking it their sperm levels return to normal.
In order to verify this possibility, a team led by Peter Liu, Biomedical Research Institute, Los Angeles (USA), studied thirty studies on the “male pill” published between 1990 and 2005.
Tests carried out indicate that it is possible to reduce sperm account to “levels of infertility” using hormonal treatments, either in the form of pills or implants, or a combination.
These treatments include testosterone implants and injections of progesterone, the female sex hormone.
There are currently two ongoing studies, one in China and one in Europe, whose objective is to demonstrate that it is a safe treatment in all respects.
The study sought to demonstrate, however, to calm the man, that the effects of these treatments are not irreversible, meaning that it can return to breed.
According to that study, sperm counts returned to levels of fertility of 20 million per milliliter in a period of between three and four months after stopping treatment.
The older men, and Asians had a higher number of sperm at the start of the experiment, it took even less time to recover previous levels.
Tests carried out in any case that boys recover the initial fertility if they are willing to wait long enough.
It is unknown if these results are soothing enough to accelerate time to market of the “male pill.”
Pharmaceutical companies may be reluctant to assume the risk of placing powerful hormonal treatments in an environment like this, prone to disputes.
Nor is it clear that people want to use a contraceptive designed specifically for them, or that the woman will give up their own protection against possible pregnancy.
In addition there are fears that the spread of the “male pill” contribute to an increase of venereal disease by limiting the use of condoms
