New contraceptive jab for men gets thumbs up
February 6th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANILondon, Feb 6 (ANI): Women may soon be liberated from the burden of family planning, thanks to a contraceptive jab for men, which has proved successful in preventing unplanned pregnancies after tests in Scotland.
With no pregnancies reported in the Scottish arm of the international study in the past year, Edinburgh University researchers hope it could become a new contraceptive option with men taking on more of the family-planning burden.
The World Health Organisation trial, involving 200 couples around the globe, uses a combination of the hormones testosterone and progesterone which dramatically reduce a man’s sperm count.
The contraceptive, given in the trial in two jabs, works by reducing sperm counts from above 20 million sperm per millilitre to zero, and to less than one million in others, below the viable threshold for a pregnancy.
This result provides better contraceptive protection than condoms, and a similar success rate to the female pill.
“The results are very encouraging and it has gone very well,” the Scotsman quoted Professor Richard Anderson, from Edinburgh University’s reproductive and developmental sciences division, as saying.
The new injection technique only needs to be given every two months. (ANI)
- The bum jab that may make condoms history - Oct 05, 2009
- Gel combo shows promise as male contraceptive - Jun 27, 2012
- Scientists working on safe male contraceptive - Sep 06, 2012
- Hormone free male pill closer to reality - Aug 17, 2012
- Ultrasound zap could work as male contraceptive - Jan 30, 2012
- Female hormone could be key to 'ideal' male contraceptive - Mar 17, 2011
- Antioxidants may help men with fertility issues: Study - Jan 19, 2011
- Weight loss helps boost low testosterone levels - Jun 26, 2012
- Now, home fertility tests for men - Mar 12, 2010
- Now, contraceptive pill for men! - Jun 27, 2010
- Hitting the gym boosts your libido - Jun 27, 2012
- Drinking during pregnancy may hit semen quality in sons - Jun 30, 2010
- Teen mothers account for quarter of all births in Mexico - Apr 08, 2012
- Beware! Fatty acids could lower quality of semen - Mar 14, 2012
- Male fertility is in the bones, shows mice study - Feb 18, 2011
Tags: condoms, contraceptive option, contraceptive protection, edinburgh university, family planning, hormones, jab, jabs, london feb, millilitre, professor richard, progesterone, richard anderson, sciences division, scotsman, sperm counts, success rate, university researchers, unplanned pregnancies, world health organisation