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Best Birth Control for Men
Saw this article posted on a friend's FB page. Fascinating!! Once approved in the US, I really wonder if something like this could catch on.
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The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men
Posted by Jon Clinkenbeard. March 26, 2012, 11:25 AM CDT 1.9K
If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health effects whatsoever, and 100 percent effectiveness. The funny thing is, something like that currently exists.
The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years. A doctor applies some local anesthetic, makes a small pinhole in the base of the scrotum, reaches in with a pair of very thin forceps, and pulls out the small white vas deferens tube. Then, the doctor injects the polymer gel (called Vasalgel here in the US), pushes the vas deferens back inside, repeats the process for the other vas deferens, puts a Band-Aid over the small hole, and the man is on his way. If this all sounds incredibly simple and inexpensive, that?s because it is. The chemicals themselves cost less than the syringe used to administer them. But the science of what happens next is the really fascinating part.
The two common chemicals ? styrene maleic anhydride and dimethyl
sulfoxide ? form a polymer that thickens over the next 72 hours, much
like a pliable epoxy, but the purpose of these chemicals isn?t to harden
and block the vas deferens. Instead, the polymer lines the wall of the
vas deferens and allows sperm to flow freely down the middle (this
prevents any pressure buildup), and because of the polymer?s pattern of
negative/positive polarization, the sperm are torn apart through the polyelectrolytic effect.
On a molecular level, it?s what supervillains envision will happen when
they stick the good guy between two huge magnets and flip the switch.
Easier than aiming magnets at your junk.
With one little injection, this non-toxic jelly will sit there for 10+ years without you having to do anything else to not have babies. Set it and forget it. Oh, and when you do decide you want those babies, it only takes one other injection of water and baking soda to flush out the gel, and within two to three months, you?ve got all your healthy sperm again.
The trouble is, most people don?t even know this exists. And if men only need one super-cheap shot every 10 years or more, that?s not something that gets big pharmaceutical companies all fired up, because they?ll make zero money on it (even if it might have the side benefit of, you know, destroying HIV).
If this sounds awesome for you or your loved one, get the word out. Share this article. Or this link. Or this one. Or this one. Sign this petition. Do something! A revolutionary contraceptive like this needs all the support it can get.
UPDATE: A lot of people are asking to be kept in the loop. So here?s the clinical trial/mailing list sign-up from the Parsemus Foundation to get further information about this procedure?s development. And again, please fill out the short non-spam petition to get the procedure funded and keep buzz going.
Re: Best Birth Control for Men
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I don't think it's available yet in the US. I think it's still undergoing approval trials for use here.
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Interesting.
Cause I would be over this in a hot second if #2 were a boy and I weren't emotionally ready for H to do the actual snip-snip (in the vain hope that maybe we could afford #3 and it would totes be a girl....).
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For Realz. After 1 week of Nae crying for 2 hours each night, my H made an appointment to get the Big V.
How much does it cost to fly to India and how fast can I get my BF on the plane?
There's no way that big pharma will EVER let this be approved, so we shouldn't get our hopes up.
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Birth control....for men?
Why would a guy want to do that and miss out on these?
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