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birth control...for guys
i heard if guys take birth control it makes them temporaraly sterile and that it is more effective than women taking birth control. is this true?
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There are several studies being made in Phase II (There are actually 4 phases that a drug has to go through- usually after they finish phase III- the FDA will approve the drug), which means that it is not available to the public. There is no effective birth control for men. Most oral contraceptives for women regulate the amount progesterone or esterogen or both in a female- men, though having both of these hormones have more testosterone. The danger of going on these drugs is very similar to what happens when someone takes anabolic steroids (sex hormones- estrogen, progesterone, testosterone etc are called sex hormones and are steroids)- which include decrease in size of testes, increased body hair, thinning top hair, aggression)- when they go off the drugs- they may go through a withdrawal which is medically very dangerous.
the most effective birth control (other than abstinence) is birth control + condom.
Be safe,
AK
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Thats what it does for women. Men shouldn't take
womens birth control pills.
They are working on a birth control pill for men.
Perhaps that is what you are hearing about. I don't
know that it is available yet. Here are lots of
sites that are discussing it.
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Birth control has estrogen in it, so I don't think it would be wise for a guy to take it. It could screw up their hormone levels. But if you could find a guy actually willing to go on birth control, it could be a pretty interesting experiment.
As for being more effective, birth control is pretty effective in a girl on its own. Put it with a condom and you're pretty much guaranteed you won't get pregnant.
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