Feb 09
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Shot Tricks Men Into Stopping Sperm Production
Finally, a men’s contraceptive product that may really work and be pretty easy to administer may be just on the horizon here in the US if the tests in Sydney Australia are any indication of future use and approval here in the US. The problem is, can we get out of the mindset that it is the female’s responsibility to use birth control and make it easiest for us to have sexual intercourse without the risk of a resultant pregnancy?
It seems to be the status quo that women take the initiative to use birth control methods here in the US, especially when use of a condom is not desired or couples are monogomous with one another. I’m not taking sides here, it’s just that because of the way the medical system is set up, the most convenient and fail-safe forms of birth control that most people are comfortable with using, that also happen to not interfere with the intimacy and spontaneity of the moment, happen to be birth control methods that are tailored for a woman’s use.
Many women report that being on the pill creates issues for them. From moodiness to bloating to an array of other potential hormonal problems, women many times say they don’t like being on the pill. On the contrast side of that though, there are some women who have found that being on the birth control pill actually helps them with hormonally related issues such as acne, mood swings and other similar problems. Could this new shot that is supposed to trick a man’s body into stopping the production of sperm in order to act as a birth control device have the same contraindications as the birth control pill does for women?
Well, of course there is always the risk of unwanted side effects occurring in any form of birth control. Heck, even condoms cause some to break out in hives and rashes or get itchy all over, so it seems that no one form of birth control is the perfect answer for everybody. The new shot that would work to trick the man’s body into halting or greatly reducing sperm production, in order to make the likelihood of impregnation much less, is supposed to be effective when it is administered twice a month.
It works much the same as the female birth control does, in that it essentially tricks the body into thinking that things are happening that actually are not. This shot actually sends chemical signals to the man’s brain, making his brain think that enough sperm has been produced by his testes, essentially tripping the “off” switch before it should be.
Sperm is released in semen, and typically millions of sperm go out in a man’s ejaculate fluid, which impregnates the ovum in a woman’s body, however, when the sperm count is greatly reduced, it can have a dramatic impact on the likelihood of impregnation, which is what they are going for here, less sperm equals less pregnancy worries.
