Reply to: Would you use a male contraceptive jab?

[Mich the Tester]

Not to forget all that testosterone will make your head shiny and bald

It already is, but that's because I shave my head. At least I thought so until I tried growing my hair out and it just didn't grow quite so enthousiastically as in my youth.

[Andy2]

I'm open to it but I'm concerned that a testosterone injection would show up in drug tests for sports; I've had two tests after matches in the last 5 years and so I need to be careful.

Not to forget all that testosterone will make your head shiny and bald

[Mich the Tester]

I'm open to it but I'm concerned that a testosterone injection would show up in drug tests for sports; I've had two tests after matches in the last 5 years and so I need to be careful.

[lukemg]

Very useful backup for blokes IF it worked without side effects, unfortunately there are women who use pregnancy to try and trap men and they are not above pretending to take the pill, sorry it must have not worked blah blah. This might work occasionally but will more likely result in the bloke coughing up for x years while she makes his life as awkward as possible, that's before we get to the impact on society. Yeah, I know you can stick it in a bag but this would be a good safety net I reckon !

[BrilloPad]

The pope would not approve!

Mrs BP argued for being being sterilized because "being Catholic I could not face an abortion if I got pregnant again".

I somehow think the doctors saw through that one!

[Mich the Tester]

He is a wonderful person, and I trust him- but is 'away with the faires' most of the time. He cant remember where he left his specs 70% of the time so expecting him to remember to take a pill everyday is just going to be very stressful for me

The pope would not approve!

[Menelaus]

He is a wonderful person, and I trust him- but is 'away with the faires' most of the time. He cant remember where he left his specs 70% of the time so expecting him to remember to take a pill everyday is just going to be very stressful for me

implant?

[Pogle]

Dont trust men but at least try to trust your man

He is a wonderful person, and I trust him- but is 'away with the faires' most of the time. He cant remember where he left his specs 70% of the time so expecting him to remember to take a pill everyday is just going to be very stressful for me

[BrilloPad]

I'm married. What's sex?

I was married and am effectively married. I am told it is the classification between male and female.

HTH

[Menelaus]

Isn't it true that one of the main causes of baldness is a high testosterone level, so wouldn't this injection make you bald as well as infertile? Add to that the fact that you're not being protected from any diseases, the 2% failure rate and the requirement for a monthly injection, and I'm not convinced this is going to take off.

One of the causes of male-pattern baldness (alopecia) is over-secretion of testosterone and for this reason those who suffer this would be (probably) prevented from using it or otherwise discouraged by their GPs.

We hope.

[landl]

Wouldn't this pill make you bald?

A male contraceptive jab could be as effective at preventing pregnancies as the female pill or condoms, work shows.

The monthly testosterone injection works by temporarily blocking sperm production and could revolutionise birth control, experts believe.

In trials in China only one man in 100 fathered a child while on the injections, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reports.

Six months after stopping the jabs the men's sperm counts returned to normal.

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Isn't it true that one of the main causes of baldness is a high testosterone level, so wouldn't this injection make you bald as well as infertile? Add to that the fact that you're not being protected from any diseases, the 2% failure rate and the requirement for a monthly injection, and I'm not convinced this is going to take off.

[Flubster]

I'm married. What's sex?

+1

[denver2k]

......I guess I don't trust men

Dont trust men but at least try to trust your man

[denver2k]

A male contraceptive jab could be as effective at preventing pregnancies as the female pill or condoms, work shows.

The monthly testosterone injection works by temporarily blocking sperm production and could revolutionise birth control, experts believe.

In trials in China only one man in 100 fathered a child while on the injections, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reports.

Six months after stopping the jabs the men's sperm counts returned to normal.

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In short , NO

In today's metro, they wrote, few ppl's sperm count didnt get back to normal. So, im afraid i dont wana take any risk

[EternalOptimist]

Yes, there was a good one at our school with the nickname ‘50p’. I’ve no idea which scrooge managed to talk her down to 50p as I never gave her less than a pound.

Ours was 'the parrot'
because she liked a Cockatoo