If there were a male birth control pill?

It's not really an issue for me since I'm gay. But, during periods where my multiple sclerosis is acting up, sometimes I have some erectile dysfunction. I refuse to use the medication for that (cialis) because it gives me a neck-ache. So, sex to me is less important than not having a 24 hr. neck-ache. Kissing is almost as good as sex, so long as I can go back to sex when I am feeling better.

there is already a male birth control pill, it works and has been successfully tested, in end of the year 2013 (now its july 8th 2014). when a man takes it, everything stays the same, excpet the swimmers are immobilised. feminists are boycotting the male birth control pill from hitting the market, else it was supposed to be availabe to all men in autum/winter 2014.

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no, i wouldnt take the pill, because i love children, want 3488402089546864373 babies :) ღ

I would if did not have too many side effects (or any severe side effects).

By the way, weight gain is not "uncontrollable".

If there was even a 1% chance I might get pregnant, I would indeed use such a pill, and do so without a second thought. It should be the responsibility of the person that has the most to lose, to prevent birth.

I wouldn't wish that pain on my husband. Also have they tested it to ensure it won't cause blood clots, or heart failure, or any other life-threatening events? Pharmaceutical companies conveniently forgot to do the proper testing on women's birth control, and many died as a result.

I read somewhere they were experimenting on a male birth control pill, the pill is said to significantly reduce sperm count. That was a few years ago, bearing in mind it does take decades for a drug to pass clinical trials and even then a very small number of drugs reach the market. I'm certain at some point in the future there will be the option for men to take pills as a form of contraception, however, I personally wouldn't trust something like that as I don't know how it affects testosterone or whether it has any long term impacts on my sperm count as I would like to have children one day.

Side note: In the next few years, they may have a real option of birth http://www.newmalecontraception.org/vasalgel/contr... A shot into the vas deferens (what they would snip in a vasectomy), which last for years, but can be reversed with another shot.

De Ja Vous.

Would it also decrease my monthly cramping and be covered by most insurance policies as the female pill is?

Personally, I'd probably pay the extra money to get a vasectomy which has better odds, without those side effects.

Also would it have to be a regular thing? Consider the morning after pill doesn't need to be taken regularly. If I could pop a pill 10 minutes before sex with those odds, I'd probably do it, just in case the woman isn't being honest about being on the pill - though again, a condom offers even better advantages.

You mean if the much more reliable method of condoms didn't exist?

3-5% is a bit too high don't you think?