commercially available. Currently, the only choices are condoms, which often fail and are sometimes used incorrectly, and vasectomies, which are permanent. As a result, the heavy burden of birth control falls primarily on the shoulders of women — which makes any step toward male options a win.
In the new study, findings showed that 30 healthy men ranging in age from 18 to 50 took a pill formulated with a mix of testosterone and progestin (a synthetic version of the female hormone progesterone) for up to 30 days.
Unlike the 2016 male birth control trial that was infamously stopped early because so many men complained of the same side effects that women have endured for decades, none of the men experienced serious problems with the newer pill, and no one stopped taking the drug because of side effects.
Some men did report minor symptoms such as exhaustion, migraines, acne and decreased libido — none of which will surprise women who take birth control pills. Two men experienced minor erectile dysfunction.
The study was introductory and it assessed only safety and hormone responses in men, rather than