{"id":32239,"date":"2016-11-22T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=32239"},"modified":"2016-11-17T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:05:36","slug":"men-pull-out-of-male-birth-control-trial-after-experiencing-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/men-pull-out-of-male-birth-control-trial-after-experiencing-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Pull Out Of Male Birth Control Trial After Experiencing Side Effects\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/condoms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31603 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/condoms.png\" alt=\"condoms\" width=\"343\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>For a while there, it seemed male birth control was right on the horizon. But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/10\/30\/health\/male-birth-control\/\">new hormonal birth control trial<\/a> for men was cut short recently after participants reported side effects. Even though the male contraceptive was found to effectively prevent pregnancy, side effects like depression, weight gain, acne, headaches, and changes in mood\u2014things women have encountered since the pill&#8217;s inception in the 1960s\u2014led several men to pull out of testing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/press.endocrine.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1210\/jc.2016-2141\">four-year worldwide study of 320 men<\/a> found that an injection of progestin and a synthetic form of testosterone stopped pregnancy in 96% of female partners in monogamous heterosexual relationships. But the trial was stopped for \u201csafety reasons\u201d after 20 participants dropped out due to side effects\u2014even though nearly 39% of the symptoms reported were unrelated to the shot. As women all over social media have pointed out, these side effects are the very same ones that women have experienced for 60 years. One person on Twitter said, \u201cSo male contraception can&#8217;t be put in place because 6% experience side effects, yet 50% of women experience side effects from contraception.\u201d Thanks, guys\u2014looks like it&#8217;s back to rubbers again!<\/p>\n<p>Are you a fan of safe sex? Come have some side effects-free fun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\">with us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Check out more about a male birth control trial being stopped after men pulled out due to side effects:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ginarushton\/men-pull-out-of-male-birth-control-trial-after-experiencing?utm_term=.fw00wZnApY&amp;bffbvid#.kep4Bq07gn\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ginarushton\/men-pull-out-of-male-birth-control-trial-after-experiencing?utm_term%3D.fw00wZnApY%26bffbvid%23.kep4Bq07gn&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1478358952835000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFdrr59VAFPCeyrqnELK97b99W7zA\">https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/<wbr \/>ginarushton\/men-pull-out-of-<wbr \/>male-birth-control-trial-<wbr \/>after-experiencing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a while there, it seemed male birth control was right on the horizon. But a new hormonal birth control trial for men was cut short recently after participants reported side effects. Even though the male contraceptive was found to effectively prevent pregnancy, side effects like depression, weight gain, acne, headaches, and changes in mood\u2014things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9163,11585,1171,8666,641,301,11584],"class_list":["post-32239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","tag-birth-control","tag-contraceptive","tag-male","tag-male-birth-control","tag-men","tag-sex","tag-side-effects"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Men Pull Out Of Male Birth Control Trial After Experiencing Side Effects\u00a0 - NiteFlirt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/men-pull-out-of-male-birth-control-trial-after-experiencing-side-effects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Men Pull Out Of Male Birth Control Trial After Experiencing Side Effects\u00a0 - NiteFlirt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For a while there, it seemed male birth control was right on the horizon. 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