A male birth control pill has passed the first step in clinical trials, but it could still be a decade before the promising new drug reaches pharmacy shelves, News Corp Australia reports.
For decades, women have borne the responsibility of controlling their reproductive choices, at least when it comes to temporarily regulating those choices with pharmaceuticals. Men have not had such an option, having instead to rely on “external” means of birth control; a situation that not all men have found ideal.
However, because of the physiological differences between the sexes, a reliable form of birth control for men, that can be accomplished by taking a pill, has been elusive.
However, a new drug known as 11-beta-MNTDC has since come along, and it shows promise in tackling the longstanding problem of providing a birth control pill for men.
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