A new male contraceptive as injection
Scientists have developed the groundbreaking hormone injections which drastically reduce sperm count. Now boffins at Edinburgh University are looking for guys to trial the contraceptive treatment which they claim is better than condoms and as effective as the female Pill.
Professor Richard Anderson said: "If this trial is successful I imagine there would be interest in looking at marketing the injection as a male contraceptive.
"The surveys we have done have been very positive - and particularly positive from women. "A lot of women who have taken on the reproductive and contraceptive burden think it's maybe time men took their turn.
"Even if not all men would be keen on an injection, there would definitely be a market to make such a treatment available." Previous attempts at promoting the jags have failed because they involved weekly injections.
Professor Richard Anderson said: "If this trial is successful I imagine there would be interest in looking at marketing the injection as a male contraceptive.
"The surveys we have done have been very positive - and particularly positive from women. "A lot of women who have taken on the reproductive and contraceptive burden think it's maybe time men took their turn.
"Even if not all men would be keen on an injection, there would definitely be a market to make such a treatment available." Previous attempts at promoting the jags have failed because they involved weekly injections.
But the new jabs contain progesterone as well as testosterone - meaning the effects last longer, according to scientists. Prof Anderson is looking for men under 45 with a partner under 37 to take part in the study, which will involve 400 couples across the world.
He added: "This larger study is needed to add to the evidence as to how good these longer-acting injections are and what couples think about it. "The idea is to check that it really is a good contraceptive."
He said no serious side-effects are expected from the year-long trial, which is run by the World Health Organisation. Scientists also stress that the effects of the injections are fully reversible.
He added: "This larger study is needed to add to the evidence as to how good these longer-acting injections are and what couples think about it. "The idea is to check that it really is a good contraceptive."
He said no serious side-effects are expected from the year-long trial, which is run by the World Health Organisation. Scientists also stress that the effects of the injections are fully reversible.
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