'Our results suggest that this pill, which combines two hormonal activities in one, will decrease sperm production while preserving libido.'
The new pill is being tested by researchers at University of Washington School of Medicine and Los Angeles Biomed Research Institute , who recruited 40 healthy young men for the phase 1 trial.
Ten of the participants were assigned to randomly receive a placebo pill, while the other men received the new birth control pill, called 11-beta-methyl-19-nortestosterone dodecylcarbonate, or 11-beta-MNTDC. The men received the pill in one of two doses; with 14 receiving 200 mg, and 16 receiving the 400 mg dose. The findings, which were presented on Sunday, March 24 at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, showed that when used daily for a month, the experimental pill caused a large drop in the levels of two hormones required for sperm production, compared to the placebo.
The drug effects were also reversible after stopping treatment, and the participants did not report any severe side effects.
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