An emerging option for male birth control might be even more appealing to potential users than expected.
NES/Tis short for the two main ingredients it carries, nestorone and testosterone.
Nestorone and similar drugs are already used as hormonal birth control for women.
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Its now being tested in a larger-scale Phase IIB trial, which involves around 400 couples.
But they were pleasantly surprised at how much less time it took for many of their subjects.
And of those who became suppressed, the median length of time it took was only eight weeks.
So its possible that the average time of suppression was even shorter than calculated.
Were really pleased with this result.
But Blithe and her team have been encouraged by everything theyve seen to date.
People enroll and realize, Oh, nothing bad happened, thats great.
Were pretty pleased with the limited side effects that we have observed.
But for now, thefuture of male birth controlis still looking bright.
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