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25th February 2022
11:35am GMT

The couples are then free to have “unprotected" sex with their partners.
The drug uses a progestogen called nestorone, which suppresses a man’s luteinising and follicle-stimulating hormones - hormones crucial in the making of sperm.
However, nestorone also eradicates testosterone production - which would kill sex drive and make the whole thing counterproductive. So, testosterone is also added to the gel to prevent this happening.
Samples of semen and blood are being taken from the participants regularly to monitor the effects of the drug.
According to Cosmopolitan, trial subjects have experienced increased endurance during sex, a higher sex drive and even found that the drug is “more forgiving of user error” than female birth control when accidentally missed.
When trial participants accidentally forgot their dose of the gel, their sperm counts were remained at zero.
Negative side effects for some included water weight gain, periods of feeling emotional and dry skin on the area where the gel was applied.
Since 2018, no couples have gotten pregnant while using NES/T. And several males who took part in the trial in the past have reported that their sperm count went totally back to normal when they stopped taking it.
Sounds very promising if you ask us!
However, before NES/T can be approved for the public it will have to enter a third phase of clinical trials with thousands more couples. The process is a lengthy one, and could take up to ten years, so don't get your hopes up just yet.Explore more on these topics: