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Chapter 14 - Male Hormonal Contraception

from Section 2 - Methods of Contraception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Kate Hughes ,
Chuchin Lim  and
Tahir Mahmood
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Issues relating to new emerging theme of male hormonal contraception are explored. Success rates, compliance and long term data are reviewed

Keywords

Testosteroneluteinizing hormone inhibitioninhibition of spermatogenesis
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 89 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Bearak, J, Popinchalk, A, Alkema, L, et al. Global, regional, and subregional trends in unintended pregnancy and its outcomes from 1990 to 2014: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model. Lancet Glob Health 2018; 6: e380–e389.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sundaram, A, Vaughan, B, Kost, K, et al. Contraceptive failure in the United States: estimates from the 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2017; 49: 7–16.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wigginton, B, Harris, ML, Loxton, D, et al. Who takes responsibility for contraception, according to young Australian women? Sex Reprod Healthc 2018; 15: 2–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sitruk-Ware, R and Nath, A. The use of newer progestins for contraception. Contraception 2010; 82: 410–17.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Roth, MY, Ilani, N, Wang, C, et al. Characteristics associated with suppression of spermatogenesis in a male hormonal contraceptive trial using testosterone and Nestorone(®) gels. Andrology 2013; 1: 899–905.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Thirumalai, A, Ceponis, J, Amory, JK, et al. Effects of 28 days of oral dimethandrolone undecanoate in healthy men: a prototype male pill. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2019; 104: 423–32.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nieschlag, E, Kumar, N & Sitruk‐Ware, R. 7α‐methyl‐19‐nortestosterone (MENTR): the population council’s contribution to research on male contraception and treatment of hypogonadism. Contraception 2013; 87: 288– 95.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wu, S, Yuen, F, Swerdloff, RS, et al. Safety and pharmacokinetics of single dose novel oral androgen 11β-methyl-19-nortestosterone-17βdodecylcarbonate in men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2019; 104: 629–38.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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