The Male Pill: When Is It Coming?
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Female Birth Control Is Getting More Money Than Male Birth Control
The drug messed with the body's production of sperm by disabling an enzyme in the balls. This same enzyme also breaks down alcohol in the liver, meaning the enzyme wasn't working right. The alcohol stuck around and acted like a toxin leading to those nasty side effects. So they halted the trial and gave up on this drug as a male contraceptive. Scientists are actually poking around this enzyme again, but no luck yet.
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