Male contraception demand- tell the funders!
Male contraception - tell the funders!
Five-question survey: Let the funders know that there really is demand for new male contraceptives, and why! We promise not to spam you or put you on a mailing list. (If you want to be on our mailing list, you can sign up separately at the Archives & Newsletter page of our website, http://www.newmalecontraception.org/archives.htm ). Promise.
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. How do you want to be referred to when we compile this information? Usually your first name and last initial plus city, state, or country give readers/funders a sense that you're a real person they should care about, but whatever you're comfortable with.
For example,
Rajiv S, Bangalore, India,
or
Mark P, single father of 8-year-old, age 27, Oregon
or
Susan M, Cincinatti, Ohio
How do you want to be referred to when we compile this information? Usually your first name and last initial plus city, state, or country give readers/funders a sense that you're a real person they should care about, but whatever you're comfortable with. For example, Rajiv S, Bangalore, India, or Mark P, single father of 8-year-old, age 27, Oregon or Susan M, Cincinatti, Ohio
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. What male contraceptives are you most interested in? (You can read more about the choices at NewMaleContraception.org or MaleContraceptives.org.) You can choose more than one.
What male contraceptives are you most interested in? (You can read more about the choices at NewMaleContraception.org or MaleContraceptives.org.) You can choose more than one.
Hormonal (testosterone + progestin)- injections every 2 months
Hormonal (testosterone + progestin)- daily gel
RISUG 10+-year nonhormonal vas deferens injection- I'd go to India for it
RISUG- I live in India (note: clinical trials are open in India now, but only for men with 2+ children)
RISUG, once it's made in the U.S. (Vasalgel)
The pill in clinical trials in Indonesia (gendarussa justicia)
The pill from a Chinese plant (Tripterygium wilfordii)
Other plant-based pills (e.g. carica papaya or oleanolic acid)
The "clean sheets" (semen-free orgasm) short-acting pill in development at Kings College, London
Ultrasound (15-minute treatment every 6 months)
Modified underwear that holds the testes in the inguinal canal during the day (artificial cryptorchidism)
Hot baths or hot packs (45 minutes a day for 3 weeks every 6 months)
Heat methods as a backup for condoms
Chinese mesh-core intra-vas device (IVD)
Other (there'll be space below to tell about it)
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. If you had to pick only ONE of these methods for funders to pursue, which would it be?
If you had to pick only ONE of these methods for funders to pursue, which would it be?
Chinese mesh-core IVD (intra-vas device)
Hot baths or hot packs used religiously (45 minutes a day for 3 weeks every 6 months)
Hormonal- shots every 2 months (testosterone + progestin)
The "clean sheets" (semen-free orgasm) pill in development at Kings College, London
Hormonal- gel every day (testosterone + progestin)
Tripterygium wilfordii pill
Ultrasound (15-minute treatment every 6 months)
Other one not listed
RISUG / Vasalgel
Heat methods just as a backup for condoms
The Indonesian pill (gendarussa justicia)
Special underwear (artificial cryptorchidism)
4
. Optional: How/where did you hear about new male contraception or this survey?
Optional: How/where did you hear about new male contraception or this survey?
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. Last question: Here's your chance to tell funders your story: why you want new male contraception and what you see in terms of what other guys and women's attitudes are (do you think other guys want it?). Also, if you haven't found a current method you like, why? What would you tell someone who says the current methods are good enough? (A lot of funders think everyone should be using either condoms or IUDs.)
Last question: Here's your chance to tell funders your story: why you want new male contraception and what you see in terms of what other guys and women's attitudes are (do you think other guys want it?). Also, if you haven't found a current method you like, why? What would you tell someone who says the current methods are good enough? (A lot of funders think everyone should be using either condoms or IUDs.)
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