Male contraceptive: Difference between revisions

'''Male [[contraceptives]]''' are methods of preventing pregnancy that primarily involve the male physiology. The most common kinds of male contraception include [[condom]]s, [[Outercourse]], [[coitus interruptus|withdrawal]] (although medical professionals do not regard withdrawal as an effective method of contraception), and [[vasectomy]].<ref name=methods>{{cite journal | pmid = 20933119 | doi=10.1016/j.contraception.2010.03.016 | volume=82 | issue=5 | title=Acceptability of contraception for men: a review | year=2010 | month=November | author=Glasier A | journal=Contraception | pages=453–6}}</ref> In domestic animals, [[castration]] is commonly used for contraception. Other forms of male contraception are in various stages of [[research and development]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3543478/</ref> These include methods like [[Reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance|RISUG/VasalGel]] (which has completed a small phase IIIII clinical trial in humans in India)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Guha|first=Sujoy|coauthors=Singh G, Ansari S, Kumar S, Srivastava A, Koul V, Das HC, Malhotra RL, Das SK.|title=Phase II clinical trial of a vas deferens injectable contraceptive for the male.|journal=Contraception|year=1997|month=Oct|pages=245–50|accessdate=1/18/2013|pmid=9408706|volume=56|issue=4}}</ref> and [[ultrasound]] (with results so far obtained in experimental animals<ref name="bare_url" /><ref name="Tsuruta">{{cite journal|last=Tsuruta|first=James K.|coauthors=Dayton PA, Gallippi CM, O'Rand MG, Streicker MA, Gessner RC, Gregory TS, Silva EJ, Hamil KG, Moser GJ, Sokal DC.|title=Therapeutic ultrasound as a potential male contraceptive: power, frequency and temperature required to deplete rat testes of meiotic cells and epididymides of sperm determined using a commercially available system.|journal=Reprod Biol Endocrinol.|date=30 January 2012|volume=10|issue=7|doi=10.1186/1477-7827-10-7|pmid=22289508|url=http://www.rbej.com/content/10/1/7}}</ref> ).