Hopefully RISUG eventually makes its way to the US. Like the article states, it's much more economical than a pill (for a woman or potentially a man). Not only that, it won't screw with your hormone levels. Dr. Sujoy Guha of India is the creator of the contraceptive and has been working on it for 25 years. From
http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindis...lman081303.asp :
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# First, neither sexual partner has to interrupt the throes of passion to use it -- no more running to the bathroom and fumbling with various ointments and plastics.
# Second, the process, once it is refined and approved, will be completely non-surgical. Whew, say a lot of men.
# Third, it's long-lasting. According to Guha, a single injection can be effective for at least 10 years.
#Fourth, after testing RISUG on more than 250 volunteers, neither Guha nor other researchers in the field have found side effects more worrisome than a slight scrotal swelling in some men immediately following the injection. This swelling goes away after a few weeks. Compare that to the Pill, which even today can cause health problems ranging from severe migraines to blood clots.*
# Fifth, it works. Of all the men who've had the RISUG injection (and 15 of the 250 had it more than 10 years ago), there has been only one unplanned pregnancy among their partners -- and in that instance, the injection wasn't administered properly.
# Sixth, and best of all, the contraceptive appears to be reversible with another injection. To date, reversing the procedure has been tried only on non-human primates, but among them, it's been reversed successfully multiple times.
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All I've read about it makes it sound very promising. Apparently some US researchers have said the Indian testing is not thorough enough in terms of toxicity, however there have been no side effects in the ten years of trials on men or even higher dosages on primates.