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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

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New contraceptive vaccines, implants may prove promising.

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CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY UPDATE. 1992 Jan;13(1):18-9.

ABSTRACT

There are several possible new contraceptives on the horizon. For example, there are at least four second generation

Silastic implant contraceptives similar to Norplant in development. These new systems have fewer numbers of

implants than Norplant, which will make removal easier. Norplant 2 consists of only two rod implants instead of the

six in the original Norplant system, while single-implant systems are also being developed. A biodegradable implant

is also being researched; such a device would not have to be removed once its expected period of service

transpired. A vaccine to prevent pregnancy is also being studied, with the most comprehensive research program

being conducted currently in India. Vaccine research sponsored by the World Health Organization has also taken

place in Australia. A version of a vaccine could be ready in India some time after the year 2000. On yet another front,

researchers in China are studying the use of gossypol in a birth control pill for men. Gossypol is a substance found

naturally in cottonseed. More than 10,000 Chinese men have taken gossypol, with as many as 99.4% developing

lower sperm counts. Findings from some of the gossypol studies, however, indicate a decline in potassium levels in

men. Moreover, some studies have shown that after a year of taking gossypol, approximately 80% of men have

resumed normal sperm production, but some men remain azoospermic even after several years. The acceptability

and usefulness of gossypol as a male contraceptive will clearly be influenced by its reversibility. Synthetic

analogues which work either as potent agonists or antagonists of the polypeptide LH-RH, and an injectable pituitary-

suppressing dose of androgen, progestin, or a combination of both are also possible male contraceptives. Findings

from this latter research have not been promising. The article stresses that much of male contraceptive research is

in its early stages. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1578-06)

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promising.", is(are) . The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY UPDATE. 1992 Jan;13(1):18-

9.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1578-06. All

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