According to Sexological, thanks to an online petition, testing for RISUG (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance) will begin in the United States within the next five years. What’s RISUG?
After injecting this compound into the vas deferens, the sperm will be unable to penetrate the jelly coat of the egg, and thus, pregnancy is prevented. The most amazing aspect of this birth control method is that it is effective for at least 10 years, and is completely reversible. RISUG is cheap and low maintenance, with few to no side effects observed in most subjects. Plus, the procedure takes about five minutes.
Since 2001, an Indian company has had the rights to this method. RISUG testing in India has reached Phase III clinical trials, and much testing concluded that it was safe and effective. However, it has not yet been approved, preventing the procedure from being released to the public.
According to the Male Contraception Information Project and Sexological, here’s what we know about RISUG, based on the Indian studies:
- The treatment is effective for at least 10 years. No clinical subject has gotten anyone pregnant yet. It should last longer than 10 years.
- Only a small portion of test subjects experienced swelling of the scrotum for up to two weeks after the injection. No other side effects were observed.
- The method is not hormonal. It does not affect testosterone or estrogen levels.
- RISUG can be injected through the skin or directly into the vas deferens, depending on the skill of the physician.
- The procedure can be reversed at any time, either through an invasive injection that flushes the polymer out or non-invasively. The non-invasive method “involves a combination of vibration, a low electric current, and per rectal massage to dislodge the polymer and move it through the vas deferens.”
- Questions still remain about the chances of pregnancy after a long period of use, but a recent study revealed that the testes and vas deferens returned to normal within 150 days of the reversal procedure.
Obviously, there’s a ways to go before RISUG is ever approved in the U.S. There are still way too many questions, but it’s a start. If it’s ever approved and shown to be a safe, reversible procedure, would you consider it? Should men consider it to take some of the birth-control burden off of their female partners?
Let us know what you think.
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HOORAYYY!!!
I am so glad to see so many men on-board with this. I want the procedure, heck I’ll even travel to India to get it done, but I was disheartened by the false suppositions that men would rather the woman worry about fertility. 99% of the time, who pays child support???? It’s about damn time we had some power in this process.
Gentlemen, keep reading and keep up to date on this topic. Keep posting in these forums, and let your voice be heard. We want RISUG!!
Cheers
RISUG and the effort to bring it to the U.S. was covered in this month’s issue of WIRED Magazine (May 2011). Also, see the updated page at NewMaleContraception.org and the Yahoo group (Male Contraceptives) to hear as it gets closer (the aim is the end of next year for the first clinical trial in the U.S.). Yes, I know it seems like it’s been forever (because it has); but getting permission to develop it in the U.S. (early last year) is a major step and really signified the starting gun as far as developing it for availability for men outside… Read more »
I have been searching for a way to get risug for over 7 years now. A couple of times I got close, but no luck. There must be a way to get this done. There is a German website, but it does not seem to be run by a doctor who is full time in Germany.
That’s a truly misandrist cartoon.
Which sick b@stard posted it?
ABOUT TIME! Men have been waiting for this for a long time now and don’t want to have and be paying for babies mamas daddy. Finally, the playing field will be leveled. BRNIG IT!!!
Availability in Germany soon is at best wishful thinking. Yes, the doctor did go to India to get trained, but he is not likely to have any better luck with German regulators than the Canadian doctor (Dr. Weiss) did. The best chance for RISUG right now is the U.S. project by Parsemus Foundation, which is well on the way of tech transfer for manufacturing. Once there is a Good Manufacturing Practice batch of RISUG (being called Vasalgel for the U.S. project), then many doors become open. You can read more about RISUG at NewMaleContraception.org (an update is due in the… Read more »
I just don’t understand why we should care about clinical trials that might be in 2 or 5 years and hope that if everything goes well it will available in like 10 yeras…
for those who are looking for RISUG now – it just won’t be relevant in 10 years:
because 10 years is a time frame to big to try not to have a “mistake”.
I’d do this in a heartbeat. I wish I could’ve done it 10 years ago.
I have no children, and have every intention of keeping it that way. I am getting a vasectomy within the next 12 months.
This method, however, provides a fantastic alternative to permanent surgical alteration. It’s outrageous that it’s taken so long.
if what you’re saying is true , there would be a flood people all over the world to that physician , so I don’t believe you and I think it is childish of you to leave such a comment
Vote Ron Paul for president to get RISUG on the market by 2013.
Tim, where can I contact that German physician?
What???? I heard from the U.S. project director that they’re planning to do trials within two years, not five years. She said commercial release maybe in five years. If the TRIALS are five years, then….
I think this is long overdue…but it is not limited to India, there is a German physician who has done hundreds of these procedures already!
Tim, what the hell are you talking about !? if someone was doing RISUG in Germany he would be stinking rich by now and thousands of men including me would be in line for that.
if you know of someone that can do RISUG right now please tell us.
please please tell us.
Tim, can you give me contact details of that physician who has done hundreds of these procedures already please ?
Tim, there is NO WAY you can drop such a bomb like “there is a German physician who has done hundreds of these procedures already” without giving out any details.
do you have any idea how many men want to do operation ?!
either you come back and take responsibility for what you just commented or admit that it is completely false!
@ Tim: please leave some details as to where and whom is doing performing risug in germany.
thanks
Tim – please give some more details , I am very interested
yo tim !
if there was a doctor that did RISUG (not talking about clinical trials) it would be all over the news by now and he would be booked until the end of next year
so u r full of sh*t
Hello
for the commenter that posted about risug in germany: if you would be so kind to spit out more information about this because I really really really really really really want to do it.
and if you are just saying that out of ignorance just know that you are hurting a lot of people with false information
Dan
Finally, men will be empowered.
The danger is, of course, this will turn them all into horny sluts.
We aren’t already? Maybe this is stereotyping a little bit, but stereotypes come from somewhere.