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Re: The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

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Post by schiffern » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 2:08 AM UTC

m_for_monkey wrote: post #167

schiffern wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know that's exactly the same thing that's involved in a vasectomy, right? Except with a vasectomy you have the risk of chronic testicular pain.

You know that a vasectomy is at least two weeks of hell, right? Of course, in the long run it may worth it. Should You Get a Vasectomy? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3775066

All you have demonstrated is that one person had a bad experience with a vasectomy and decided to write about it.

>The operating room is cold. The walls are busy with gruesome anatomical diagrams, cross sections that make the male genitalia resemble charcuterie. I lie back on the table, draw the paper sheet over my crotch, and seconds later the doctor and an older, hen-shaped nurse enter the room.

I know that all reporting is biased, but the signal-to-noise ratio here is abysmal.

Re: The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 2:08 AM UTC

m_for_monkey wrote: post #167

schiffern wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know that's exactly the same thing that's involved in a vasectomy, right? Except with a vasectomy you have the risk of chronic testicular pain.

You know that a vasectomy is at least two weeks of hell, right? Of course, in the long run it may worth it. Should You Get a Vasectomy? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3775066

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Re: The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

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Post by gcb » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:10 AM UTC

schiffern wrote: post #209

gcb wrote: post #161

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In a very uninformative, and only regarding cancer. Most issues with hormones is that they do all sort of stuff on yourbody. not only one controlled thing

I also mentioned heart problems, but I limited my response to only those side-effects Lazare mentioned in order to stay on-topic. Side effects of Oestrogen-containing contraceptives that don't seem to be caused by Progestin-only contraceptives include: Increased risk of cancer Increased risk of heart disease Bone density reduction Blood clots / Stroke Increased sensitivity to UV (and associated skin cancers) Reduced…

I know every geek here research the hell out of everything... and so i don't trust even my doctor when he/she can't show (or i can't find later) pertinent and well controlled studies before messing something in my body. i'm pretty sure you did your research, but those articles and discussion here shouldn't be taken as 'proof' of anything as the comment i replied to sounded to imply.

also, i have a paranoia that no hormone/protein/enzyme does less then a few things in your body. if they list only one or two effects, it's because they have no clue what else they do.

prolactin was believed to only affect the milk production in mamals for a long time (and water-salt control in fishes). now there's some other dozen effects on the body including neuron fiber formation.