A new trial in male contraception

Описание: (14 Jul 2001)

1. Doctor Cathy Hay and patient Jason Annette walk through door
2. Jason Annette being injected in the arm
3. Close up of Cathy Hay
4. Doctor Hay injecting patient
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Cathy Hay, Manchester Infirmary
"It interacts with the bodies reproductive system but ultimately switches off sperm production in the testis. Clearly, if you are unable to produce any sperm you would not be able to get somebody pregnant."
5. Cathy Hay filling in forms
6. Hay and Annette get up and leave
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Annette, patient
"Progesterone should help. Obviously it helps her along as well. Obviously if she trusts me taking it, that's another thing."
8. Close up of syringe
9. Various laboratory shots
10. Close up of 'Injections and Implants' booklet
11. Rack of booklets
12. Secretary in office, on the phone
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Toni Belfield, Family Planning Association
"When a couple are not in a comfortable relationship, when they are still finding out, you know, what partner to have in their life then we are talking about possibly another method and of course use of condoms."
14. Various shot of tablets in the factory
15. Various shots in a chemist store

STORYLINE:

A new trial in male contraception is being developed in Britain, involving not a pill but a hormone implant which switches off sperm production.

Male volunteers are being screened for what is hoped will be a long awaited breakthrough in male contraception.

Forty men in Manchester and Edinburgh have come forward to take part in the trials.

Unlike the male pill which is already under trial in Britain, the new technique will place a pair of tiny rods under the skin of the arm.

The implant uses progesterone, the same hormone that is used in the male pill, leaving men infertile for up to three years.

With both forms of contraception men will also need injections of testosterone to maintain their sex drive.

The family planning association has welcomed the new trials saying its about extending choice for couples.

Ever since the female contraceptive pill came on the market forty years ago, there has been a drive to find a male equivalent.

If tests prove successful the new system could be on the market by 2005.

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