They’ve tried, but they can’t get FDA approval because the men in the clinical trials aren’t able to tolerate the side effects that pale in comparison to common side effects of hormonal birth control for women.
They stopped that one trial because a participant tried to kill himself, not because of comparable side effects in the female pill, and that’s basically the only real trial that was ever done with a larger number of participants.
Women and girls end up with suicidal ideation all the time when going through the trial and error process of finding the right hormone combination. There’s dozens of different formulations of hormonal contraceptive pills and it can be extremely difficult to find the one that will work for you with the least amount of side effects.
The suicidal ideation is so common that it just gets lumped into the fast-forward list of side effects alongside the potential for life-threatening blood clots and other things.
They’ve tried, but they can’t get FDA approval because the men in the clinical trials aren’t able to tolerate the side effects that pale in comparison to common side effects of hormonal birth control for women.
They stopped that one trial because a participant tried to kill himself, not because of comparable side effects in the female pill, and that’s basically the only real trial that was ever done with a larger number of participants.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/03/500549503/male-birth-control-study-killed-after-men-complain-about-side-effects
Women and girls end up with suicidal ideation all the time when going through the trial and error process of finding the right hormone combination. There’s dozens of different formulations of hormonal contraceptive pills and it can be extremely difficult to find the one that will work for you with the least amount of side effects.
The suicidal ideation is so common that it just gets lumped into the fast-forward list of side effects alongside the potential for life-threatening blood clots and other things.