A male contraceptive is almost here – and it’ll be another test of whether heterosexual men are actually willing to share the responsibilities of adult life

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    11 months ago

    Am I bad at reading, or did the article not actually name the drug?

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      11 months ago

      Your reading is fine, lazy writing I think. Its behind a hyperlink in the article (link here)

      Its called YCT-529, made by YourChoice Therapeutics

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        11 months ago

        YCT529 is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist of the Vitamin A receptor retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). [0]

        Yikes. I’d need pretty good evidence of safety to take something that does the opposite of tretinoin.

        [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YCT529

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          11 months ago

          The fuck kind of crazy pop-up bullshit is Wikipedia doing? That’s some fucking annoying shit right there

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              11 months ago

              No, I mean having their usual “donate” section pop up over the screen and make closing it annoying. That’s bullshit.

              Also, they’re fully funded, so it isn’t like it’s some kind of emergency.

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      11 months ago

      I didn’t see a name…Also, not really a fan of how this article is written. I can’t tell you much on the pill, but I can tell you how this author feels about men and their supposed unwillingness to participate in preventing pregnancy…