Which has more risks of serious permemnant side effects- a male on androcur or a female on the pill?

both have an equal chance of perm alteration of their sex drive. especially when the female is on the more primitive single ingredient nontricyclic BC pills, which have been developed becuase of the fact that progesterone based BC is often full of side effects.

DonFL (imported) wrote: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:20 pm both have an equal chance of perm alteration of their sex drive. especially when the female is on the more primitive single ingredient nontricyclic BC pills, which have been developed becuase of the fact that progesterone based BC is often full of side effects.

Thank you, that's what I figured. Which has a higher chance of becoming sterile for good?

The action of the pill on a woman is defferent the what happens to male on androcur. The woman is put into a false state of pregnancy, where her sex organs don't shut down. But with a male on androcur you sex organs shut down. The logger you are on androcur the less likely the testicles will restart. Males in to body building in their teens that use Anabolic steroids, allot of abuse and their testicles can atrophy. Testicular atrophy will happen with androcur but may become permanent the longer your on androcur.

The hormone that makes men infertile nearly as much as the "pill" prevents women from becoming pregnant is testosterone. Given in normal male doses, the male body ceases to produce testosterone of its own, and with it go the sperms. It is not quite as safe, though, but the man does not feel much side effects. With Androcur, of course, he gets all the effects of hormonal castration.

I was thinking more of provera (female) vs androcur (male), the risks are equal really if you dig a bit. Women on BC have had a very high instance of permanent sterility, as have men on androcur. Both tend to shut down the sex drive, androcur more so becuase its anti-androgenic effects. The drug he picked for men would be more like picking adex for women.. Provera (depo) has long term effects that are denied, but too many women end up sterile and effectively castrated after long term use to say its without such risks.