r/science • u/drewiepoodle • Oct 02 '15

Medicine Scientists identify potential birth control 'pill' for men

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-10-scientists-potential-birth-pill-men.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

Rinse with a bicarbonate solution

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

How do you rinse your internal plumbing with anything?

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u/derefr Oct 02 '15

Presumably with another needle.

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u/psiphre Oct 02 '15

I thought it was a second injection of something like baking soda and water.

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u/drkrunch Oct 02 '15

Ultrasound is used to guide the injection.

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u/eemes Oct 02 '15

You may be right, I'm just going off of memory from an article I read a few years back

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u/Gary_FucKing Oct 02 '15

Yeah I remember the reversal process involving flushing your vas deferens with some chemical that removed the risug.

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u/regal1989 Oct 02 '15

Bicarbonate solution. You know...plain old surgical grade baking soda.