NuvaRing: Transdermal estrogen effects?

[Chauvanist]

Hi, this is kind of an odd question, and I hope this is an appropriate forum.

My girlfriend's doctor just prescribed to her a new form of birth control called "NuvaRing." (www.nuvaring.com) Basically, this is a plastic ring that is inserted into the vagina and left there for three weeks out of the month. The ring contains an estrogen/progestin mixture that is steadily released from the plastic.

I am concerned because this drug is obviously designed to be administered transdermally. When I have sex with her (we typically do not use condoms), some amount of this drug will be administered to me, through the skin of my penis. I have no idea what this amount will actually be.

My question is this: Will this drug negatively affect my testosterone production, or cause any other negative effects? Referring to what I know about AAS use, estrogens are very good at shutting down the HTPA. I'm afraid the more sex I have, the less test I will produce, which will mean less sex...

For the record, I am not on any form of TRT or AAS.

This ring seems like a silly way to administer the drug, since it could affect any male partners. Especially since it's such an easy thing to switch back to the Pill.

[pmgamer18]

Here is a link I found.
http://tinyurl.com/9c4vw
And this is a cut and paste.
In the past 40 years, industrial emissions that were a greater cause of
cancers have been in decline (the EPA in spite of the Bush administration,
has got it's shit straight with the VOC hazards and they are much less than
they were 30 years ago), yet reproductive organ cancers are still on the
rise, even factored for demographics of a senior-age population. Why? My
guess is that estradiol is a poison, this has been known for decades, and
yet more women than ever are taking HRT, the patch, pills, sub-dermal
implants, hell there's even a device called Nuva-Ring which gets installed
directly around a woman's cervix! Yay! Let's rub that poison right onto our
bodies, shall we?


I would put on a rubber if I were you.

Phil