What is chemical castration?

Chemical castration is a way of castration through sexual suppressants to reduce libido with sex offenders, especially child sexual abuse, but not eliminate organs.

In medicine, chemical castration is commonly used to treat hormone-dependent cancers, such as prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, breast cancer, and fibroids. Also . Currently, many countries use chemical castration as punishment for sex offenders, or to reduce imprisonment.

Chemical castration is proposed to punish perpetrators of child sexual abuse.

These drugs include the following groups: (1) Male anti-androgen drugs: Bicalutamide, Cyproterone, Flutamide, Medroxyprogesterone, Nilutamide; (2) GnRH agonists (gonadotropin-releasing hormone): Goserelin, Histrelin, Leuprolide, Triptorelin; (3) The female sex hormone family: Estradiol, Progesterone, Diethylstilbestrol .

People with chemical castration will have to inject drugs monthly, and it is possible to regain instinct after stopping using the drug.

For those who are in the process of using the drug may also experience side effects such as complete loss of sexual ability, hot flashes, chest pain, chest enlargement larger than normal, decreased muscle mass, weight loss, Fatigue and reduce good cholesterol in the body.

Many countries around the world have applied chemical castration penalties for child abuse crimes, such as California, Georgia, Montana, and Florida. Indonesia and South Korea are the two pioneers of Asia to apply chemical castration laws.

According to Dr. Nguyen Khac Loi - Director of the Hanoi University of Southern Studies and Infertility, the proposal of chemical castration has been discussed a lot but it is not clear what the chemical proposal for chemical castration is.

Currently, the chemical castration that is used worldwide is given to people who castrate orally or injected more male sex hormone testosterone, causing testosterone levels in the body to drop, thereby lowering to low levels. most of the desire for sex, even the thought of sex disappears.

Or you can inject female sex hormones to reduce the male sex hormone testosterone.