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spermicide warning
Jan. 20th, 2004 11:18 amPublic service message:
Nonoxynol-9 (the most commonly used spermicide, these days) is potentially harmful.
There's a story about this here
Now, it's been known for a while that N-9 can increase the risk of HIV transmission. So I've been wondering why it's still floating around without any warnings - particularly in spermicidally lubricated condoms, which are kind of pointless anyway since the amount of spermicide on them has been found to make no significant difference in terms of pregnancy prevention. Instead, it just irritates and makes it more likely that you'll contract an infection. So, those of you who this applies to - stop using spermicidally lubricated condoms because they are not providing any significant extra protection anyway, and only use other, more effective spermicides (foams, jellies, strips, etc.) if infection transmission is not an issue for you.
/end public service message
Nonoxynol-9 (the most commonly used spermicide, these days) is potentially harmful.
There's a story about this here
Now, it's been known for a while that N-9 can increase the risk of HIV transmission. So I've been wondering why it's still floating around without any warnings - particularly in spermicidally lubricated condoms, which are kind of pointless anyway since the amount of spermicide on them has been found to make no significant difference in terms of pregnancy prevention. Instead, it just irritates and makes it more likely that you'll contract an infection. So, those of you who this applies to - stop using spermicidally lubricated condoms because they are not providing any significant extra protection anyway, and only use other, more effective spermicides (foams, jellies, strips, etc.) if infection transmission is not an issue for you.
/end public service message
