My girlfriend and I recentely decided that
we are going to have sex. Obviously, I
don't want any children out of this. I
researched some on condoms, and saw the
spermicide coated condom from trojan.
After doing a bit more reasearch, I saw
that the active ingredient in spermicide
can irritate the vagina or penis, and also
that companies have said the spermicide
coated condom should not be advertised
anymore. I defintely want to take the
upmost precaution before we have sex. So
my question is pretty much, should I use a
regular condom, and not have to worry
about any of the infections, and alongside
with that, is it even worth buying the
spermicide coated condoms?
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Llewellyn
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-16-07 15:41pm
I only use condoms coated with spermicide.
I have never had a problem with them.
Some people do have allergies to
spermicide, although that isn't the norm.
Most condoms (at least around where I
live) have spermicide. It's not as easy
to find ones that don't have it.
The main ingredient in spermicides which
has taken so much heat is nonoxynol-9.
There is still a lot of controversy about
it. Some people say it's dangerous,
others are all for it. You could look
into this site more. I have only looked
at it a little. It looks like they sell
all kinds of condoms, none of which have
nonoxynol-9:
http://www.Ripnroll.Com/n
onoxynol9.Htm
so it is up to you as far as what side of
the debate you want to take with
nonoxynol-9. The main issue that some
people have with n-9 is that it may
increase the chances of getting hiv. In
some studies, researchers found that
participants who used n-9 were more likely
to get hiv.
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Carifairy
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 2610 Location: Charlotte n.c.
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Posted: 02-16-07 16:31pm
Have you considered birth cotnrol pill use
at all?
Condoms alone can break, and it is always
good to have a back-up.
In case you are under 18, you do not need
parental consent, and at places like
planned parenthood, it can be free =)
also, if a condom breaks, you can use the
morning after pill up to 5 days after sex,
but it is most effective within 3 days.
