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surfville Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 95				Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:43 am    Post subject: Nonoxynol-9 May Increase HIV Transmission Risk     Quote: Nonoxynol-9 (N-9), a spermicide found in many sexual lubricants and on many lubricated condoms. N-9 was found to strip away the outer layer of skin inside the vagina and the rectum. HIV that wasn't killed entered the bloodstream more easily, thereby increasing the risk of HIV transmission by as much as 50 percent when compared to using a water-based lubricant without N-9. http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art32875.html How will you react on this? Seems like this is not widely told to condom consumers. Seems like there is a betrayal on this...
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bizofwords Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 167				Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Nonoxynol-9 May Increase HIV Transmission Risk     surfville wrote: Quote: Nonoxynol-9 (N-9), a spermicide found in many sexual lubricants and on many lubricated condoms. N-9 was found to strip away the outer layer of skin inside the vagina and the rectum. HIV that wasn't killed entered the bloodstream more easily, thereby increasing the risk of HIV transmission by as much as 50 percent when compared to using a water-based lubricant without N-9. http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art32875.html How will you react on this? Seems like this is not widely told to condom consumers. Seems like there is a betrayal on this... Well, I know that I've seen that information since the mid to late 1990s, so it's been out there - but not as widely publicized as it could be
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