Word: nonoxynol
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...with ten ounces of water, the test used by the U.S. Government, all brands managed to pass. But researchers got different results when they filled condoms with several quarts of air, the standard required by such countries as Denmark and Canada. Two types of condoms, LifeStyles Extra Strength with Nonoxynol-9 (a spermicide) and LifeStyles Nuda Plus, flunked the test 10% of the time. Consumer Reports labeled many of the samples "grossly defective." A spokesman for their manufacturer, Ansell Inc. of Dothan, Ala., declared, "Consumer Reports does not understand condoms." As for the Nonoxynol-9 product, the company said that...
Until vaccines become available, many doctors urge that a combination of condoms and spermicides be used to prevent sexual transmission of AIDS. Laboratory tests show that nonoxynol-9, the active ingredient in many U.S. spermicides, can prevent the virus from reproducing. A more potent product, under development by Exovir in Great Neck, N.Y., would contain both nonoxynol- 9 and alpha interferon, a combination that compounds the killing effect. Pharmatex, a spermicide sold in Europe and Africa, also appears to inhibit the virus in the test tube...
Invented by Bruce Vorhauer, 41, a biomedical engineer, the new product is a soft polyurethane sponge 5.5 cm wide and 2 cm thick, permeated with a common spermicide, nonoxynol 9, that has been on the market for 20 years. The product combines the barrier aspects of the diaphragm with the principal advantages of the less effective male condom. In tests, the sponge has proved to be as effective as the diaphragm: studies for one year of thousands of women, some of whom may not have used contraception diligently or properly, have shown that both methods prevent pregnancy...