Durex Abandons Nonoxydol

(Los Angeles, California) Durex, one of the biggest condom makers in the country, has announced it has stopped production of condoms coated with the controversial lubricant Nonoxynol-9, also known as N-9.

Until recently, N-9 was believed to be an effective chemical barrier against HIV and a variety of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). But, recent studies published by the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and numerous peer-reviewed medical journals have concluded that N-9 not only does not help prevent STIs, it may actually increase the risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Durex joins a host of other condoms and personal lubricant manufacturers that have stopped making products with Nonoxynol-9 including Mayer Laboratories, the makers of Kimono and Maxx condoms, and Johnson &Johnson, the makers of KY products.

The only major brands still manufacturing spermicide-coated condoms are Trojan and Lifestyles.

"The fastest way to get people to stop using N-9 condoms is to simply take them off the shelves," said Anna Forbes, North Programs Coordinator for the Global Campaign for Microbicides, based in Washington, DC

Good Riddance! The stuff smelled bad and not a good taste for ladies. KY jelly is a good lubricant but the best is astroglide, I used to buy individual sachets in the U.K. £5 for 100, anyone know where I can buy astroglide in the LOS?