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Choosing The Right Personal Lubricant

Many customers ask us about lubricants, which are best, which contain benzocaine, etc... Below is some info to help you find the right personal lubricant. Please Note: All lubes on our website are safe for use with condoms and toys unless otherwise noted.

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About Climax Control Condoms

"It's a tantra master wrapped in foil, the antidote to impatient passion. Two lines of "climax control" condoms that contain a mild anethetic, Benzocaine, promise men the sort of self-restraint that once required tantric meditation or at least a distracting thought or two during sex.

Durex Sex Survey

Who is Doing It and How Often: Although we don't recommend comparing your sex life to what others consider to be normal, it can be interesting to see how often other couples have intercourse.

HPV Information

Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted, and they can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own.

Center of Disease Control Male Latex Condom Fact Sheet

In June 2000, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), convened a workshop to evaluate the published evidence establishing the effectiveness of latex male condoms in preventing STDs, including HIV. A summary report from that workshop was completed in July 2001 (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ dmid/stds/condomreport.pdf). This fact sheet is based on the NIH workshop report and additional studies that were not reviewed in that report or were published subsequent to the workshop (see link for additional references). Most epidemiologic studies comparing rates of STD transmission between condom users and non-users focus on penile-vaginal intercourse.

Condoms: Barriers to Bad News

What do condoms have in common with toothpaste and toilet paper?

Not enough, according to Adam Glickman, owner of the Condomania stores in New York and Los Angeles. Glickman, who has sold condoms by the millions to individuals and organizations such as the Peace Corps and Planned Parenthood, says condoms should be viewed as ordinary, like toothpaste and toilet paper. "People have gotten past asking, 'Isn't brushing my teeth every morning a hassle?' Given the world we live in, wearing condoms is something you just have to do, like brushing your teeth. The stakes are too high."

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Setting the Record Straight About Vaginal Contraceptive Film

Posted by Condom Depot on 11/24/2005

I am so suprised that nobody is talking or having any comments about VCF which I used all the time. My partner and I are totally confident in that product. Could you touch a word on it? -Manuel, St Paul, MN

Vaginal contraceptive film (VCF) is a soluble film -- a super thin, wafer-like substance filled with spermicide, usually nonoxynol-9 -- that's inserted into the vagina before intercourse and then "melts," delivering spermicide (chemicals that kill sperm) into the vaginal barrel as a form of contraception. Nonoxynol-9 is also available in jelly, cream, foam, suppository, and tablet forms, and is coated on some lubed condoms; however, these condoms have been found to offer no more protection against pregnancy than those without spermicidal lube.

VCF, when used alone, is far less effective against pregnancy than a condom, which, when used consistently and correctly,[The Condom} offers a 97 percent protection rate. VCF seems to be most effective when used as a back up with another form of birth control. As far as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are concerned, although VCF may reduce the risk of getting a bacterial STD, such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, by about 25 percent, it does not protect against them. The only form of birth control effective for STD prevention is a condom.

The following ideas can help increase the contraceptive effectiveness of VCF:

* Using dry, clean fingers, insert one VCF sheet into your vagina, making sure it's placed on or near your cervix.
* Wait at least fifteen minutes after insertion to allow the VCF to dissolve in the vagina before having intercourse.
* Use a new VCF for each sex session as a single application is good for up to only one hour after initial insertion.

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