Birth control condoms

Therefore women should not only insist that their partner uses a condom during sexual intercourse, but they should also use some other form of birth control to ensure they do not become pregnant. This is often a problem with drug users because certain drugs (especially barbiturates) can affect the action of the birth control pill, so the cap or coil are safer. 

Contraceptives and other birth control methods have been used throughout human history. Ancient methods included a plethora of potions, condoms made from animal skins,... 

Birth control may also involve a spermicide, such as the nonoxynol-9 shown in Table 14.3. When used in conjunction with a barrier device, such as a condom or a cervical diaphragm, spermicides can be close to 95 percent effective at preventing pregnancy. 

Probably the most widely used hormone preparations in the world are those used in healthy women who are not suffering from a disease. These are, of course, birth control pills, which usually contain derivatives of estrogen and progesterone. While they can be used in certain gynecologic disorders with efficacy, the vast majority of prescriptions are written to prevent pregnancy. Their development introduced a new era in society a virtually 100 percent effectiveness, replacing IUDs (intrauterine devices), condoms, creams, jellies, and diaphragms. 

The condom has gained favor as a method of birth control because it may protect the user from sexually transmitted disease. With the current concern about AIDS, condoms should be recommended to most couples. 

It is likely that nevirapine induces the metabolism of the components of the oral contraceptive by cytochrome P450 isoenzymes. Although it is not known whether these modest reductions in levels would reduce the anti-ovulatory efficacy of the combined oral contraceptive, it would be prudent to assume they could. The manufacturers recommend that combined oral contraceptives and other hormonal methods of birth control should not be used as the sole method of contraception in women taking nevirapine. They suggest that a barrier method (e.g. condoms) should also be used, and note that this is also advisable to reduce the risk of HTV transmission. The Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care (FFPRHC) Clinical Effectiveness Unit notes that nevirapine can induce liver enzymes and may reduce the levels of ethinylestradiol and progestogens. They therefore recommend that their guidance on hormonal contraceptives and liver enzyme inducers is followed, see Hormonal contraceptives + Antiepileptics Barbiturates or Phenytoin , p.985 for fiir-ther detail. 

Any disease that is passed (tom one individual to another during sexual intercourse or other types of sexual activity. These diseases have b n traditionally referred to as venereal diseases. They include gonorrhoea, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonor-rhoeae, syphilis, due to infection by the bacterium Treponema pallidum genital herpes, which Is caused by a herpesvirus and AIDS, resulting from infection with HIV, a retrovirus. The transmission of sexually transmitted diseases can be reduced by limiting the number of sexual partners and by the use of condoms (see birth control), which reduces the risk of contact with body fluids that harbour the microorganisms that cause these diseases. 

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