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More Nonoxynol Study NeededDecember 2001/January 2002 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! Research on the ability of some sexual lubricants to kill HIV in test tubes, conducted by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, may lead some of us to believe we can lose the latex. But a lot more research still needs to be done. Similar findings were reported about Nonoxynol-9 (N-9) some years back and subsequent studies in humans proved that N-9 actually increased the risk of HIV transmission. What UTMB has learned so far is that three lubricants -- Astroglide, Vagisil and ViAmor -- have significant abilities to kill HIV in test tubes. Unlike N-9, these lubricants do not have the irritating effects inside the vagina and the rectum, which caused N-9 to increase the risk of HIV infection. Findings of this study can be found in the July 20 issue of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.
Back to the December 2001/January 2002 issue of Positive Living.
A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by AIDS Project Los Angeles. It is a part of the publication Positive Living.
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