N-9 film study a blow for microbicide research

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N-9 film study a blow for microbicide research

Aids Alert 12(6): 66-68

1997

ISSN/ISBN: 0887-0292

PMID: 11364359

Document Number: 271041

A two-year study of female sex workers in Cameroon has shown that nonoxynol-9 (N-9) did not protect women from acquiring AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. N-9 is the most common vaginal spermicide. An earlier study indicated that N-9 was effective against gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV. However, those findings have been disproved by this large-scale study. Current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines recommend using N-9 with condoms.