Sex lubricant could stop HIV and herpes
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22127964-5001028,00.html
Health nurse what do you think?
Too good to be true?
Hi xylander2002
This is a true news article, it is a microbicide called VivaGel which is being made by a company called Starpharma. Here is a link to their website.
http://www.starpharma.com/vivagel.asp
There has been a great deal of interest and recent work on microbicide’s
A microbicide is a substance whose purpose is to reduce the infectivity of microbes e.g. virus, bacteria etc. The idea is that you could place the gel on condoms, in the vagina, rectum or on the penis. In theory it should reduce your chances of getting HIV by inactivating the virus.
There are a number of products at various stages in the research process. The alliance of microbicide development believe it is possible that a product may be available by the end of the decade. Here is a link to their website.
http://www.microbicide.org/
Let’s keep our fingers crossed; this would be a fantastic product if they can get it to work.
HN