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FDA issues draft guidance for condom labels.(News)

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New guidance from the Food and Drug Administration proposes that latex condom labels inform users that condoms greatly reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk of pregnancy and the risk of contracting or spreading HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases.

The draft guidance from FDA, which is nonbinding, also recommends that the package insert for latex condoms say that condoms cannot protect against STDs such as human papilloma virus and genital herpes when they spread through contact with infected skin outside the area covered by the condom and states that nonoxynol-9 could irritate the vagina and rectum and therefore may increase the risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS from an infected partner.

The proposed guidance is the result of a 5-year-old law that directs the FDA to ensure that condom labels are medically accurate, specifically in regard to their overall effectiveness in preventing ...

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