Yes your reading is fine and no Dr Shock is still in good health. Discovered this article in the BMJ: Coca-Cola douches and contraception. It appears that
Coca-Cola douches were a part of folklore about birth control during the 1950s and 1960s, before effective contraceptive methods were readily available. It was rumoured that the acidity of Coca-Cola killed sperm, and the classic coke bottle provided a convenient “shake and shoot” applicator.
Why it doesn’t work?
- A toxicology study found that Coca-Cola has only a weak spermicidal effect
- a well placed sperm can reach the cervical canal within seconds, thus escaping the effect of postcoital douching solution.
- Moreover, a coca-cola douche can have severe adverse effects
You can read about these side effects if your interested here. Luckily science has invented better contraceptives since the fifties.
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