Coca-cola Douches Not Good Contraceptive
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.
aqua
January 6, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
No wonder there was a baby boom!