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Is Pulling Out And Spermicide Effective ?

Spermicide is one of the birth control methods for use by women. This contains a chemical which stops the sperm from moving, thereby preventing it from joining the egg. Spermicides are available in the form of creams, film, foam, gels and suppositories.

  

Spermicides are not a successful method of birth control. Their failure rate is much higher than even the withdrawal method, also known as pulling out. So, for pregnancy prevention spermicide alone would not be the best contraceptive. Spermicide can be used in addition to withdrawal as it could offer a "back-up" in the event of failure in case the man is not able to pull out in time.  Withdrawal or pulling out, in other words, does have the advantage of free availability. Secondly, there are no side effects associated with this form of contraception. The estimated failure rate is also comparatively low. However, this does not help in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Of course, if the partners have been tested for such diseases and if both are fine, then there might not be an issue.

To make spermicide more effective, a woman has to use it correctly. It has been reported that even in spite of using the spermicides as directed, 15 out of 100 women get pregnant and if not used as directed, then the number increases to 29 out of 100 women. Moreover, spermicide does not prevent sexually transmitted diseases also.

When a birth control method is not effective in preventing pregnancy and neither does it help in preventing sexually transmitted diseases, then it is better to switch to some more reliable and safer method of birth control.

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