Birth Control Failure Rates

[Brandye]

If 100 women have regular sex for a year, the number who become pregnant will be:

No protection - 85

Withdrawal - 40

Condoms alone - 10

Spermicide alone - 15

Hormone (pill, etc) - 3

Condoms plus spermicide in the vagina - 3

IUD - 4

This all assumes protection, properly used, every time. The spermicide on the condom should be considered lube. There is not enough to really protect against pregnancy. There should be 150 mg's of spermicide in the vagina and the normal dose (applicator, sheet, tablet, suppository) of whatever you are using will provide this.

[JustWondering50]

You know, this is much more helpful than trying to look it up on the internet. You say exactly what I needed to know.
Thanks.

[Brandye]

'Welcome, de Nada, bitte or whatever you speak in Somewhere!

[JustWondering50]

Thank you. I speak plain english. Haha.

[_Alex_]

Any idea what the numbers would be for condoms plus the Pill?

[HardNgood]

Originally Posted by _Alex_

Any idea what the numbers would be for condoms plus the Pill?

way less than an unplanned pregnancy

[demonbuttercup]

well if the pill is 3/100... condom plus pill would have to be less than that... like 2/100 or 1/100

[Brandye]

The number would be infinitesimal. Something like 5 in 10,000. Remember, this is pregnancy. The condom also protects against trasmittable disease.

[Newtolove]

you could say pill =3 condom=10 so either way around you would gest the same result by say 10 % of 3 % or 3 % of 10 %

[mcsgirl]

can an oral medication for acne (doxycycline) affect the effectiveness of the pill?