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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Contraceptives and HIV transmission. Marx replies [letter]

AUTHORS

Marx PA

SOURCE

NATURE MEDICINE. 1997 Feb;3(2):124.

ABSTRACT

We agree with the above opinions regarding the information gleaned from the literature and from their studies on

Depo-Provera. David Satcher (Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) stresses that any woman

who wishes to control fertility and has found a suitable contraceptive method should continue using it, but dual

methods should be used for persons who are at risk of HIV infection. Only abstinence and male latex condoms have

been shown to effectively prevent sexual transmission of HIV. In fact, the US Food and Drug Administration already

requires that non-barrier contraceptives must include labeling stating that they do not provide protection against HIV

infection. Duerr et al. point out that the effects of progestins on HIV transmission will be difficult to determine. This

is also true and is the reason we used the monkey model. This model provides the opportunity to test hypotheses in

a controlled manner that would be impossible in human subjects. Duerr et al. also indicate that the risk of SIV

infection throughout the menstrual cycle may be less than the 7.7-fold we reported. This is a possible interpretation

of some of our data, but was not in the design of the study and sufficient animals were not used to study this in

particular. Our study only tested the hypothesis that progesterone enhanced vaginal transmission of SIV, and that

hypothesis was proven. The question posed by Duerr et al. is being addressed in our new study. (full text modified)

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 515-06)

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