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Common name
Pharmatex (Benzalkonium Chloride)
Description
Pharmatex is a modern not hormonal contraceptive means made in France, which has no contra-indications and fits any woman. Pharmatex is a contraceptive preparation for local application. It also exerts anti-microbe influence.
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Active Ingredients:
Benzalkonium Chloride
Therapeutic actions:
Vaginal spermicides are a type of contraceptive (birth control). These products are inserted into the vagina before any genital contact occurs or sexual intercourse begins. They work by damaging and killing sperm in the vagina. Therefore, the sperm are not able to travel from the vagina into the uterus and fallopian tubes, where fertilization usually takes place. Vaginal spermicides when used alone are much less effective in preventing pregnancy than birth control pills or the IUD or spermicides used with another form of birth control, such as cervical caps, condoms, or diaphragms. Studies have shown that when spermicides are used alone, pregnancy usually occurs in 21 of each 100 women during the first year of spermicide use . The number of pregnancies is reduced when spermicides are used with another method, especially the condom. Discuss with a doctor what your options are for birth control and the risks and benefits of each method.
What is it used for?:
(Indications:)
Pharmatex is simultaneously spermicide and an antiseptic. In vitro the preparation is effective against Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia spp., Trichomonas Vaginalis, a virus of a Herpes type 2, Staphylococcus Aureus. The preparation has little effect on Mycoplasma spp. And the medicine is not efficacious against Gardnerelia Vaginalis, Candida Albicans, Haernophilus Ducreyl and Treponema Pallidum. The preparation does not injure normal micro flora of a vagina and a hormonal cycle.
Contraindications and cautions:
Use in patients with a known hypersensitivity to benzalkonium chloride. If irritation of vagina or penis occurs the use of product should cease. The product should only be recommended to individuals who understand the appropriate use of the agent.
Side effects:
The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect - allergy to benzalkonium chloride
Interactions:
Tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Soap and other anionic surfactants even in trace amounts inactivate this spermicide. Bathing or swimming must be avoided as the efficiency of the product is affected.
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