I didn't know I was allergic/sensitive to spermicide
And there's really only one way to find out, isn't there?

Met a lady in grad school. Took her back to my place, and we bedded down for the night, too tired/drunk to do anything until morning. Next morning, snap on a condom with spermicide (I bought them to be extra-safe but hadn't used them yet). We go to it; she leaves for work; I go about my morning clean up.

I decide to take a leak and scream. It BURNS!!! My first thought: she gave me something. Then I regain some logic and realize it'd take more than 45 minutes for it to fully infect me. So what the f*** is happening?

I go to work, and every time I use the bathroom, screaming agony and burning pain. Even when I am not passing water, burning, aching and pain. I suspect the spermicide.

The boss leaves, so I call the women's clinic begging for a little insight. They won't see me because I am male, and they won't give advice over the phone. Finally, the woman says, "I won't give advice, but something like that could happen, and anyone suffering with it should drink plenty of clean water to flush it out." So, the advice is to keep pissing until it stops burning... Well, the water cooler is distilled water, so work is a day of literal pissing and moaning, as we the rest of the evening.

I spent the night watching tv with an ice pack between my legs, too.
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Sat 31 Jul 2010, 17:38, 5 replies)

Apart from the fact that upwards
of 5% of the population are alergic to Nox9 it also increases the risks of tearing or other skin legions, vastly increasing the likelyhood of getting an infection and/or contracting an STD from your partner.

Check out the side-effect secion of wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonoxynol-9#Side_effects

afaik it's still the most common spermicide in condoms today.
( zacherynuk @echo off, Sat 31 Jul 2010, 17:46, closed)

Well...
I sure won't be using it again.
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Sat 31 Jul 2010, 20:45, closed)

I'm a girl who's allergic...
...to spermicide too. Only problem is we can't urinate it out. It just exfoliates your innards until it's gone. Quite painful as it turns out... Once bitten and all that, we use the sensitive condoms now, no spermicide present!
(Mediumsizedbear is trying to be littler., Sat 31 Jul 2010, 22:13, closed)

nonoxyl9
That stuff is evil.
I once ( and only once) used a contraceptive foam, Delfen I think it was called.
I wanted to cut out my ovaries with a rusty machete afterwards.
Pure corrosive nonoxyl 9


Durex Elite in the purple box are spermicide free, or if you can get some called Kiss of Mint ( US only)
Pleasure without the pain
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sun 1 Aug 2010, 0:45, closed)

?
did you ever get confirmation that that's what it was?
(fai is rocking khaz modan server as of, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 2:57, closed)

Not per se
But the woman at the clinic saying, "now, I'm not saying that this is what you have or do..." was good enough.

I am disease free, testing shows.
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 21:06, closed)