the birth control pill was made available in 1912.
the birth control pill was made available in 1912.
when was the birth control pill made available?
1912
but condom sales continued to grow. from 1955 to 1965, 42% of americans of reproductive age relied on condoms for birth control. in britain from 1950 to 1960, 60% of married couples used condoms. for the more economical-minded, cement-dipped condoms continued to be available long after the war. in 1957, durex introduced the world's first lubricated condom. beginning in the 1960s, the japanese used more condoms per capita than any other nation in the world. the birth control pill became the world's most popular method of birth control in the years after its 1960 debut, but condoms remained a strong second. a survey of british women between 1966 and 1970 found that the condom was the most popular birth control method with single women. new manufacturers appeared in the soviet union, which had never restricted condom sales. the u.s. agency for international development pushed condom use in developing countries to help solve the "world population crises": by 1970 hundreds of millions of condoms were being used each year in india alone.
history of condoms
the combination of spironolactone with a birth control pill in the treatment of acne appears to have similar effectiveness to a birth control pill alone and the combination of a birth control pill with cyproterone acetate, flutamide, or finasteride. however, this was based on low- to very-low-quality evidence. spironolactone may be more effective than birth control pills in the treatment of acne, and the combination of spironolactone with a birth control pill may have greater effectiveness for acne than either alone. in addition, some clinical research has found that flutamide is more effective than spironolactone in the treatment of acne. in one study, flutamide decreased acne scores by 80% within 3 months, whereas spironolactone decreased symptoms by only 40% in the same time period. however, the use of flutamide for acne is limited by its liver toxicity. bicalutamide is a potential alternative to flutamide for acne as well. spironolactone can be considered as a first-line treatment for acne in those who have failed other standard treatments such as topical therapies and under certain other circumstances, although this is controversial due to the side effects of spironolactone and its teratogenicity.
spironolactone