The ONE Male Condom is the first condom to be approved by the FDA for anal sex

The ONE Male Condom is now able to carry the claim that it provides effective protection during anal sex because it is the first condom to receive this approval.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has given its first-ever approval for the use of a condom during anal sexual activity. In an announcement made yesterday, the federal agency stated that the condom manufacturer, One, is permitted to label its ONE Male Condom as a method for reducing the risk of transmitting STIs during anal intercourse in addition to the risk of pregnancy and STIs when used during vaginal intercourse. This is in addition to the risk of spreading sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when used during sexual activity.

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On this point, the FDA has approved hundreds of different condoms, but manufacturers are only allowed to make the claim that their condoms are safe and effective for use during vaginal sexual activity. The availability of data indicating that condoms are more likely to slip or break during anal sex adds to the difficulty of designing a condom that effectively protects during anal sex. It should come as no surprise that professionals in the field of sexual health and authorities in the field of medicine have maintained for a long time that it is still beneficial to use condoms during anal sex, regardless of the labeling. According to the announcement made by the FDA, unprotected anal sexual activity poses "the greatest sexual exposure risk of HIV transmission" than any other type of sexual activity.

Therefore, for ONE to obtain this unprecedented authorization, the company was required to demonstrate that its condom is effective during anal sex. Following the manufacturer's presentation of clinical trial data confirming a failure rate (i.e., slippage and/or breakage) of less than one percent when used for anal sex, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the natural rubber latex ONE Male Condom its stamp of approval.

The research was carried out at Emory University over the course of a year, beginning in May 2016 and ending in May 2017, with a total of 504 male participants aged 18 to 54, of whom half had sexual encounters with other men and the other half had sexual encounters with women. The findings of the study indicate that the ONE Male Condom had a total failure rate of 0.68 percent for anal intercourse and 1.89 percent for vaginal intercourse. The fact that condoms have been shown to be effective at providing protection during anal intercourse is without a doubt a victory for public health, as professionals in the field of global health have spent years researching condoms designed specifically for anal sex and finding only limited success.

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If you are interested in purchasing the recently FDA-approved ONE Condoms, the brand offers sixty different size options to assist you in finding the perfect fit. This is important because condoms that are either too tight or too loose can increase the risk of breakage and/or slippage. In addition to this, using a condom that is comfortable to wear and fits snugly increases the likelihood that you will actually go through with the act of putting one on in the first place. A separate study was carried out by the Emory team in the year 2020, in which they questioned more than 10,000 men who had sex with other men. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said that they would be more encouraged to use condoms for anal sex if the FDA approved condoms for use in anal sex.

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To put it succinctly, this is a BFD. According to Aaron Siegler, Ph.D., the lead study author of the brand's clinical trials, in a press release, "There have been over 300 condoms approved for use with vaginal sex data, and never before has a condom been approved based on anal sex data." This was stated by Dr. Aaron Siegler. "Never before has a condom been approved based on anal sex data." "This is despite the fact that oral sexual activity is responsible for two-thirds of all HIV transmissions in the United States." If condoms have been tested and approved for use during anal sex, users will have confidence in their ability to stop the spread of HIV.