Elderly people in South Africa are discarding pills for condoms
because the lubricant oil on the latex helps alleviate arthritis-related
pain, a daily reported Friday.
They rub the condoms on the painful joints, and claim to feel instant relief, the Sowetan said.
“This oil is number one,” Elizabeth Moyo told the paper after demonstrating how she uses the condoms. “I am tired of the pills.”
Condoms are readily available, often for free, in South Africa, which
has one of the world’s highest HIV infection rates with one in 10
people testing positive.
There is no scientific evidence that condoms help with pain relief,
and medical experts are concerned that condoms will now be wasted and
not used for their rightful purpose, the daily said.
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