Can Clotrimazole ointment affect condoms?

You will read an opinion on when you can have sex after the end of the Gynoxin Optima treatment below: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/opinie-i-pytania/70198/gynoxin-po-jakim-czasie-od-zakonczenia-kuracji-gynoxin-optima-mozna-zaczac-wspo Under the name Clotrimazolum, creams from various manufacturers are available. In the leaflets of these products you can find information that clotrimazole applied topically to the mucous membranes of the external genital organs can damage mechanical contraceptives made of latex such as condoms and thus weaken their effectiveness. "Therefore, during treatment with clotrymazole and for at least 5 days after its completion, other contraceptives should be used. It is necessary to contact the doctor in order to choose another method of preventing pregnancy": https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/18712/clotrimazolum-gsk-tabletki-dopochwowe/ulotka/11894 In general, however, intercourse at a time when there are symptoms and it is necessary to use antifungal creams is not advisable. There is a risk of transmitting the infection to the partner. Even if a condom is used, this is not the right thing to do - the vaginal mucosa should have time to recover and recover.