fist lubricante substitude

[Dododecapod]

I find the best lubricant to be an unblended Olive Oil. My partner and I heat it in boiling water first (in a plastic bag) to ensure sterility, and have found it works better than anything else we've tried.

Does tend to be a bit messy though.

[mythicat]

I'm bettin antibiotic ointment would also be bad if you applied it to something which turned out to be a viral infection...tho not sure how common those are in topical wounds.

Regardless of price, I don't think I'd use it as a lube. I would be concerned about killing off the good bacteria and throwing things out of balance...just like happens with oral antibiotics.

I find the best lubricant to be an unblended Olive Oil.

Mmmmm...warm olive oil is my favorite too. Can't even open a bottle anymore without getting all warm and tingly from that deliciously rich aroma.

[Curtis]

I'd stay away from the ointment because unneccessarily medicating is never advisable. In this instance, it could lead to evolving a resistant strain of bacteria. It would kill off some/most/all of the flora in the areas it touched, but since it would only touch the lowest six or eight inches (15-20cm) of the colon, and essentially no digestion goes on in that region, probably no problem in that regard (there is a small amount of water resorption happening down there, but even that mostly happens higher in the large intestine).

I doubt your anibiotic ointment would have much effect on a virus, since most of them are specifically anti-bacterial. If it's dual-use anti-bacterial/anti-viral, it should say so on the label. I don't think many viruses are found on the skin; I think they're mostly active in the bloodstream, which a topical agent wouldn't touch.

Sounds like a topic for norcod!