Story highlights Consumers have struggled for years with shortages of basic food and supplies

CNN tries to find condoms in pharmacies and discovers few of them and outrageous prices

Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) Shortages of basic products such as corn, milk and chicken have plagued Venezuela for years, creating long lines at supermarkets and pushing inflation well past the 60% mark just in the last year alone.

More recently, shortages are affecting people in the South American country in a more personal way. Venezuelan consumers complain condoms and birth control pills are nowhere to be found. Shortages that first affected the dining table have now made their way into the bedroom.

CNN visited eight pharmacies in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. Four had no condoms at all and the other four had limited availability. A couple only carried only one domestic brand.

Yuraima Bacher, a pharmacy manager, said her establishment doesn't get supplies with the frequency they once did.

"Can you believe it? It's been two weeks [since the last shipment]. Things have been slow since early January, and it's been the same thing so far this month," Bacher said.

Read More