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• HOW A VICTORIAN HEART MEDICE BEME A GAY SEX DG
• PREVALENCE, EQUENCY, AND MOTIVATNS FOR ALKYL NRE E AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA
• REARCH PAPERPREVALENCE, EQUENCY, AND MOTIVATNS FOR ALKYL NRE E AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA
• THE FOLX GUI TO POPPERS (AMYL NRATE)POPPERS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE AND LARGER CULTURAL NON FOR S. WE’VE PROVID RMATN ABOUT THIS RECREATNAL DG TO HELP YOU STAY SAFE, PECIALLY DURG PRI SEASON THIS SUMMER.COMMUNYJUNE 28, 2022 .  MIN READTHIS ARTICLE WAS CLILLY REVIEWED BY: MICHELLE, MD; RONI, FNP, ACUPUNCTURIST, PMHNP-C; AND JS, DNP. POPPERS IS A NAME FOR A CHEMIL HALANT LLED AMYL NRE. PACKAGED SMALL BOTTL, THEY N BE SOLD AS ROOM AROMAS OR ODORIZERS AND EVEN “VHS CLEANERS”. YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THE BRAND, RUSH, NECKLAC, BACK POCKETS, OR PURS. THEY’RE A MON PART OF GAY NIGHTLIFE AND THE OVERALL QUEER CULTURAL NON AND BEYOND. IN NIGHTLIFE SCEN, PEOPLE HALE POPPERS BY CLOSG ONE NOSTRIL WH THEIR POTER FGER AND HALG EPLY WH THE OTHER OPEN NOSTRIL.WE KNOW THE ROLE THAT POPPERS PLAY OUR MUNY AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU STAY SAFE WHILE G THEM. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POPPERS AND HOW THEY TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX CLICIANS.WHAT ARE POPPERS?WHEN AMYL NRATE WAS VELOPED THE 19TH CENTURY, WAS ED TO TREAT THOSE WH CHT PA OR ANGA. SOON, S BENEFS WERE DISVERED AS BEME MORE KNOWN. WHILE POPPERS N BE ED FOR DIFFERENT MEDIL AILMENTS, THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE’S E OF POPPERS IS PURELY RECREATNAL. THOUGH AMYL NRATE IS A LEGAL SUBSTANCE, ’S TECHNILLY ILLEGAL TO SELL THEM OVER THE UNTER FOR HUMAN NSUMPTN; HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILL OFTEN SOLD “UNR” THE UNTER AT SEX SHOPS, ONLE RETAILERS, ETC. MAKG THEM STILL FAIRLY ACCSIBLE.ADAM ZMH, THOR OF DEEP SNIFF: A HISTORY OF POPPERS AND QUEER FUTUR, SCRIB HOW AMYL NRATE GOT S LLOQUIAL NAME: “AMYL NRATE WAS SOLD SEALED GLASS AMPOUL, WHICH WERE CSHED BY ERS TO RELEASE THE VAPOUR OF THE LIQUID SI. THIS ACTN MA A ‘POP’. THIS IS HOW AMYL NRATE, AND SIAR SUBSTANC, WERE PACKAGED AND ED BEFORE THE LTLE BROWN BOTTL WH SAFETY PS ME ALONG. IT’S ALSO HOW THEY GOT THEIR NAME ‘POPPERS’.”INHALG POPPERS N BE ED TO ENHANCE SEXUAL EXPERIENC BY RELAXG THE ANAL MCL AS WELL AS VAGAL MCL. HISTORILLY, POPPERS HAVE MA ANAL SEX EASIER AND MORE PLEASURABLE. ADDNALLY, POPPERS PRODUCE A SHORT-TERM, FUN, PHORIC, AND MOOD-ENHANCG HIGH WHERE YOU’RE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AND PERCEIVE THE WORLD A DIFFERENT LIGHT, SIARLY TO OTHER DGS.POPPERS WERE ORIGALLY VELOPED THE UK, AND THEREFORE WEREN’T YET TERTWED WH GAY CULTURE THE UNED STAT UNTIL THE 1970S. CORPORATNS BEGAN TARGETG POPPERS ADVERTISEMENTS TO GAY CISGENR MEN DURG THIS TIME, IATG TO GAY SUBCULTURE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH FULL-PAGE DISPLAY ADS (CLUDG EXPENSIVE SI AND BACK VERS) GAY MAGAZ AND NEWSPAPERS. ZMH ADDS:“SNIFFG POPPERS THE 1970S WAS A HUGE PART OF GAY LIFE THANKS TO THE EASE OF SENDG SUCH A SMALL PRODUCT THROUGH THE MAIL AND THE NCENTRATN OF NSUMERS NEW YORK, LOS ANGEL, AND SAN FRANSIS. IN NEW YORK, PETE FISHER, AN ACTIVIST AND WRER, WAS GOG TO SEX CLUBS WHERE ‘POPPERS PERFUMED THE THICK, MURKY AIR.’”AT THE BEGNG OF THE HIV EPIMIC, WHEN SCIENTISTS WERE STILL TRYG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AIDS, SOME SCIENTISTS IALLY THOUGHT HIV TRANSMISSN WAS LKED TO POPPERS. HOWEVER, THIS MISNCEPTN WAS BUNKED RATHER QUICKLY. DPE S HISTORIC POPULARY AMONG GAY CISGENR MEN, PEOPLE WH ALL GENRS AND SEXUALI NSUME POPPERS, CLUDG TRANSGENR MEN AND WOMEN, NONBARY PEOPLE, AND CISGENR WOMEN. POPPERS ARE NO LONGER JT A GAY RELIC, BUT A RECREATNAL DG POPULAR ENOUGH TO BE NSUMED OUTSI OF PRIMARILY GAY SPAC.‍WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF G POPPERS?POPPER HALATN FOLLOWS A QUICK, HEADSH AND FEELG OF LIGHTHEADNS. THOUGH THIS N ALSO ACPANY PHORIA AND A ZY HEAD HIGH, SOME PEOPLE REPORT EXPERIENCG A SHORT-TERM HEADACHE. THIS IS A MON SI EFFECT THAT TYPILLY GO AWAY QUICKLY MOMENTARILY, THOUGH CHECK WH YOUR HEALTH PROVIR IF THE HEADACHE PERSISTS THE MORNG AFTER AND BEYOND.THERE ARE GENERAL RISKS FOR EVERYONE NSUMG POPPERS, REGARDLS OF WHAT MEDITNS YOU’RE ON. YOU N GET CHEMIL BURNS ON THE SI OF YOUR NOSE. SCE ’S FLAMMABLE, POPPERS N EXPLO YOUR FACE WHEN EXPOSED TO FIRE OR HIGH HEAT.  RISKS OF G POPPERS CREAS WHEN NSUMED ALONGSI ALHOL AND OTHER DGS WHICH ALONG WH THE HIGH, ALSO IMPAIR CISN MAKG. POPPERS N TERACT WH AS STIMULANTS/METHAMPHETAM, G IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS. POPPERS ALSO N TERACT WH ED MEDITNS LIKE VIAGRA OR CIALIS FOR THAT THEY N DROP BLOOD PRSURE A DANGERO WAY. DOG POPPERS A PLASTIC BAG, AREAS WH POOR VENTILATN OR FLAME, N PUT SOMEONE AT RISK FOR ASPHYXIATN OR BURNS.“YOU SHOULD NEVER TASTE OR SWALLOW POPPERS AS THIS N BE FATAL AS BLOCKS BLOOD CELL ABILY TO RRY OXYGEN TO YOUR BODY,” EXPLAS FOLX CLICIAN AND MD MICHELLE FORCIER.THE RISK OF G POPPERS CREAS WHEN MIXED WH OTHER DGS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE MIXG POPPERS WH ALHOL N CREASE THE RISK OF RCG THE OXYGEN SUPPLY TO VAL ANS, N ALSO LEAD TO POOR JUDGMENT, TH FURTHER IMPAIRG YOUR CISN-MAKG WHILE UNR THE FLUENCE. ADDNALLY, MIXG POPPERS WH STIMULANTS/AMPHETAM (CLUDG METH AND KE AS WELL AS MEDITNS LIKE ADRALL, RAL, CONCERTA, ETC.) N PUT AN CREASED STRA ON YOUR HEART AND LEAD TO MORE STRS ON THE BODY, CREASG THE RISK OF A RDIAC EVENT, PECIALLY THOSE WH PRE-EXISTG HEART NDNS.THOUGH FATAL OVERDOS ARE RARE, THEY’RE STILL POSSIBLE. ACRDG TO THE MAYO CLIC, SYMPTOMS OF AN AMYL NRATE OVERDOSE CLU BLUISH-LORED LIPS, FGERNAILS, OR PALMS OF HANDS; DIZZS (EXTREME) OR FATG; FEELG OF EXTREME PRSURE THE HEAD; SHORTNS OF BREATH; UNUAL TIREDNS OR WEAKNS; AND WEAK AND FAST HEARTBEAT. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW EXPERIENC ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS, PLEASE SEEK URGENT MEDIL ATTENTN, AS THEY N LEAD TO ATH. “IT'S LIKE ANY SUBSTANCE [WHERE] YOU'RE G SOMETHG A WAY THAT'S NOT TEND, A WAY THAT UALLY BYPASS THE SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR S TEND E,” FORCIER ADDS.THERE ISN’T ANY SCIENTIFIC EVINCE YOU N GET ADDICTED TO POPPERS SPECIFILLY. HOWEVER, HALANT ABE (WHICH N CLU POPPERS) IS REAL AND ALIVE, PECIALLY WH MARGALIZED INTI FACG SYSTEMIC OPPRSN, SUCH AS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. LIKE WH ANY OTHER DG, E N TURN PROBLEMATIC WHEN TERFER WH OTHER PARTS OF YOUR LIFE, SUCH AS RELATNSHIPS, WORK, SCHOOL, ETC. WE ENURAGE YOU TO SEEK MUNY SUPPORT. FOLX MEMBERS N NTACT THEIR CLICIAN IF THEY ARE NCERNED ABOUT THEIR POPPERS E.HOW N I E POPPERS SAFELY?FOR THOSE WH NCERNS ABOUT HOW POPPERS TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX, RT ASSURED. THOUGH MEDIL FEARMONGERG AROUND GENR AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY WILL TELL YOU OTHERWISE, ’S STILL SAFE TO E POPPERS WHILE ON GAHT. FORCIER EXPLAS THAT G POPPERS WHILE PRCRIBED GAHT IS NOT LIKELY TO E ADDNAL PROBLEMS OR TERACTNS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THOSE ON EXCLIVELY ERECTILE DYSFUNCTN MEDITN N HAVE CREASED HEALTH RISKS, PARTICULARLY AROUND LOWERED BLOOD PRSURE, WHICH N LEAD TO DIZZS, LIGHTHEADNS, OR FATG. THOUGH FATG N LEAD TO ATH EXTREME S, FATG MORE MONLY JT LEADS TO FALLS OR OTHER JURI.“MOST OF THE TIME FATG DO NOT LEAD TO ATH,” ADDS FORCIER. “HOWEVER, FATG, A FALL, MULTI-SUBSTANCE TOXITN, AND HYDRATN A CHAOTIC OR UNSUPERVISED SETTG SURE IS DANGERO!”NOW THAT YOU UNRSTAND HOW POPPERS TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX, HERE ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS TO PLAN TO E POPPERS SAFELY ADVANCE, RPORATG HARM RCTN VALU. “IF YOU'RE ON [A DG] THAT SORT OF GIV YOU A HIGH AND CHANG THE WAY YOU THK AND VIEW THE WORLD, MAKG CISNS ABOUT PHYSIL HEALTH AND SAFETY BEE A LTLE B MORE DISTANT,” EXPLAS FORCIER.CONSIR THE “WHO” AND “WHERE” OF YOUR SETTG. PLAN AHEAD AND NSIR WHAT KD OF ENVIRONMENT YOU’LL BE NSUMG . THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE PACKG A BOTTLE OF WATER AND AN ELECTROLYTE PACKET ADVANCE TO ENSURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO STAY HYDRATED LATER. IT N ALSO LOOK LIKE BRGG SUNSCREEN IF YOU’RE OUTSI. ALSO, NSIR THE CROWD OF PEOPLE YOU’LL BE WH. DO A VIBE CHECK!SURROUND YOURSELF WH SAFE PEOPLE, IF POSSIBLE. CONSUME POPPERS (AND ANY DG) WH THOSE YOU TST. IF YOU’RE WH A SEXUAL PARTNER, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE YOU NFINT THEIR ABILY TO NSENT SEX, TO SAY “Y” AND “NO,” AS WELL AS “STOP” AND “GO?”STAY HYDRATED. IF YOU’RE NSUMG POPPERS, CHANC ARE YOU ARE A NIGHTLIFE OR FTIVAL ENVIRONMENT. YOU MIGHT BE DANCG AND ON YOUR FEET. MAKE AN EFFORT TO DRK AQUATE WATER TO OFFSET ANY CHANCE OF HYDRATN. TAKE BREAKS BY STG DOWN AND TCHG YOUR BREAK.FOLX CLICIANS REGNIZE HARM RCTN HEALTHRE AND ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU THROUGH DIFFERENT LIFTYLE CHOIC. FOLX MEMBERS WH QUTNS ABOUT POPPERS ARE ENURAGED TO START A NVERSATN WH THEIR CLICIAN. MSAGE YOUR CLICIAN QUTNS AND/OR SCHLE A TIME TO MEET WH THEM.‍RELATED ARTICLVIEW ALL POSTSCOMMUNYGENR-DIVERSE BOOKS FOR TWEENSAUGT 15, 2023 . 1 MIN READCOMMUNYSTIS 101: SYMPTOMS AND TTG BASICS FOR LGBTQIA+ FOLKSJULY 7, 2023 . 4 MIN READCOMMUNYDO LGBTQIA+ HEALTH CARE PROVIRS IMPROVE LGBTQIA+ WELL-BEG?JUNE 28, 2023 . 3 MIN READSIGN UP TO STAY UP TO DATE ON LGBTQIA+ HEALTHRE
• POPPERS: HOW GAY CULTURE BOTTLED A FORMULA THAT HAS BROKEN DOWN BOUNDARI

HOW A VICTORIAN HEART MEDICE BEME A GAY SEX DG

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PREVALENCE, EQUENCY, AND MOTIVATNS FOR ALKYL NRE E AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA

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REARCH PAPERPREVALENCE, EQUENCY, AND MOTIVATNS FOR ALKYL NRE E AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA

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THE FOLX GUI TO POPPERS (AMYL NRATE)POPPERS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE AND LARGER CULTURAL NON FOR S. WE’VE PROVID RMATN ABOUT THIS RECREATNAL DG TO HELP YOU STAY SAFE, PECIALLY DURG PRI SEASON THIS SUMMER.COMMUNYJUNE 28, 2022 .  MIN READTHIS ARTICLE WAS CLILLY REVIEWED BY: MICHELLE, MD; RONI, FNP, ACUPUNCTURIST, PMHNP-C; AND JS, DNP. POPPERS IS A NAME FOR A CHEMIL HALANT LLED AMYL NRE. PACKAGED SMALL BOTTL, THEY N BE SOLD AS ROOM AROMAS OR ODORIZERS AND EVEN “VHS CLEANERS”. YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THE BRAND, RUSH, NECKLAC, BACK POCKETS, OR PURS. THEY’RE A MON PART OF GAY NIGHTLIFE AND THE OVERALL QUEER CULTURAL NON AND BEYOND. IN NIGHTLIFE SCEN, PEOPLE HALE POPPERS BY CLOSG ONE NOSTRIL WH THEIR POTER FGER AND HALG EPLY WH THE OTHER OPEN NOSTRIL.WE KNOW THE ROLE THAT POPPERS PLAY OUR MUNY AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU STAY SAFE WHILE G THEM. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POPPERS AND HOW THEY TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX CLICIANS.WHAT ARE POPPERS?WHEN AMYL NRATE WAS VELOPED THE 19TH CENTURY, WAS ED TO TREAT THOSE WH CHT PA OR ANGA. SOON, S BENEFS WERE DISVERED AS BEME MORE KNOWN. WHILE POPPERS N BE ED FOR DIFFERENT MEDIL AILMENTS, THE QUEER NIGHTLIFE’S E OF POPPERS IS PURELY RECREATNAL. THOUGH AMYL NRATE IS A LEGAL SUBSTANCE, ’S TECHNILLY ILLEGAL TO SELL THEM OVER THE UNTER FOR HUMAN NSUMPTN; HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILL OFTEN SOLD “UNR” THE UNTER AT SEX SHOPS, ONLE RETAILERS, ETC. MAKG THEM STILL FAIRLY ACCSIBLE.ADAM ZMH, THOR OF DEEP SNIFF: A HISTORY OF POPPERS AND QUEER FUTUR, SCRIB HOW AMYL NRATE GOT S LLOQUIAL NAME: “AMYL NRATE WAS SOLD SEALED GLASS AMPOUL, WHICH WERE CSHED BY ERS TO RELEASE THE VAPOUR OF THE LIQUID SI. THIS ACTN MA A ‘POP’. THIS IS HOW AMYL NRATE, AND SIAR SUBSTANC, WERE PACKAGED AND ED BEFORE THE LTLE BROWN BOTTL WH SAFETY PS ME ALONG. IT’S ALSO HOW THEY GOT THEIR NAME ‘POPPERS’.”INHALG POPPERS N BE ED TO ENHANCE SEXUAL EXPERIENC BY RELAXG THE ANAL MCL AS WELL AS VAGAL MCL. HISTORILLY, POPPERS HAVE MA ANAL SEX EASIER AND MORE PLEASURABLE. ADDNALLY, POPPERS PRODUCE A SHORT-TERM, FUN, PHORIC, AND MOOD-ENHANCG HIGH WHERE YOU’RE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AND PERCEIVE THE WORLD A DIFFERENT LIGHT, SIARLY TO OTHER DGS.POPPERS WERE ORIGALLY VELOPED THE UK, AND THEREFORE WEREN’T YET TERTWED WH GAY CULTURE THE UNED STAT UNTIL THE 1970S. CORPORATNS BEGAN TARGETG POPPERS ADVERTISEMENTS TO GAY CISGENR MEN DURG THIS TIME, IATG TO GAY SUBCULTURE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH FULL-PAGE DISPLAY ADS (CLUDG EXPENSIVE SI AND BACK VERS) GAY MAGAZ AND NEWSPAPERS. ZMH ADDS:“SNIFFG POPPERS THE 1970S WAS A HUGE PART OF GAY LIFE THANKS TO THE EASE OF SENDG SUCH A SMALL PRODUCT THROUGH THE MAIL AND THE NCENTRATN OF NSUMERS NEW YORK, LOS ANGEL, AND SAN FRANSIS. IN NEW YORK, PETE FISHER, AN ACTIVIST AND WRER, WAS GOG TO SEX CLUBS WHERE ‘POPPERS PERFUMED THE THICK, MURKY AIR.’”AT THE BEGNG OF THE HIV EPIMIC, WHEN SCIENTISTS WERE STILL TRYG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AIDS, SOME SCIENTISTS IALLY THOUGHT HIV TRANSMISSN WAS LKED TO POPPERS. HOWEVER, THIS MISNCEPTN WAS BUNKED RATHER QUICKLY. DPE S HISTORIC POPULARY AMONG GAY CISGENR MEN, PEOPLE WH ALL GENRS AND SEXUALI NSUME POPPERS, CLUDG TRANSGENR MEN AND WOMEN, NONBARY PEOPLE, AND CISGENR WOMEN. POPPERS ARE NO LONGER JT A GAY RELIC, BUT A RECREATNAL DG POPULAR ENOUGH TO BE NSUMED OUTSI OF PRIMARILY GAY SPAC.‍WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF G POPPERS?POPPER HALATN FOLLOWS A QUICK, HEADSH AND FEELG OF LIGHTHEADNS. THOUGH THIS N ALSO ACPANY PHORIA AND A ZY HEAD HIGH, SOME PEOPLE REPORT EXPERIENCG A SHORT-TERM HEADACHE. THIS IS A MON SI EFFECT THAT TYPILLY GO AWAY QUICKLY MOMENTARILY, THOUGH CHECK WH YOUR HEALTH PROVIR IF THE HEADACHE PERSISTS THE MORNG AFTER AND BEYOND.THERE ARE GENERAL RISKS FOR EVERYONE NSUMG POPPERS, REGARDLS OF WHAT MEDITNS YOU’RE ON. YOU N GET CHEMIL BURNS ON THE SI OF YOUR NOSE. SCE ’S FLAMMABLE, POPPERS N EXPLO YOUR FACE WHEN EXPOSED TO FIRE OR HIGH HEAT.  RISKS OF G POPPERS CREAS WHEN NSUMED ALONGSI ALHOL AND OTHER DGS WHICH ALONG WH THE HIGH, ALSO IMPAIR CISN MAKG. POPPERS N TERACT WH AS STIMULANTS/METHAMPHETAM, G IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS. POPPERS ALSO N TERACT WH ED MEDITNS LIKE VIAGRA OR CIALIS FOR THAT THEY N DROP BLOOD PRSURE A DANGERO WAY. DOG POPPERS A PLASTIC BAG, AREAS WH POOR VENTILATN OR FLAME, N PUT SOMEONE AT RISK FOR ASPHYXIATN OR BURNS.“YOU SHOULD NEVER TASTE OR SWALLOW POPPERS AS THIS N BE FATAL AS BLOCKS BLOOD CELL ABILY TO RRY OXYGEN TO YOUR BODY,” EXPLAS FOLX CLICIAN AND MD MICHELLE FORCIER.THE RISK OF G POPPERS CREAS WHEN MIXED WH OTHER DGS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE MIXG POPPERS WH ALHOL N CREASE THE RISK OF RCG THE OXYGEN SUPPLY TO VAL ANS, N ALSO LEAD TO POOR JUDGMENT, TH FURTHER IMPAIRG YOUR CISN-MAKG WHILE UNR THE FLUENCE. ADDNALLY, MIXG POPPERS WH STIMULANTS/AMPHETAM (CLUDG METH AND KE AS WELL AS MEDITNS LIKE ADRALL, RAL, CONCERTA, ETC.) N PUT AN CREASED STRA ON YOUR HEART AND LEAD TO MORE STRS ON THE BODY, CREASG THE RISK OF A RDIAC EVENT, PECIALLY THOSE WH PRE-EXISTG HEART NDNS.THOUGH FATAL OVERDOS ARE RARE, THEY’RE STILL POSSIBLE. ACRDG TO THE MAYO CLIC, SYMPTOMS OF AN AMYL NRATE OVERDOSE CLU BLUISH-LORED LIPS, FGERNAILS, OR PALMS OF HANDS; DIZZS (EXTREME) OR FATG; FEELG OF EXTREME PRSURE THE HEAD; SHORTNS OF BREATH; UNUAL TIREDNS OR WEAKNS; AND WEAK AND FAST HEARTBEAT. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW EXPERIENC ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS, PLEASE SEEK URGENT MEDIL ATTENTN, AS THEY N LEAD TO ATH. “IT'S LIKE ANY SUBSTANCE [WHERE] YOU'RE G SOMETHG A WAY THAT'S NOT TEND, A WAY THAT UALLY BYPASS THE SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR S TEND E,” FORCIER ADDS.THERE ISN’T ANY SCIENTIFIC EVINCE YOU N GET ADDICTED TO POPPERS SPECIFILLY. HOWEVER, HALANT ABE (WHICH N CLU POPPERS) IS REAL AND ALIVE, PECIALLY WH MARGALIZED INTI FACG SYSTEMIC OPPRSN, SUCH AS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. LIKE WH ANY OTHER DG, E N TURN PROBLEMATIC WHEN TERFER WH OTHER PARTS OF YOUR LIFE, SUCH AS RELATNSHIPS, WORK, SCHOOL, ETC. WE ENURAGE YOU TO SEEK MUNY SUPPORT. FOLX MEMBERS N NTACT THEIR CLICIAN IF THEY ARE NCERNED ABOUT THEIR POPPERS E.HOW N I E POPPERS SAFELY?FOR THOSE WH NCERNS ABOUT HOW POPPERS TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX, RT ASSURED. THOUGH MEDIL FEARMONGERG AROUND GENR AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY WILL TELL YOU OTHERWISE, ’S STILL SAFE TO E POPPERS WHILE ON GAHT. FORCIER EXPLAS THAT G POPPERS WHILE PRCRIBED GAHT IS NOT LIKELY TO E ADDNAL PROBLEMS OR TERACTNS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THOSE ON EXCLIVELY ERECTILE DYSFUNCTN MEDITN N HAVE CREASED HEALTH RISKS, PARTICULARLY AROUND LOWERED BLOOD PRSURE, WHICH N LEAD TO DIZZS, LIGHTHEADNS, OR FATG. THOUGH FATG N LEAD TO ATH EXTREME S, FATG MORE MONLY JT LEADS TO FALLS OR OTHER JURI.“MOST OF THE TIME FATG DO NOT LEAD TO ATH,” ADDS FORCIER. “HOWEVER, FATG, A FALL, MULTI-SUBSTANCE TOXITN, AND HYDRATN A CHAOTIC OR UNSUPERVISED SETTG SURE IS DANGERO!”NOW THAT YOU UNRSTAND HOW POPPERS TERACT WH MEDITNS PRCRIBED BY FOLX, HERE ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS TO PLAN TO E POPPERS SAFELY ADVANCE, RPORATG HARM RCTN VALU. “IF YOU'RE ON [A DG] THAT SORT OF GIV YOU A HIGH AND CHANG THE WAY YOU THK AND VIEW THE WORLD, MAKG CISNS ABOUT PHYSIL HEALTH AND SAFETY BEE A LTLE B MORE DISTANT,” EXPLAS FORCIER.CONSIR THE “WHO” AND “WHERE” OF YOUR SETTG. PLAN AHEAD AND NSIR WHAT KD OF ENVIRONMENT YOU’LL BE NSUMG . THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE PACKG A BOTTLE OF WATER AND AN ELECTROLYTE PACKET ADVANCE TO ENSURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO STAY HYDRATED LATER. IT N ALSO LOOK LIKE BRGG SUNSCREEN IF YOU’RE OUTSI. ALSO, NSIR THE CROWD OF PEOPLE YOU’LL BE WH. DO A VIBE CHECK!SURROUND YOURSELF WH SAFE PEOPLE, IF POSSIBLE. CONSUME POPPERS (AND ANY DG) WH THOSE YOU TST. IF YOU’RE WH A SEXUAL PARTNER, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE YOU NFINT THEIR ABILY TO NSENT SEX, TO SAY “Y” AND “NO,” AS WELL AS “STOP” AND “GO?”STAY HYDRATED. IF YOU’RE NSUMG POPPERS, CHANC ARE YOU ARE A NIGHTLIFE OR FTIVAL ENVIRONMENT. YOU MIGHT BE DANCG AND ON YOUR FEET. MAKE AN EFFORT TO DRK AQUATE WATER TO OFFSET ANY CHANCE OF HYDRATN. TAKE BREAKS BY STG DOWN AND TCHG YOUR BREAK.FOLX CLICIANS REGNIZE HARM RCTN HEALTHRE AND ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU THROUGH DIFFERENT LIFTYLE CHOIC. FOLX MEMBERS WH QUTNS ABOUT POPPERS ARE ENURAGED TO START A NVERSATN WH THEIR CLICIAN. MSAGE YOUR CLICIAN QUTNS AND/OR SCHLE A TIME TO MEET WH THEM.‍RELATED ARTICLVIEW ALL POSTSCOMMUNYGENR-DIVERSE BOOKS FOR TWEENSAUGT 15, 2023 . 1 MIN READCOMMUNYSTIS 101: SYMPTOMS AND TTG BASICS FOR LGBTQIA+ FOLKSJULY 7, 2023 . 4 MIN READCOMMUNYDO LGBTQIA+ HEALTH CARE PROVIRS IMPROVE LGBTQIA+ WELL-BEG?JUNE 28, 2023 . 3 MIN READSIGN UP TO STAY UP TO DATE ON LGBTQIA+ HEALTHRE

While queer men weren’t the only people g poppers durg the dis era, Callanr says they particular took to the amber bottl bee of their practil applitns for gay sex.

POPPERS: HOW GAY CULTURE BOTTLED A FORMULA THAT HAS BROKEN DOWN BOUNDARI

They soon beme popular gay bathho, where queer men would gather to relax and engage sexual activy. “Even if you don’t e them or you thk they’re stupid, they are some ways part of our history, of what means to be gay men, ” Callanr says.

Orne brgs up cultural anthropologist and sex theorist Gayle Rub’s ia of “the charmed circle, ” or what society nsirs “good” or “moral” sex: heterosexualy, monogamy, sober sex, etc. It happens durg relig experienc, ncerts, sportg events, and, y, at gay bars—and Orne says helps create bonds between plete strangers.