Poppers Answers

Poppers? What are they?

Poppers is the term for the group of chemicals known as alkyl nitrates that include amyl nitrate, butyl nitrate and isobutyl nitrate. Poppers come as a clear or straw-coloured liquid in a small bottle or tube. The vapour is inhaled through the mouth or nose.
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Amyl, butyl, hardware, liquid gold, locker room, poppers, ram, rock hard, rush, snapper, stag, stud, thrust, TNT Amyl, butyl and isobutyl nitrate (collectively known as alkyl nitrates) are clear, yellow liquids which are inhaled for their intoxicating effects.
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The term "poppers" came from the small glass capsules in which the liquids were first available. These made a popping noise when broken open to release the contents. Poppers for recreational use now come in little bottles with screw or plug tops.
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Amyl nitrate and other poppers

Amyl nitrate and butyl nitrate are powerful drugs that can give you an almighty burst of dizzy energy for a couple of minutes.
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Poppers are all about nitrates, that's what does the trick. But before you pop, you take your pick. Amyl nitrate, butyl nitrate, isobutyl nitrate. They are all in the alkyl nitrate family of compounds. All the alkyl nitrates act on the body in nearly identical fashion, but isobutyl nitrate is the most potent of them all. Amyl nitrate is sometimes thought to be more potent, but it is actually less potent. It was chosen over isobutyl nitrite to treat heart ailments simply because it's cheaper to manufacture.
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Amyl nitrate was discovered in 1857, and it used to be used for the treatment of angina. It was packed in thin glass vials, which were crushed to release the volatile nitrate. Common street names include amyl nitrate, amyl poppers, poppers, Rush, snappers or liquid gold.
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Amyl nitrate usually comes in small, mesh-covered ampules that are popped or snapped to release the vapors. Butyl nitrate is sold in small bottles in "head shops" or in special stores advertised as a room odorizer or liquid incense. Nitrates are especially used in the gay population as a muscle relaxant and a vasodilating agent to enhance orgasm; the perception of time is also altered.
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In the UK, butyl nitrate is used more than amyl nitrate.
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Sex and poppers

Poppers can make mediocre sex good, and good sex spectacular. Instead of being "me having sex," I become sex itself, and the experience can be overwhelming.
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If you're snorting poppers while having sex, there's a chance that the heady, sex-beast rush may make you lead you to risky sex - so slap on a condom before you break out the amyl.
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Poppers can give you the ultimate orgasm. Shooting off to the stars for a serene moment or two. In one beautiful word: vasodilation. In approximately two to three minute durations.

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know? Not with poppers! You and poppers, and some great porn, are the perfect combination for the safest sex possible! You'll get some of the best orgasms ever with a good video or magazine and a bottle of Rush in your hand.
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As far as sex is concerned, poppers usage can be divided into two areas: foreplay and penetration-orgasm. In foreplay, the nitrites have a disinhibiting effect, enabling the user to experience total skin-surface sensuality. Poppers are reported by many women to be useful for a chief female sexual dysfunction -- distraction -- in which peripheral thoughts of unfinished business, child care and day-to-day domestic annoyances block the abandonment to sensation, vital for a full sexual experience.

Penetration may be facilitated by enhanced perception of both being filled and being grasped; anal penetration becomes easier, probably from a combination of muscular relaxation and decreased pain perception.

When poppers are inhaled shortly before orgasm, the user may experience a sense of exhilaration and acceleration, a freeing of inhibition of movement and vocalization, and perception of orgasm as prolonged, intense and exalted. The mind's eye may be filled with rapidly changing patterns of color and shape, often containing symbolic representations of the sexual moment.
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Sniffing poppers during sex can make orgasms feel like they last longer. And some people say it makes their sexual organs feel massive. Poppers are usually sniffed straight from the bottle and deliver a short, sharp rush. Poppers are sold in sex shops, clubs and gay bars.
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Gay sex and poppers

When gay guys snort poppers while having sex, the combination of temporary ego loss and becoming a total sex-pig can tempt them to do riskier stuff than they might otherwise.

Gay guys who use poppers while they're getting screwed often feel it helps them loosen up their sphincter, but it also enlarges the blood vessels in the anal lining, which might facilitate infection by HIV, should a couple be foolhardy enough not to be using a condom.
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The basic effect of poppers is to cause all of the muscles of the body to relax, which is why poppers are so popular among gay men -- they make anal intercourse easier. One of the related effects is vasodilation, or relaxation of blood vessels. This gives the user a warm sensation and causes large amounts of oxygen-bearing blood to rush through the brain, thus giving the user a "rush." The increase in oxygen leads to a sudden intensification of positive emotions, thus increasing one's lust and lack of inhibition, encouraging a sense of raw animal sexuality.
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Are aroma poppers safe?

Aroma poppers are not physically addictive. The effect lasts for less than two minutes, typically, just long enough to facilitate penetration or terminate in ejaculation, and the chemical dissembles in the blood stream too quickly thereafter to physically addict.
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As with the use of other recreational drugs, when it comes to aroma poppers, moral issues can overshadow good medicine. The "Just Say No" crowd views poppers as a menace. But Dr. Andrew Weil, author of From Chocolate to Morphine, calls amyl nitrate "one of the safest drugs in medicine." Weil, whose approach to drug use centers on harm reduction rather than outright prohibition, explains that "when inhaled, amyl nitrate breaks down quickly and leaves the body easily."

Safe or not, overuse of aroma poppers can make you feel like hell, producing headaches, dizziness, and a sort of crappiness all over. If you start feeling that way, put the little bottle away, open the windows wide, and take a deep breath. And remember, no matter how disorienting an aroma poppers rush may be, it only lasts a few minutes.
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Liquid aroma warnings

Liquid aroma products are sold as room odorants, liquid incense or video head cleaner only. Although research indicates it is generally safe to do so, we do not encourage the misuse of liquid aroma as poppers.

We are not responsible for the media claims that liquid aroma poppers are said to be aphrodisiacs or sex drugs, and we do not endorse such claims.

CONTENT
Our liquid aroma products do not contain amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite. They contain highly pure isobutyl nitrite, alkyl nitrites, cyclohexyl nitrite or hexyl nitrites only.

LIQUID AROMA AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, and Lily, the maker of Cialis, warn against mixing liquid aroma and Viagra or Cialis because an unsafe drop in blood pressure could occur.

NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Liquid aroma is harmful if swallowed. Do not put in your nose, mouth, eyes, or anywhere else in or on your body. Use only in large, well ventilated, open rooms.

SEVERE EYE IRRITANT
In case of eye contact flush with lots of water.

FLAMMABLE
Do not use near fire or flame.