What are the side effects of poppers ?

It’s caustic To your body.

"caustic"?

R2 able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. "a caustic cleaner"

It can damage your eye sight.

A hole as gaping as Andy Cohen's.

I enjoy them. Give me a stronger orgasm.

Nothing for the vast majority of people who use them.

It has the potential of damaging eyesight. Should also not be used with viagra...but I know people who use both viagra and poppers and are all fine.

No idea, but I’ve had tricks snort that shit and it smells god awful so I can’t imagine it’s good for you.

I tried them a few times when I was a gayling. Made bottoming easier, for sure. Not good for topping.

Then I graduated and didn't need any help bottoming.

Keep them away from your meth pipe flame.

Op, Google is your friend.

I LOVE poppers, though I was never one of those sluts who needed them to get off. Used more as a treat.

But I'm on blood pressure meds and apparently that's not a good combination.

Poppers are not safe to consume by anyone. Even young, healthy individuals are at risk for negative short- and long-term effects and death when taking poppers. There is no safe way to use poppers. The dangers outweigh any benefits you may think they have.

For me it kills red blood cells, which shows up as low RBC and high bilirubin in blood tests. I was too weak-willed to avoid using poppers for sufficient rebound time before my last annual physical and my doctor thought there was something wrong with me. I had to go cold turkey for awhile to reset and then at my follow-up visit, my numbers were normal again.

I know I have a problem, but I am looking forward to a delivery of new supply this week. I keep checking the USPS tracking site to monitor the package’s progress.

Hemorrhoids that have vision problems.

Sore ass

Over time, using poppers can cause long-term health problems like:

Red blood cell damage Poor immune system functioning Damage to the heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs

R17 I believe that. But I also have friends now in their 60s who did so much poppers when they were younger and they are fine.

Yeah they’re alive but that doesn’t mean they’re healthy,

I take care of myself. Eat a mostly balanced diet, only a beer or glass of wine on occasion. I workout daily. Not gonna junk it up by inhaling chemicals.

I use them when I bottom. Helps alot

I tried some for the first time about 10 years ago when I guy I was hooking up with wanted to stick some big toys in me and I had a fantastic experience. My hole could have taken an entire football team at once. I bought some a year or so later and the experience wasn't as good. I've tried them about 6 times since then with varying effects. I made a whole evening of it one night and ended up trying to get up and nearly passing out. I had to sit on the floor for a while to regain my strength. Not fun. They can definitely hurt you if you do too many of them, but it's the same thing if you drink too much.

I bounced back and get a craving for them every now and then, but I usually talk myself out of it. Some of them don't work that well and it seems like money down the drain. I'd love to be able to experience the ones from the 70s and 80s. Can any popper fans from that time recommend a brand that comes close to that original formula?

Are they for bottoms who find anal painful, or to heighten the experience or both?

Poppers lower blood pressure, which is why they give a head rush and heightened sense in some muscusol tissues. And a headache later. They are a NO NO with Viagra or Cialis, because those drugs also lower blood pressure and redirect blood flow.

How do they make it easier to give up the ass?

Poppers are a nitrate-drug. Nitrates relax the walls of blood vessels, making the passages wider. That’s why they cause blood pressure to drop. The reason poppers give you a head rush is that they are a volatile form of nitrate and are able to enter the blood vessels through the mucosa as well as lungs. They “hit” you much faster and dissipate just as quickly. Enjoyed occasionally and sparingly by otherwise healthy people, they are probably not anymore dangerous than alcohol or pot.

Amazing how pot is bad, yet it's legal in many states. Everybody nowadays needs to be on cannabis because so many are batshit.

Reefer madness alert @ R27!

They make them from all kinds of shit nowaday.

Anybody under 50 has probably never experienced real Burroughs Welcome amyl nitrite. The corrosive fumes of that stuff they sell now is *not* the same.

^ Burroughs Wellcome

Pharmaceutical grade amyl nitrite. Ah the joys of my youth.

Anyone who claims that Amyl Nitrate, used in moderation, is no more harmful than pot is an OLD gay man who can't get off without POPPERS! And nipple twisting. Ha.

Nobody uses poppers in moderation - when you use them - you have reason. Old men just overindulge less frequently.

Poppers are great, I use them even when jacking off, can't live without them.

Where do you buy them?

I had no idea what was happening to me as I was riding a guy's cock and he cracked an ampule somewhere in the vicinity of my nose. I threw up on him. This was long ago, after I'd been out for about two weeks. Who knew this shit was part of being gay?

^ Are you Oscar Wilde or Halston? ^

If a guy I'm with whips out a bottle before I fuck him, he goes home unfucked.

Fuck you Tony the Cunt, I am old and don't have sex anymore, so that shows have wrong and retarded you are.

What are the side effects?

Kaposi sarcoma, pneumocystis pneumonia, stuff like that....aka AID$

R4, "It can damage your eye sight."

Oh, dear.

R18, define "fine".

It's a drug and none of them are good for your brain.

No judgment, just a fact.

R35, the finer vending machines in your area.

Look, there's a not so casual relationship to GAY men who used a lot of poppers and did a lot of coke = developing aneurysms. Like you're fifty and they discover you have an ascending aortic aneurysm, discovered on your stress test for work. Or abdominal ones that are not as likely to be discovered that way. Without a congenital or hereditary precursor. Another correlation is present.

There's a risk to all highs in life. But old men of 60 still doing poppers are fools if they think they are harmless sexual rushes. They are risking a cardiovascular arrest.

Somehow, I never had a lover that used poppers.

I guess I was arousing enough for them, all on my own.

I recall reading an article that claimed all brands were actually the same.

I haven't had that experience, with different brands smelling different. Jungle Juice was my fav, but it seems to have been watered down when i last tried it a few months back

Those are the LIES of a PROSTATUTE, OP!!

"poppers! poppers! for everyone dahhhhling!"

I had the real stuff a couple of times way back when, and then the fake stuff in the bottle many times (a long time ago!) God, I loved the stuff, but I'm older and wiser and stopped back then. I once got a massage with a happy ending and the masseur stuck it under my nose right before I came. Wow. I do remember back when AIDS started, I was sure it was diue to the poppers. Maybe not, but it didn't help.

I recall seeing an ad about some club you can join that sends you different brands monthly

I once tried some from Australia. They were amazing.

Nothing ruins a porn scene like both guys constantly huffing on a bottle.

I heard it makes you a tranny.

They give me a bad headache.

No side effects to speak of.....

R55

Er, um, fuck, aaaah, ach, ach, ach, aaaah, etc. for a while then followed by the death rattle…

I prefer jalapeño poppers.

Stupidity and poor judgment, but to be fair, the poor judgment was probably an issue before the fume huffing began.

R51 I don’t know of any Australia poppers anymore. That must have been a long time ago. I order Jungle Juice from the EU, made in Canada. They are actually illegal here IIRC.

FUN is the only side effect I'm aware of, lol

[Quote] Nothing ruins a porn scene like both guys constantly huffing on a bottle.

Actually, I find that hot

R59, I tried the Australian ones about 20 years ago. I hooked up with a guy in NYC and he said he bought them on a visit to Australia.

Wow, they were fantastic, particularly since my hookup had a massive cock

[quote] FUN is the only side effect I'm aware of, lol

I'm sure that's a sentence Len Bias and Philip Seymour Hoffman used too.

Didn’t poppers kill Paul lynde?

I'm guessing ciggies and booze and the closet killed Paul Lynde.

Lucille Ball loved her poppers.

For her heart. The vasodilator effect lessened the pain of angina.

They have better medicines now.

Long post:

I am 62, fat, blood pressure meds and haven't gone near poppers in 10 years.

Sure, I used to use them in some encounters or even alone, but certainly wasn't an addict and I believe I used them only in moderation.

Never used them for anal, as I haven't ever done anal regularly, and not in 20 years. Plus, with anal, besides being uncomfortable and/or painful at times for some or most bottoms, seems difficult, sloppy, messy and too much effort for the reward?

I had a scare in 2012 where I required retinal surgery for a detached retina. Could have lost that eye. It happened suddenly, in my car, when my vision in that eye suddenly turned blurry and even worse, the letters on flashing road signs weren't yellow anymore but off color. -- and flowers were off color as well as fluoresent lights. So I went to the ER quickly.

I believe some people lose the eye even if they have surgery quick enough. Maybe it mostly depends on the skill of the doctors as well?

I had insurance issues so had to wait two weeks for the surgery. Thank goodness it went well. Those precious two weeks could have meant losing the vision.

A few years later, I read online that ***poppers may cause retinal issues.*** I have seen a few sources publish such info, yet still don't hear about this danger unless searching for it. I don't think most gays even know about possible retinal damage, correct?

So I've definitely refrained from poppers since, due to the retinal scare plus my age and obesity.

Not sure when I had last used poppers when the frightening issue occurred.

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When age 30 and not as obese, I tried poppers while in a sauna in a bathhouse in Toronto. I think I initially liked the novel weird (?) sensation while in a hot sauna vs. always using previously in a normal room. But within minutes, I think I realized while in the sauna that maybe using poppers in a sauna is detrimental. Or maybe only if sitting for an extended time in a sauna and using poppers?

Do many gays, young and old, use poppers in a sauna or steam? I hope not. But they likely don't know any better.

And are young guys nowadays less likely to know about and use poppers?

So there....do your research on retinal issues and poppers. Maybe it depends on the brand of poppers? Knowledge could save your eye or both eyes! Or maybe it's only a retinal risk when older?

But even our gay doctors likely don't know? Thus they don't and can't warn us?

I do miss occasional popper use, but can live without it.

Have I scared anyone about poppers and retinal issues?

R67, no one has fucked you in 20 years because you’re, well, wordy

I got hooked on poppers when I first discovered them in the 80s. I just Loved that feeling they gave me. I used them constantly, was addicted, throughout the 80s into the 90s. One night my vision started getting weird. Started seeing colors which had not been happening before. Freaked me out so much that I quit cold turkey. I have to admit I miss them sometimes BUT would Never use them again. At this stage and age, I don't need to die of a heart attack.

Good for you R61.