Posted on 01/14/2005 9:25:04 AM PST by presidio9
Approximately one out of six gay men use Viagra recreationally, and are more likely to do so if they are also using illegal drugs, new research indicates.
U.S. investigators Richard Crosby of the University of Kentucky in Lexington and his co-author R. J. DiClemente found that men who experimented with cocaine and ecstasy were nearly three times more likely to have used Viagra without a prescription in the previous three months.
However, the authors caution that the men included in the study were all attending a sex resort.
Nevertheless, the results raise concerns, Crosby and DiClemente write. Taking Viagra may increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) because the drug can prolong sex and enhance the size of an erection, which increases friction, they note.
These are two effects "that could conceivably foster tissue abrasion and therefore increase the odds of STI transmission," they write in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
To investigate how often men who have sex with men use Viagra, the researchers asked visitors to the sex resort to complete a questionnaire. One hundred and sixty-four men agreed to participate in the study.
Men were an average of 40 years old, and mostly white. They reported an average of 10 sex partners during the past three months.
Approximately 16 percent of the participants said they had tried non-prescription Viagra during sex in the past 3 months.
Among people who also used ecstasy during sex, 35 percent said they also used Viagra, compared with only 13 percent of people who did not take ecstasy during sex. And 37 percent of cocaine-users also admitted to using Viagra, while only 13 percent of non-users said they had done so.
Men were no more likely to try Viagra if they also engaged in risky sexual behaviors such as having five or more sex partners or having unprotected anal sex.
These findings suggest that experts need to educate men about the potential risks of non-prescription use of Viagra, the authors write.
SOURCE: Sexually Transmitted Infections, December 2004.
AIDS infested homos spreading the joy.
an oxymoron of a headline if I have ever read one
Gee, ya think?!?
These findings suggest that experts need to educate men about the potential risks of non-prescription use of Viagra, the authors write.
Use of Viagra is the least of their worries.
Darwin Report
Gay Men May Be Misusing Viagra
That is not all they are misusing!
After reading this report, it might explain the recent outbreak of enlarged colons.
Gosh, I, for one, never thought that all of the advertising of all of the "sexual enhancing" drugs, might end up being used by gay men. . . (sarcasm)
Their butts bleed more in other non-pc words.
I thought it was STDs.
``AIDS infested homos spreading the joy.``
Yeah, and many of your tax $$$$$ is being spent on these assholes (sic) when they get sick. They play, you pay.
Sometime recently all the "official" literature changed from STD to STI. I think it's because the word "disease" implies that there's something wrong with a person. Wouldn't want to hurt the self-esteem of all the people engaging in promiscous sex with people they barely know, now would you?
`` Their butts bleed more in other non-pc words.``
You mean turds are not 'natures lubrication' like I have been told by the PC crowd.
It would be interesting (well, not really) to know if the "researchers" received a grant of goverment funds to attend this "sex resort" in order to conduct their "research".
A man, even a homosexual one, has the right to commit suicide.
So9
Gay Bob goes into the doctor's office and has some
tests run. The doctor comes back and says "Bob, I'm
not going to beat around the bush. You have AIDS."
Bob is devastated. "Doc, what can I do?"
"Eat 1 sausage, 1 head of cabbage, 20 unpeeled carrots
drenched in hot sauce, 10 Jalapeno peppers, 40 walnuts
and 40 peanuts, 1/2 box of Raisin Bran, and top it off
with a gallon of prune juice."
Bob asks, "Will that cure me, Doc?"
Doc says, "No, but it should leave you with a better
understanding of what your a$$ is for."
Ouch, and welcome back.
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