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Gay Men May Be Misusing Viagra
Reuters Health ^ | Fri, Jan 14, 2005

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.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: homosexuals; lifesupplyofdepends; riskybehavior; std; substanceabuse
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1 posted on 01/14/2005 9:25:04 AM PST by presidio9
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AIDS infested homos spreading the joy.


2 posted on 01/14/2005 9:26:56 AM PST by pissant
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an oxymoron of a headline if I have ever read one


3 posted on 01/14/2005 9:27:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: presidio9

Gee, ya think?!?


4 posted on 01/14/2005 9:27:21 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: presidio9

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.


5 posted on 01/14/2005 9:27:27 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: presidio9

Darwin Report


6 posted on 01/14/2005 9:27:28 AM PST by international american (Tagline not convinced.............................)
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To: presidio9

Gay Men May Be Misusing Viagra

That is not all they are misusing!


7 posted on 01/14/2005 9:28:48 AM PST by WV Mountain Mama (Umbilical cord blood, the stem cells that let everyone live!)
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To: presidio9
What exactly is meant by the term "non prescription Viagra"?

After reading this report, it might explain the recent outbreak of enlarged colons.

8 posted on 01/14/2005 9:29:42 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: presidio9

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)


9 posted on 01/14/2005 9:29:51 AM PST by zerosix
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"that could conceivably foster tissue abrasion and therefore increase the odds of STI transmission,"

Their butts bleed more in other non-pc words.

10 posted on 01/14/2005 9:31:11 AM PST by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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To: presidio9
Taking Viagra may increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).....

I thought it was STDs.

11 posted on 01/14/2005 9:31:41 AM PST by kipita (Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
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To: pissant

``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.


12 posted on 01/14/2005 9:33:45 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: kipita

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?


13 posted on 01/14/2005 9:35:25 AM PST by AQGeiger (RKBA Royal Enumerator of the Leguminous Stockpile, Wielder of the Enchanted Endoscope of Justice.)
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To: LowOiL

`` 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.


14 posted on 01/14/2005 9:35:35 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: presidio9

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".


15 posted on 01/14/2005 9:37:54 AM PST by Paine in the Neck
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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.

A man, even a homosexual one, has the right to commit suicide.

So9

16 posted on 01/14/2005 9:38:49 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: pissant

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."


18 posted on 01/14/2005 9:39:37 AM PST by wisconsinconservative ("It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.")
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To: kipita
The word disease has a negative connotation, so using infection makes it sound as though there was no personal behavior involved.
19 posted on 01/14/2005 9:39:50 AM PST by Fog Nozzle (Was -29.7 F; -34.3 C, now marked up to -14.4 F; -25.8 C)
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To: presidio9

Ouch, and welcome back.


20 posted on 01/14/2005 9:41:01 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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