johnboy
posted 08 April 2000 04:49 AM
ok you want scarey? check this out...
"The toxic effects of amyl nitrite inhalation include rapid flushing of the face, pulsation in the head, cyanosis, confusion, vertigo, motor unrest, weakness, yellow vision, hypotension, soft thready pulse, and fainting.
Accidental prolonged inhalation of amyl nitrite has resulted in death from respiratory failure.... Fatalities have occurred in workers exposed to organic nitrates after strenuous exercise 1 to 2 days after cessation of exposure.
Nitrite causes a loss of tone of the vascular bed and pooling and trapping of blood in the veins of the lower extremities, resulting in marked arteriolar constriction and the induction of anoxemia in vital tissues, causing death.... The formation of methemoglobin by aliphatic nitrite interferes with oxyhemoglobin, causing anoxia of vital organs.... The use of volatile nitrites to enhance sexual performance and pleasure can result in syncope and death by cardiovascular collapse.(5)
Also in 1980 appeared the first of several studies to demonstrate that the volatile nitrites are powerfully mutagenic.(6) (That is, they cause cells to mutate, they cause damage to the chromosomes.) This is cause for concern, as almost all known carcinogens are also mutagens.
Subsequent studies, both in vitro and in vivo, have shown that poppers damage the immune system. They cause two kinds of anemia: Heinz body hemolytic anemia and methemoglobinemia. They damage the lungs. They have the potential to cause cancer by producing deadly N-nitroso compounds in interaction with many common drugs and chemicals, including antihistamines, artificial sweeteners, and pain killers.(7)"
"Nitrite Inhalants: Historical Perspective", by Guy R. Newell et al., in NIDA Monograph 83 (cited above). See also Chapter X: "Poppers: The End of an Era" in John Lauritsen, *The AIDS War*, New York 1993.
for the full article i took this from go here:
http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/data/jlpoppers.htm
the connection with KS and HIV is a myth, but none of the toxicity data mentioned above is.
oh also found this:
"Poppers increase pressure within the eyeball and should not be used by anyone with glaucoma"
source:
http://www.pinehurst.net/~apd/drug/aboutnitrates.html
[This message has been edited by johnboy (edited 08 April 2000).]
