poppers

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Introduction

slang term for alkyl nitrite

Uses

  • used for recreational drug purposes[1]
    • club drugs at raves & discos & as part of sexual encounters

Epidemiology

Adverse effects

  • isopropyl nitrite, a component of poppers appears to be toxic to the fovea and can cause maculopathy[2]
    • disrupted central vision, blurriness, scotoma
    • vision tends to improve after cessation of use

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia: Poppers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppers
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rewbury R, Hughes E, Purbrick R, Prior S, Baron M Poppers: legal highs with questionable contents? A case series of poppers maculopathy. British Journal of Ophthalmology. April 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28396339 <Internet> http://bjo.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/23/bjophthalmol-2016-310023
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