"Poppers" is a collective term for different alkyl nitrites, which are used in medicine to temporarily dilate the coronary vessels (e.g. for angina pectoris). Due to their euphoric, aphrodisiac and analgesic effects, these are also consumed as intoxicants. Poppers are exclusively inhaled, as they are highly volatile, corrosive substances. They are offered in many countries as a "legal high" and are comparable to laughing gas in their duration of effect and intensity.
Poppers trigger muscle relaxation, a drop in blood pressure, an increase in heart rate, and an intensification of orgasm. A slightly euphoric mood, an intensified sense of touch and palpitations set in. The perception of the body also changes. Many users also report a feeling of warmth in the head and body.
Onset of action:
After a few seconds
Duration of action:
approx. 3 - 5 minutes
Since the composition of poppers can vary, the inhaled vapors often have different effects. Usually poppers bottles are held directly under the nose for a few seconds to inhale the escaping gases (caution: poppers are corrosive, never touch or drink the liquid).
Appearances:
liquid, mostly in glass bottles
Headache, dizziness, palpitations, loss of consciousness, fainting and circulatory collapse due to severe drop in blood pressure.
Long-term risks:
With regular use, permanent impairment of attention and memory as well as reduction of reaction time, cardiac arrhythmia as well as liver and kidney dysfunction, nerve and brain damage.
Poppers relax the sphincter, which makes fucking/fisting easier. Before you get down to business, make sure you have enough safer sex utensils (gloves, condoms, lubricant) ready.
LSD analogues are substances that are chemically very similar to LSD and can have comparable effects. Some of them have been known for a long time (e.g. ALD52, ETH-LAD, AL-LAD, PRO-LAD etc.) and have been studied pharmacologically as well as psychopharmacologically, at least in part. Others are newer "creations" (e.g. the derivatives 1P-LSD,1B-LSD, 1cP-LSD, 1V-LSDetc.), for which only few or no data are available. Certain LSD analogues can (still) be legally produced, traded and consumed in some countries, which is the main reason for their distribution.
Most LSD analogues are naturally different from LSD in their effect and/or potency (e.g. ETH-LAD, AL-LAD, LSZ etc.). In contrast, the so-called 1-acylated LSD compounds (e.g. 1P-LSD, 1V-LSD, 1B-LSD, ALD-52, etc.) are presumed, on the basis of pharmacological studies, to convert into LSD in the body (they function as so-called prodrugs) and thus have a comparable psychoactive effect to LSD.
In the case of prodrugs of LSD and LSD analogues, it has not been conclusively clarified whether, in addition to their psychoactive effect, they can produce other pharmacological effects. How potent these prodrugs are compared to the resulting substance (e.g., 1P-LSD to LSD), and to what extent a delay in onset of action occurs in each case, may be substance-dependent and cannot be generalized. Therefore, it is important to approach the dose/effect carefully to avoid overdoses.
If you or someone else needs urgent help after taking drugs or alcohol, call an ambulance on 144. Tell the emergency responders everything you know.
It could save lives.