It's also not a good thing to use cocaine if you are using a prescribed medication for controlling high blood pressure. I'm sure there are many more substances, both legal and illicit, that a person should not use if they have high blood pressure and are taking a legally prescribed medication.
Okay, okay. So you do understand my point, don't you? Scruffy, you and I and several other thoughtful people have repeatedly stressed the health risks and danger to men who use poppers and the effect it might have on them if used in conjunction with Viagra. We've also gone to great length to explain why it is vitally important for men to get their legally prescribed medications from competent medical professionals. Having said this repeatedly many times in several different forums, our efforts to help educate and inform will fall on a few deaf ears because they are currently using illicit drugs for recreational purposes, are obtaining controlled drugs without a presciption, or are completely oblivious or indifferent to the dangers of using illicit drugs with controlled legally prescribed drugs.
While it is not necessary for everyone to have a degree in Pharmacology, common sense would strongly suggest we ought not to self-medicate with illicit drugs much less use those drugs in conjuction with legally prescribed medications. It occured to me a long time ago that some medical professionals might be culturally blind to the fact their male patients could be using poppers for recreational purposes. Keeping that in mind, would we expect a male patient with a high blood pressure condition to tell his doctor that he uses poppers for recreational sex purposes? It is less likely a closeted gay or bisexual male would tell their doctor they are using poppers. A medical professional, such as a doctor, might be culturally blind or even biased in this regard. The implications are very profound when you consider the circumstance of a patient's reluctance to share certain details of their hidden alternative lifestyle and the possibility a doctor might be culturally blind or biased to that alternative lifestyle.
I'm sure Dr. Danny can probably answer your question. But, I do wonder about how many of Dr. Danny's professional collegues are aware of the cultural blindspot some of them have when it comes to gay and bisexual males using poppers for recreational sex purposes.
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