Gweilo,

As I read wowpow's post he was not saying that popper was the CAUSE of a herpes infection, but that lesions round the nose or mouth were taken to be a herpes infection by the department that was treating him, whereas they were, in fact, inflammations caused by popper burn. And if that has never happened to you, and you are a frequent user, it's very surprising.

Your bullying superiority, certainty that you are better qualified to speak than those who disagree and your way of dismissing other people are as unpleasant in your second post as your first.

I don't know about other posters, but I am certainly not inexperienced in the matter. Indeed, I was in there at the start, long before 'gay' popper came on the market and you had to get phials of amyl nitrate from dodgy chemists in the Kings Road, Chelsea (London). And I used it, on and off, for many years.

Secondly, the point about the warning against using it in combination with Viagra is justified by the fact that many people who have heart conditions don't KNOW they have them. And even if they do know may be foolish enough to make a serious misjudgement.

I do not see myself as a scare-mongerer, do not enjoy frightening myself or other people; I was merely sharing what I feel are not groundless worries.

Anyway, you will do what you want to, I shall do what I want to, and others will be aware that they have a choice. Which is no bad outcome to a thread. (And try being a little less contemptuous next time, please.)

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