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May 22nd, 2000, 11:12 AM
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Hullanewbie
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Viagra finds Favour with Ravers
but mixing it with club drugs is risky calgary(cp) - Nightclub and rave cultures are mixing Viagra with illicit drugs despite warnings that users could be setting themselves up for heart attacks, some health experts say. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer introduced VIagra, an erectile dysfunction drug, in Canada more than a year ago and sales have topped $1 billion, But its not just men with medical problems who are using the drug. Through online sales, Viagra is coming into favour at the all night dance parties called raves. "I've heard of the recreational use of it in Calgary by younger people," said Dr. Curtis Bell, a physician subcontracted by Pfizer to lecture on the drug's use in ALberta. "Its attraction lies in the user being able to have more prolonged erections and hence have sex for a longer duration." Detective Steve Walton, of the Calgary police drug squad, said he has seized quantites of the prescribed medication in other illegal drug busts. "Calgary seems to copycat the Toronto culture and I expect there to be a surge of the drug here over the summer" he said. Rave drugs such as ecstasy impair male sexual function. It's known as the "hug drug," since it increases the desire to be touched, even though it reduces the libido. But used in combination with Viagra it can increase sexual desire. Pfizer warns against using VIagra with ecstasy or with "poppers" (amyl and butyryl nitrate). "Viagra is not an aphrodisiac and has no effect on the libido," said Don Sancton, director of corporate affairs for Pfizer, Canada. "It should only be used by people with erectile dysfunction and treated with all the respect given a prescription drug." British scientist Judith Aldridge said VIagra in combination with these drugs may lead to dangerously low blood pressure levels. --------------------------------------------- sorry if there are any mistakes in there, it wasnt online so i typed it up |
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May 22nd, 2000, 11:14 AM
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Hullanewbie
Join Date: Feb 2001
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gotta love how they jump to conclusions
they've got in there, so we're gunna have it here (even though it said they copy us, so wouldnt we already have it by their logic?) |
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May 22nd, 2000, 06:17 PM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Yeah, Viagara's the shits!! Fuck Prozak!!
My god what's next, Tylennol, the next drug? |
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May 23rd, 2000, 01:32 AM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Hogtown
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Yeah ... in Britain last year, they had the same over-blown hysteria about clubbers mixing ecstasy and Viagra. It's a great scare story for sensationalist media. Turns out that less than 2% of people were actually mixing the drugs. I'm willing to bet it's even less widespread in Canada. ---------- AdRiaN |
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May 23rd, 2000, 03:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 1999
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that is just too funny. it's hilarious how the media will scrape the bottom of the barrel for a story about an issue that they've already played out as it is.
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May 23rd, 2000, 12:47 PM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: toronto, ontario, canada
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what the fuck?
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May 23rd, 2000, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
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All the media ( there are a few exceptions) are here to do is demonize the raving community, and make is look like drug crazy maniacs dance to wierd music all night long.
I suggest you ignore them or explain to your parents about raves if they start scrutinizing you. |
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May 23rd, 2000, 10:38 PM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: Nov 1999
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i take it that wasn't yer glow stick!
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May 24th, 2000, 07:39 PM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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viagra? what? never heard of that being at a party, but yeah...alrite.
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May 24th, 2000, 07:48 PM
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Hullaboarder
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Toronto
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I read in an article that Alex D from Tribe also said that Viagra is used by partiers.
I just cannot believe this. PEACE |
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May 25th, 2000, 10:37 AM
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Hullanewbie
Join Date: Feb 2001
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i read about it happening in the US over a yaer ago on alt.rave
its stupid, sheesh |
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May 25th, 2000, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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oh yeah, viagra and tylenol have killed many more people than E has.. especially tylenol... an acetaminophen overdose leads to an agonizing two-week-long death from liver failure (which is, interestingly, one of the MDMA overdose routes, but not the major one)...
this story is just insane. soon they're gonna be suggesting there's gas chambers and genetic modification labs at these dangerous all-night "raves" |
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