Kelvinator wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:10 pm
Holy shit! Almost all the recent posts on poppersguide are about eye problems associated with popper use. Yet, I haven’t heard much about this on Milovana or the poppers Reddit site. I’ve only used Double Scorpio “Farm to Disco” isobutyl nitrate poppers. This company stresses product quality and purity. So far I have experienced no Ill side effects, except for being a bit winded after video popper session. Do you suppose:
1. That these reports are from a minority of users who have had bad experiences and thus want to warn others?
2. The ill effects are the results of using isopropyl nitrate or poor quality products?
3. That binge or overuse caused the problems?
I’m puzzled.
Anyone else care to comment?
K
I think this is alot due to people on reddit being more from US, and milovana has mixed population, probably not many people from EU here use poppers.
There are several types of -nitrites, all have in common that they have ONO (Oxygen, Nitrogen, Oxygen) in their mollecule, and the remainder is mostly "delivery mechanism" - a liquid that easily evaporates so the nitrite can be inhaled. They are mostly derived from alcohols (therefore similar names). Nitrite effects are the same, but this delivery mechanism is ideally something that quickly decomposes in body and causes no side effects. Hard to tell if such delivery mechanism exists.
The discovery of nitrites was done in 19th century, I think 1844, the guy is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_J ... 4me_Balard
He passed nitrogen through amyl alcohol (isopentyl I guess?) and got first poppers ever.
20 years later they started using the chemical to treat angina (instead of bleeding and bloodsucking worms that were used up to that point).
Here is more detailed history:
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/exp ... 95.article
Today, there are 4 main types of popper nitrates you should know about:
- (iso)butyl- (available in US, banned in EU since 2007 because there was a correlation with cancer). Should now be available again in UK since the ban stayed in EU :)
- isopropyl- (available in EU, because manufacturers switched to propyl alcohol once butyl was banned in 2007) It is not available in US because it is linked to maculopathy (loss of eyesight).
- amyl-, also called isoamyl and isopentyl - this was to my knowledge the content of original "popers" that were available in pharmacies (over the counter) until 1970-ies, they were in glass capsules that "pop" when broken to release the nitrites that you could inhale (it was OTC medication to treat angina pectoris, and they are source of "poppers" term)
- pentyl- it has same atoms in molecule as amyl- version but it is different shape, I am not sure what is it known for, seems to be the least famous
There is also hexyl- version which seems to be available in some jurisdictions but is not very common.
Also note that there is chemical distinction between "butyl-" and "isobutyl-" - the shape of mollecule is a bit different, but I think same regulation applies to both. It is similar to difference between "pentyl-" and "amyl-" (which is isopentyl-) - same atoms in mollecule, but linked a bit differently.
For more details check here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppers#Chemistry
I have tried isopropyl, pentyl and amyl versions, of which propyl is available in EU, and amyl/pently are legal in France so you can order them from there. From first (and only) usage of isopropyl-nitrates (yellow rush) I experienced a yellow-ish circle in center of my vision that was dark in middle, first I thought it was part of numberonefan's video but I realized it goes with center of my sight wherever I look at and it scared me out of my stim session. After some research I found out about all of the above versions of poppers and was using amyl and pentyl since. Amyl was mostly good stuff, pentyl, I am not sure if it was due to not having enough break since last time, but rush was weaker.
Also, bear in mind these products, although amyl-nitrate is supposedly same pharmaceutical substance from 50 years ago, are not regulated, they are sold as leather or vhs cleaners, and might not be pure. The danger is in precisely that, since they are "unregulated", it would be better if the exact substance is still available in pharmacies, and you have brands that stand behind them, so it is worth investing money for them into good equipment to produce pure stuff. Since these are produced by small/unknown labs, what you buy might not be same between 2 batches of same brand, and they all have some added aroma for smell (to make some distinction between brands, many of which might be produced in same laboratory).
As example, I had 3 bottles of identical brand ('Gold Rush') of amyl from France, and one of those 3 bottles (the first amyl I ever opened) had awful smell. I did not know it is bad since it was my first amyl ever, and the rush worked, but my wife got awful headache when trying it, that lasted for several days. When I opened second bottle, I noticed the smell was much more pleasant, almost "fresh", and the bottle had 2 pellets, which weren't present in bad bottle. Those pellets are just a desiccant that absorbs any moisture (that gets into bottle whenever you open it), so it slows degradation. So, one of 3 bottles that were sold as a "pack of 3" was bad.
I heard that producing your own is the safest option, but of course not everyone lives in rural US where that (and many other things I wanna do) would be possible.