This is a case report of a homosexual man, with HIV infection, who had used poppers and had a myocardial infarction. Clinicians and the gay press should discourage the use of poppers.
INTRODUCTION
Drugs such as nitrites, methamphetamine, phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors, ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and others have long been used as precursors to sex or during sex by some individuals. Nitrites in the form of amyl nitrite have also a long history of use in the treatment of angina pectoris and as antidotes in cyanide poisoning (1, 2).
The paper gives an overview of the most important methods and tests used in the identification of spermatozoa or constituents of seminal fluid during investigation of alleged sexual assault.