drug interactions are in the news again

July 1998

Drug interactions are in the news again.

The warning NOT to combine Viagra (sildenafil) with nitrateshas a new twist...illicit "poppers."

"Poppers" are alkyl nitrites that some men inhale to enhancesex. They're called "poppers" because they used to come in glassampules that had to be popped open.

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