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Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?

INTRODUCTION: The intentional use of drugs before or during sexual intercourse (chemsex), due to its impact on mental health, is a phenomenon of high importance in men who have sex with men. The main drugs usually described in chemsex related research are methamphetamine, mephedrone and GHB/GBL. OBJ...

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Autores principales: Ramos, J. Curto, Dolengevich, H., Romerosa, M.A. Morillas, Pascual, E. Mateos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9479883/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1528
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author Ramos, J. Curto
Dolengevich, H.
Romerosa, M.A. Morillas
Pascual, E. Mateos
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description INTRODUCTION: The intentional use of drugs before or during sexual intercourse (chemsex), due to its impact on mental health, is a phenomenon of high importance in men who have sex with men. The main drugs usually described in chemsex related research are methamphetamine, mephedrone and GHB/GBL. OBJECTIVES: We present a narrative review of the evidence about the mechanisms of action of different drugs used in chemsex context. METHODS: Narrative Review. RESULTS: Different drugs have been associated with chemsex use: stimulants such as cocaine, stimulants with empathogenic properties such as mephedrone, methamphetamine, MDMA; stimulants with a psychedelic effect such as 2C-B; depressants such as GHB/GBL and ethyl chloride; and dissociative hallucinogens such as ketamine. CONCLUSIONS: Classical chemsex research includes only mephedrone, metanphetamine and GHB as “chemsex drugs”. Recently, different drugs have been described associated with chemsex practice. Clinicians may encounter polydrug chemsex users and the different mecanisms of action, mental health problems related to every drug and polydrug use must be takek into account.
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spelling pubmed-94798832022-09-29 Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine? Ramos, J. Curto Dolengevich, H. Romerosa, M.A. Morillas Pascual, E. Mateos Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: The intentional use of drugs before or during sexual intercourse (chemsex), due to its impact on mental health, is a phenomenon of high importance in men who have sex with men. The main drugs usually described in chemsex related research are methamphetamine, mephedrone and GHB/GBL. OBJECTIVES: We present a narrative review of the evidence about the mechanisms of action of different drugs used in chemsex context. METHODS: Narrative Review. RESULTS: Different drugs have been associated with chemsex use: stimulants such as cocaine, stimulants with empathogenic properties such as mephedrone, methamphetamine, MDMA; stimulants with a psychedelic effect such as 2C-B; depressants such as GHB/GBL and ethyl chloride; and dissociative hallucinogens such as ketamine. CONCLUSIONS: Classical chemsex research includes only mephedrone, metanphetamine and GHB as “chemsex drugs”. Recently, different drugs have been described associated with chemsex practice. Clinicians may encounter polydrug chemsex users and the different mecanisms of action, mental health problems related to every drug and polydrug use must be takek into account. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9479883/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1528 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Romerosa, M.A. Morillas
Pascual, E. Mateos
Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
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title_full Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
title_fullStr Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
title_full_unstemmed Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
title_short Chemsex drugs: More than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
title_sort chemsex drugs: more than ghb, mephedrone and methamphetamine?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9479883/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1528
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