Table 1.
Drugs used in “chemsex” with their street names, chemical structures, preparations and route of administration.
| Common Name | Street Names | Chemical Structure | Preparations | Route of Administration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid | GHB, “G” (most common), Gamma-OH, Liquid E, Fantasy, Georgia Home Boy, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, Liquid Ecstasy, Scoop, Water, Everclear, Great Hormones at Bedtime, GBH, Soap, Easy Lay, Salty Water, G-Riffick, Cherry Meth, and Organic Quaalude, Jib |
|
White crystalline powder: sodium or potassium salt, clear liquid solution: GHB salt dissolved in water | Usually oral; intravenous |
| Gamma-Butyrolactone | GBL, Blue Nitro, Blue Nitro Vitali ty, Firewater, G3, Gamma G, G.H. Revitalizer, Insom-X, Invigor ate, Paint Stripper, Remforce, Renewtrient, Revivarant, Serenity 2, Thunder, Verve, Weigth Belt Cleaner, revivarant, revivarant G, blue moon, BLO, GH-gold (GHG), genx (genex), verve (verv), liquid go ld, N-force, pure raine, reactive, rejoov, rejuv+nite, regenerize, remedy GH, thunder, X-12 |
|
Colorless oily liquid | Oral |
| 1,4-butanediol | BlueRaine, Dream On, Fubar, Pine Needle Oil, Rejuv@Nite, Thunder, Cleaner, Enliven, Inner G, One Comma Four, One Four Bee, One Four B-D-O, Revitalize Plus, Serenity, SomatoPro, Soma Solution, Sucol B, Thunder Nectar, Weight Belt Cleaner, White Magic |
|
Colorless viscous liquid | Oral |
| Mephedrone | 4-MMC, meow meow, m-CAT, bounce, bubbles, mad cow |
|
Tablets, powder | Oral, insufflation, IV, rectal, smoking |
| Methamphetamine hydrochloride | Crystal meth, Batu, Blade, Cristy, Crystal, Crystal glass, Glass, Hot ice, Ice, Quartz, Shabu, Shards, Stove top, Tina, Ventana |
|
Clear chunky crystals | Snorted, smoking, IV |
| Sildenafil | Viagra*, blue diamond, vitamin V, the blue pill |
|
Tablet, mouth spray | Oral, Sublingual |
| Tadalafil | Cialis* |
|
Tablet | Oral |
| Vardenafil | Levitra* |
|
Tablet | Oral |
| Amyl nitrite | Amy, high-tech, kix, liquid gold, locker room, poppers, ram, rave, rush, snappers, thrust, TNT |
|
Transparent liquid | Inhalation |
| Butyl nitrite | Poppers |
|
Oily liquid | Inhalation |
| Cyclohexyl nitrite | Poppers |
|
Inhalation | |
| Isobutyl nitrite | Poppers |
|
Colorless liquid | Inhalation |
| Isopropyl nitrite | Poppers |
|
Clear pale yellow oil | Inhalation |
| Pentyl nitrite | Poppers |
|
Inhalation |
*Commercial name.
an elevation of mood, an improved mental function and mild sexual stimulation [6].