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Common use in the general population of sexual enrichment aids and
drugs to enhance sexual experience.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2006; 33(3):156-162.
Foxman B, Aral SO, Holmes KK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We describe the prevalence of ever and current use of sexual enrichment
aids and of using drugs to enhance the sexual experience, and correlates
of that usage. STUDY POPULATION: Participants in a random-digit dial survey
conducted in the Seattle area between 2003 and 2004 among residents age 18
to 39 years of age with fluency in the English language. RESULTS: Use of
sexual enrichment aids and drugs to enhance sexual experience during a typical
4-week period were reported by 27% and 13%, respectively, of participants.
Among those reporting using a drug to enhance their sexual experience, the
most commonly used drugs were alcohol (83.7%), marijuana (34.7%), ecstasy
or "sextasy" (ecstasy combined with sildenafil) (8.2%), and sildenafil
(7.5%). Persons reporting use of sexual enrichment aids and drugs to enhance
sexual experience were more likely to engage in sexual behaviors associated
with a higher risk of acquiring and transmitting a sexually transmitted infection
(STI),such as having nonmonogamous partnerships and multiple partners in
the previous 12 months and sexual repertoire. CONCLUSION: Whether use of
sexual enrichment aids and drugs to enhance sexual experience is causally
associated with STI risk or merely an additional marker of high-risk behavior
or sensation seeking cannot be discerned from a single cross-sectional survey.
However, these behaviors occurred frequently, and usage was common across
all age, gender, ethnic, sexual, and income groups. Further studies in STI
and other populations are required.