Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday July 16 2002 as ‘partly p9B0s’ ILJ® ©ff SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dr Jeffrey Klausner realized he had to do something when ' he walked through one of the 'city's sex dubs and heard pill wrappers crunching beneath journal AIDS focused on a particularly high-ris- k group of men in San Francisco But public health experts say other cities have similar subcultures where both gfty and straight men combine Viagra with other drugs “It’s not just something going on at an STD clinic in San Francisco — this is actually pretty common" said Patricia Case who directs die Program on Urban Health at Harvard University and is studying “club drug" users in Boston and New York City for the National Institute on Drug Abuse At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention AIDS experts were already concerned about rising rates of and other STDslamongi have who young people become complacent about condom use because effective AIDS drugs allow infected people to appear healthy and live longer Now Viagra needs to be studied more closely as another possible factor in sexually reckless behavior said Dr Ronald Valdiserri the CDC’s deputy chief of sexually transmitted diseases “I see toe Viagra story as sort of a subplot in all of this" he said “We take all of this very seriously” Sipping a drink with friends at a popular gay bar at the ' edge of San Francisco’s Cas- tro District Lim a his feet “I picked one up and it was a Viagra sample” said ncr who heads the city health department's sexually transmitted disease unit “1 thought ' What’s happening if people are using Viagra in sex dubs?'” His research soon showed that nearly a third of gay men surveyed at sexually transmitted disease clinics said they were using the ' drug Viagra often in combination with illegal drugs that tend to encourage risky behavior Health experts say Viagra alone seems to pose no real danger to men who use it recreationally even though they don’t need it to get erecce tions' But Klausner found that people who use it to offset the impotence effect of “party drugs" such as Ecstasy and crystal methamphetamine also acknowledged having unprotected sex with more partners — which can breed disease And Viagra can be deadly if used with amyl nitrite called “poppers” which some gay men take to facilitate sex Klausner’s study published June 10 in the London-base- d com-mon- ly ‘ Continued from B1 wound Prestwich said HA also occurs naturally in wound healing “We’re just giving them more of the raw materials to rebuild their skin” Prestwich said Hydrogels look like a piece of thick transparent tape when toy but expand six times invol-um- e and become pliable when wet Shelby said ' - ’ il V Conventional dressings and bandages serve mainly to keep moisture in and germs out as a wound heals But hydrogel dressings slowly break down and integrate into toe matrix that surrounds human cells carrying the megadose of HA to thehealingsite The fetal environment also has very high lev- els of HA and researchers think those levels contribute to rapid healingand no scarring in the womb Fetal healing was a model for researchers arid they tried to mimic that environment in adults ' In trials with young healthy mice wounds healed twice as quickly with hydrogels as with a control bandage Older animals also experienced faster healing Researchers hope for similar results in humans though that is still to be proven “We have great hopes that when we go to models of diabeticsor models of impaired age (where) you have delayed wound healing we will see a more profound effect” Shelby said Shelby hopes for a fast turnaround time for FD A approval for human use because HA natura toe scaffoldrally is present in the matrix ing in which cells grow of Prestwich and Steve Morris V $ jJt JI&'iJi £ y--i oesqm AP photo Dr Jeffrey D Klausner poses In his office in downtown San Francisco Klausner resized he had to do something when he walked through one of the city's sex dubs and heard pill wrappers crunching beneath his feet 1 picked one up and It was a Viagra sample” said Klausner who heads the ctty health department's sexually transmitted dfeease unit 1 thought Whafs happening I people are using Viagra in sex dubs?” ‘ old gay man said Viagra is simply another utoftoe drug scene at the city’s five regulated sex clubs and at nightclubs and raves Lim who gave only his last name says he began mixing Viagra with crystal meth or Ecstasy about two years ago It takes about 30 minutes to kick in he says and can keep sex going strong for hours 22-ye- Hydrogel - v Lim says he’s never had to buy patty pills because if youi’re “young and cute it’s just there’ Viagra is supposed to be available only by prescription' after a doctor’s consultation at a cost of $8 to $10 a pill However Internet companies sell toe drug to anyone who completes an ratline survey Viagra then gets traded among Using hydrogels on the place where the skin grafts were taken and on the bums could pare jveeks off hospital stays for paiientsand eliminate at least some of the pain as toe wounds heal more quickly f Prestwich and his colleagues also hope' someday to use hydrogels for healing in deep wounds those cutting through layers of dun and muscle ' Lor Randall an orthopedic surgeon and a specialist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute who performs cancer-relate- d surgery thinks Garden Talks surgery “The technique is very enticing because it offers the opportunity to maximize local control of top disease They could prevent the non-pro- fit : Chess “Chess in the Park” is held from 3 pm on Wednesdays t "I- - 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