"Mad Honey Sex: Therapeutic Misadventures From an Ancient
Biological Weapon," Ahmet Demircan, Ayfer Kele_, Fikret Bildik,
Gülbin Aygencel, N.Özgür Do_an, Hernán F. Gómez, Annals of
Emergency Medicine, 2009. <http://bit.ly/7OgfWn>
The authors,
some in Turkey, some in the US, report:
"'Mad honey' poisoning occurs from ingestion of honey produced
from grayanotoxin-containing nectar, often in the setting of use
as an alternative medicine. This study is designed to assess the
clinical effects, demographics, and rationale behind self-induced
mad honey poisoning.... We identified 21 cases. Patients were
overwhelmingly men. Local beekeepers ranked sexual performance
enhancement as the most common reason for therapeutic mad honey
consumption in men aged 41 through 60 years. Symptoms began 1.0
hour after ingestion and included dizziness, nausea, vomiting,
and syncope."
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