These substances are from the family of synthetic cathinones, with new drugs appearing monthly on the illicit drugs market. Introduction A “New” Specific Sexual Behaviourįor several years now, there has been an increasing amount of research, clinical, and practitioner evidence, suggesting an increase in the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), both within heterosexual and men who have sex with men (MSM) populations, with a particular focus on mephedrone, 3-MMC, and 4-MEC. We provided and discussed recommendations and potential future directions. This topic has been open to studies only recently however, health professionals must be trained in the management of this practice, considering its risks in the short and medium terms and its addictive potential. The definition of slamming in the international literature is not always clear, which limits the completeness of the collected data. Discussion/Conclusion: The data we found in international literature were very heterogeneous and from poorly reproducible studies. Methamphetamine and mephedrone were the 2 most used drugs. We found less data about hepatitis C virus serostatus, ranging from 3 to 100%. The prevalence of HIV-positive subjects varied widely across studies, ranging from 0.6 to 100%. Among MSM, slam prevalence was extremely variable, ranging from 2 to 91% regarding other sexually active subjects, prevalence ranged from 7 to 14%. One study focused on heterosexual and homosexual subpopulations, and all other studies focused on MSM-specific samples.
Results: Our search identified 530 publications, of which 27 were included in the final data synthesis. We limited the search to studies published between January 2008 and May 2020. To complete the review, we followed the recommendations of the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses” method. Methods: A systematic review of the available literature was conducted to identify all relevant publications using PubMed, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, and ScienceDirect. We aimed to synthesize the available published evidence through a systematic literature review in order to precisely describe this phenomenon and to better characterize the population engaging in this practice and its specific motives.
It consists of intravenous drug injection before or during planned sexual activity to sustain, enhance, disinhibit, or facilitate the experience. Background: Slamming has been developing since 2011 as a new international phenomenon, mostly among men who have sex with men (MSM).