Table 2

Recreational drug use, use of alcohol and use of erectile dysfunction drugs (past 6 months) while swinging of 289 swingers by sex

	Men (n=147)		Women (142)		Total (n=289)
	%	n	%	n	%	n
Use of erectile dysfunction drugs	61	90	8	11	35	101**
Alcohol use	43	63	49	70	46	133
Drug use while swinging
Drug use (excl alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs)	49	72	48	68	48	140
Drug use (incl alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs)	81	119	77	109	79	228
Top 5 drugs (other than alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs)
MDMA	43	63	41	58	42	121
GHB	40	58	37	52	38	110
Laughing gas	37	54	33	47	35	101
Cannabis	31	46	27	38	29	84
Alkyl nitrites (poppers)	17	25	15	21	16	46
Combination of drugs while swinging
Combination (excl alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs)	33	49	32	46	33	95
Combination (incl alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs)	52	77	49	56	46	133*
Top 3 combinations
GHB and MDMA	33	49	32	46	33	95
MDMA and erectile dysfunction drugs	31	46	4	5	18	51**
Alcohol and erectile dysfunction drugs	25	27	2	3	14	40**