It's supposed to prevent them from having erections, correct? Well what are the side effects? Any soldiers with experience with it out there?
2006-10-02 01:42:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Saltpeter is a common name for potassium nitrate, a common inorganic chemical. It is **supposed** to cause an inability to achieve an erection, but that's an urban legend.
2006-10-03 12:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the beginning of basic training we were all given a pill and the rumor went around that it was saltpeter. This seemed borne out when we all stopped waking up with morning wood but as I went through training and became a medic I learned that the pill was a broadspectrum antibiotic to help prevent upeer respiratory problems (common in basic) and that the lack of boners was due to the demanding situations we were in. Good story though.
2006-10-02 02:09:40 · answer #2 · answered by medic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an old wives tale .
Potassium nitrate was , repeat was , used as a food preservative.
Train hard all day and half the night and see if you have the energy to get an erection . If you do , it'll be in your sleep and you won't know it .
2006-10-02 01:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now being an old man with a prostate about the size of a football, I sure wish I could get some "saltpeter" in powder form so I could snort it up my nose and get sex off my mind.
2006-10-02 03:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chemical compound potassium nitrate is a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen. It is a nitrate with chemical formula KNO3. When it burns, it shows a bright pink to purple color.
2006-10-02 01:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an urban legend, actually. It's quite universal. The real reason is that humans revert to different pack like behavior, not focused on mating. Like young male baboons, who can't get a mate. They try to get up the hierarchy.
2006-10-02 01:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by dane 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Potasium Nitrate,its used for making gun powder.Bromide is what they give soldier to stop them having erections,or they used to.
2006-10-02 01:53:41 · answer #7 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only rumors and wives tales.
I heard about that while in basic and tech school. If they did... it sure didn't affect me.
2006-10-02 04:40:04 · answer #8 · answered by j H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
urban legend.
2006-10-02 03:38:21 · answer #9 · answered by Rusty Shackleford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read here.
2006-10-02 01:52:00 · answer #10 · answered by usaf.primebeef 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋