John Addy, 67, who used to run a gay nightclub in Huddersfield, told Radio 4's You and Yours he was inspired by Tory MP Crispin Blunt's admission in a Commons debate that he uses poppers.
The drug, which is popular with gay men, is to be banned on 1 April under the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
Policing Minister Mike Penning said the medicines regulator was reviewing it.
Speaking about Mr Blunt's intervention in the Commons, Mr Addy, who runs the firm Liquid Gold, said: "Until now we've stayed in the background to see what was going to happen.
"But when he made that statement I thought we make the product and we should give him all the support we can."
Mr Addy, who previously ran the Gemini nightclub, said he noticed clubbers would bring the liquid in having got it from pharmacists.
When he sold the club in 1981 he went into business manufacturing them to other gay clubs, but now Liquid Gold trades across Europe to wholesalers.
What are poppers?
In 1999, the Medicines Control Agency brought a test case against manufacturers on the basis that poppers containing isobutyl nitrite were medicines, and therefore required a product licence for sale and supply in the UK.
The case was not successful and the defence sufficiently argued the products did not cause significant harm.
Mr Addy said: "This was an important test case and a five-day trial. The evidence was put forward to the jury.
"They came back with a sensible answer and that's why I'm surprised this has surfaced at the moment."
He has called on the government to consult with him, and is now in discussions with his lawyers over the April ban.
An amendment excluding poppers from the new Psychoactive Substances Bill was defeated in the House of Commons.
Policing Minister Mr Penning said poppers had been mentioned on 20 death certificates since 1993.
In a statement to Radio 4, Mr Penning added: "The landmark Psychoactive Substances Bill will fundamentally change the way we tackle new psychoactive substances - and put an end to the game of cat and mouse in which new drugs appear on the market more quickly than government can identify and ban them.
"We will work with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and others on the evidence for the use of poppers and we intend to respond before the summer recess."

Quay Fresh and Frozen Foods, in New Quay, produces 800 tonnes of crushed whelk shell waste each year.
In December 2016, it was granted a licence to dump some of it into the sea, despite complaints from residents.
Its collaboration with the university's Seacams 2 project aims to find commercially viable uses for the waste.
Researchers are looking into several possibilities, including water filtration media, soil conditioners and the potential for creating an environmentally friendly alternative to microbeads.
Quay Food's director Mandy Andrews said: "We want to ensure that we have a sustainable and stable fishing industry.
"We hope that by exploring options to maximise the efficient use of all parts of the shellfish, we can contribute to a better future for our family of employers here and for the fishermen that our business supports."

Marc Jones claimed the force spends hundreds of thousands of pounds maintaining the building that should be spent on front-line police services.
He said staff based at West Parade will be relocated to the Â£16m joint ambulance, fire and police station, due to be built at South Park.
The City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team will move to City Hall, he said.
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"We will definitely dispose of West Parade," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
"We are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds just keeping the rain out of the leaky roof at the moment and that's money that should be spent on front-line police services.
"Hopefully around March 2019 everybody will move from West Parade to the new station at South Park."
The construction of the new joint ambulance, police and fire station is part of the county's Blue Light Collaboration programme.
On Wednesday, Lincolnshire's Fire and Police services moved into a shared headquarters in Nettleham, in the first phase of the scheme.
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