Withdrawals from Nitrous Oxide are REAL

I feel compelled to post some research facts about Nitrous Oxide that point to actual physical addiction and withdrawal symptoms. I know – because I’ve been dealing with them for years.

FACT #1
Nitrous Oxide bonds with the opioid receptors in the brain.


FACT #2
When Nitrious Oxide is used under standard dental procedures of only 30% Nitrous Oxide (and 70% Oxygen) - it is the equivalent to 15mg of morphine.


MEDICAL REFERENCE:
“The strongest evidence is that nitrous oxide stimulates release of enkephalins, which bind to opioid receptors that trigger descending noradrenergic pathways. The most common estimate of analgesic efficacy suggests that 30% nitrous oxide delivered by full mask is equivalent to 10 to 15 mg morphine. This interaction with the endogenous opioid system may account in part for abuse potential attributed to nitrous oxide.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614651/#!po=0.537634
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COMMENTARY:
The average nitrous user is probably not mixing their N2O with Oxygen.
They're probably breathing in more like 90-100% nitrous oxide at once and only 0-10% Oxygen

A chronic nitrous user will crack a whippit into a balloon - exhale the air from their lungs - then take a big inhale from the balloon once - then breath in-and-out of that balloon multiple times to get the most high. A chronic user will most likely be doing a box of 24 or 50 all at once. That's at least 1+ hour of breathing mostly 90% N20 - with minimal Oxygen intake. And if they're doing this multiple times in one week. Over several months. It's possible they may have a morphine-like substance abuse problem.

I'm just extrapolating here - but that makes sense to me.

It's something to contemplate if you've gone done this path and are struggling to get off the nitrous.

Depending on how dependent your body has gotten, you may need to withdraw from nitrous as you would a morphine addiction.

Please remember to tell your N2O party friends that Nitrous behaves like an Opioid in the brain and that they need to be careful not to get hooked.

Good luck my friends!

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Excerpt from original post on Bluelight.org thread: "Nitrous Oxide Withdrawals"
http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/527615-Nitrous-Oxide-Withdrawals?p=13435537#post13435537

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