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Is Nitrous oxide still used for medical purposes?
I thought it was phased out in most civilised places
still used everywhere because it is extremely safe and works very well
Uhm, no. It’s not used anymore at all in Hospitals here in Germany for Anesthesia. At least the bigger ones. In Switzerland I’ve also never seen it
It also doesn’t work that good, there are better and safer alternatives. Most use TIVA anyway, so no gases necessary. And if it’s absolutely necessary they use Sevoflurane.
Also Regional Anesthetics and Epidural/Spinal Blocks
Not every outpatient clinic and office has access to an anesthesiologist, with nitrous you don’t need one because it’s safe compared to sevofluorane, etc.
this is largely a problem in a country that also still shoves pieces of metal way up into people’s vaginas with no anesthesia.
you’re lucky if the dentist has nitrous at all here a lot of the time lmao. there’s even some grades within the country itself. most of america is literally a 3rd world shithole but you can’t say it publicly bc of the 10% of the population that lives in comfort and will get offended that you would dare talk about [insert any experience here that they themselves are entirely isolated from due to class]. it hurts their sensibilities or something… either way just know that when people say america is a shithole that is an understatement for the vast majority of american’s lives.
They get offended because it is contrary to the story they tell themselves that the poor are just a bunch of whiners and bring their situation on themselves.
Most dentists offer it still. I was offered some last month.