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The Downside of Getting
High on Nitrous Oxide
December 9, 2007 - Wired Science
For a 41-year-old man in Taiwan, laughing gas
is no longer a laughing matter. After inhaling approximately five tiny
canisters of the mild anesthetic every day for ten years, the nitrous
oxide abuser started to develop bizarre neurological problems.
Whippets are small cylinders of nitrous oxide that are
purportedly
used as a propellant for whipped cream. Morons (shown below) sometimes
fill balloons with the gas and then inhale it repeatedly to obtain a
brief high.
In November 2003, the Taiwanese man's sense of touch became so
faint
that he could barely handle chopsticks. Even worse: he felt sensations
similar to electrical shocks in his neck and legs.
At Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Chia-Yi Lin, Kwong-Kum
Liao,
and their colleagues examined their patient with an MRI scan. Part of
his spinal column had degenerated. That was no surprise since laughing
gas interferes with the production of myelin, a fatty coating that
surrounds nerves and helps them send signals.
In the January 2007 issue of Clinical Toxicology,
Lin and Liao explained
that the gas inactivates vitamin B12
and the junkie was already running low on that nutrient. Daily doses of
the gas for ten years worsened his dietary deficiency, leading to the
severe neurological damage. At the end of their correspondence, the
doctors did not say what became of their patient, but they made it
clear that he was not alone.
The following September, a correspondence to the Medical
Journal of Australia described
a 20-year-old woman
that developed paralysis in her legs after inhaling ten to twenty
canisters of whipped cream propellant per day for almost two weeks.
In this case, the young lady claimed that her actions were an
attempt to cope with the pain of a sprained ankle, but she was no
stranger to drug abuse. Before her nitrous oxide binge, the junkie had
abused heroin and enrolled in a methadone program. When she was found
trapped in the back seat of a car, there were approximately sixty empty
canisters at her feet.
Blood tests showed that her kidneys were failing, she was
anemic,
and her vitamin B12 was very low. With such a complicated set of
symptoms, the doctors were unsure of what was wrong. As they sat their
patient up to take a spinal fluid sample, her heart rate slowed to a
crawl. The physicians revived the imperiled addict with CPR and
transferred her to an intensive care unit.
Michaela Cartner,
a doctor at Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, said that her patient
recovered partially after receiving doses of vitamin B12 and the amino
acid methionine. Both of those chemicals helped to rebuild the damaged
myelin coating around her nerve fibers. Seven months later, and after
an aggressive rehabilitation program, the unfortunate girl could walk
again.
do we really need this judgmental language in every sentance? must we replace every noun with one denoting disdain? That was extremely tiring to read
But yeah... vitamin deficiency isn't fun, but if recreational nitrous were legalised, regular mechanisms (i.e. lawsuits) could bring a pressure on manufacturer's to notify consumers that they need to take supplements, or not do 60 fucking canisters a day
This proves that moderation is key. Just for once I'd like to read a headline saying "MAN ON SSRI'S KILLS 9, SHOOTS HIMSELF" or "SUGER ADDICT NOW HAS DIABETES".
Quote: Visionary Tools said: This proves that moderation is key. Just for once I'd like to read a headline saying "MAN ON SSRI'S KILLS 9, SHOOTS HIMSELF" or "SUGER ADDICT NOW HAS DIABETES".
Or any following the pattern "A fairly normal person gets fucked by doing something seemingly normal". Just to see an act 2 months later banning being normal.
A one sided story with a heavy bias. This proves nothing beyond junkies and nitrous don't mix in at least two cases, assuming the two junkies, and the biased reporter, were telling the truth.
-------------------- Just another spore in the wind.
I believe this neuro-toxicity stuff because I huffed a bunch of duster one night and passed out on a road and almost got hit by a car. I woke up in the ditch thinking that there was grass in the middle of the road. The whole next week I really couldn't do any of my basic algebra anymore. My whole mental process just got cloudy and I felt retarded... Never touched the stuff again...except that one time
-------------------- My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end.
-Icelander-
I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW!
Quote: dill705 said: I believe this neuro-toxicity stuff because I huffed a bunch of duster one night and passed out on a road and almost got hit by a car. I woke up in the ditch thinking that there was grass in the middle of the road. The whole next week I really couldn't do any of my basic algebra anymore. My whole mental process just got cloudy and I felt retarded... Never touched the stuff again...except that one time
dustoff is truely the stuff of the devil
I was with some people in high school, and someone passed around a can... ghetto asses
Quote: dill705 said: I believe this neuro-toxicity stuff because I huffed a bunch of duster one night and passed out on a road and almost got hit by a car. I woke up in the ditch thinking that there was grass in the middle of the road. The whole next week I really couldn't do any of my basic algebra anymore. My whole mental process just got cloudy and I felt retarded... Never touched the stuff again...except that one time
Duster is not N20!
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Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it.
Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it.