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Nitrous Oxide

Indications

  • Maintenance of anaesthesia in conjunction with other anaesthetic agents
  • Analgesia

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

Cautions

oxide Entrapped air following recent underwater dive; pneumothorax; presence of intracranial air after head injury; recent intra-ocular gas injection Cautions, further information Nitrous oxide may ha...

Side Effects

oxide Frequency not known Abdominal distension; addiction; agranulocytosis; disorientation; dizziness; euphoric mood; megaloblastic anaemia; middle ear damage; myeloneuropathy; nausea; paraesthesia; s...

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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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