Resource Nitrous Oxide for Treatment Resistant Depression

[LittleJem]

Erowid.org: Erowid Reference 8801 : Nitrous Oxide for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: a Proof-of-Concept Trial : Nagele P, Duma A, Kopec M, Gebara MA, Parsoei A, Walker M, Janski A, Panagopoulous VN, Cristancho P, Miller JP, Zoumski CF, Conway

The Index page for the reference article: Nagele P, Duma A, Kopec M, Gebara MA, Parsoei A, Walker M, Janski A, Panagopoulous VN, Cristancho P, Miller JP, Zoumski CF, Conway C Nitrous Oxide for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: a Proof-of-Concept Trial Biological Psychiatry 2014

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It works like Ketamine on NMDA receptors. I'll let you know if I try it. Also Aldous Huxley wrote about it - I'll post more on that later, when I've managed to read more.
Here's another article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-nitrous-oxide-patients-hospitalized-suicide.html

 

[timf]

Here is a conversation I had with a dentist in the early 70s;

a. We would like to try something new, Nitrous Oxide.
b. Didn't you guys used to use that years ago?
a. Yes, but we stopped.
b. Why was that?
a. Because it killed people.
b. Have you got the bugs out of it now?
a. Yeah, we learned that you had to mix oxygen with it.
b. How long have been been using it now?
a. About two weeks.
b. Has anyone died from it recently?
a. No.
b. Go ahead.