Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide, Balloons, NOS) - Origin, Effect And Dangers - Doctor Explains
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2023
- Do you know about Nitrous oxide. This might not ring a bell, but it is the chemical name of the substance in those balloons people are inhaling during a rave: Laughing gas.
In todays video, we will explore its origin, unravel its effect on our body and discuss its impact on your health. Find the playlists here:
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The origin of Nitrous Oxide:
It was first synthesized in 1772 by the English chemist Joseph Priestley. By 1799 it was the latest craze for the British upper class. By 1863 it had come into general use as an anaesthetic for surgery. And it continued to be used as a recreational drugs from a gas cylinder or tank.
How popular is it?
All together, this makes nitrous oxide the second most popular recreational drug after cannabis. In 2014 Global Drug Survey found that about 29,4% of all Americans and 38,6% of all Brits have used nitrous oxide at least once in their life.
What is Nitrous oxide?
It is commonly known as laughing gas, nitro, NOS, nangs, whippet, hippy crack, buzz bomb and balloons. It is a chemical compound, with the chemical formula N2O. At room temperature it is a colourless, non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet scent and taste.
How does it work?
It travel through your mouth and will fill your lungs. There it is absorbed by your alveoli. From your lungs it enters the bloodstream and binds to multiple receptors in you central nervous system.
It anesthetic effects come from binding to the NMDA receptor. Nitrous oxide also binds to the GABA-receptor, which has a inhibiting effect on most brain pathways, creating a anxiety reducing and calming effect.
Nitrous oxide also leads to the stimulation of your sympathetic nervous system, contributing to a higher blood pressure, more cardiac output, a stimulated cerebral blood flow and an increased intracranial pressure.
The effects?
- The potential “positive ”short term effects are feelings of euphoria, relaxation and calmness, giggles and laughter and hallucinations. Where you hear or see things, which aren’t really there.
- It can also cause some “negative” short term effects; like a severe headache, dizziness, numbness of your body, sedation, uncoordinated movements, blurred vision, confusion, sweating, fatigue, feelings of paranoia and it can prevent you from thinking straight.
Some practical tips:
- As with anything in life, moderation is key.
- Furthermore, only use nitrous oxide from a balloon, this is safe, prevents a frostbite and helps you to dose it better.
- It is also advised to not use it alone or in a dangerous or isolated area.
- Don’t put a plastic bag over your head or impede your breathing in any way.
- Make sure the nitrous oxide does not come into contact with flames or cigarettes.
- Don’t combine it with alcohol or any other drugs.
- And don’t stand or dance while inhaling, as this might increase your risk for passing out.
- Disclaimer: this video and the comments are meant purely informational! This is not medical advice! If you are looking for medical advice always contact your own doctor. -
Literature:
1: Kaar SJ, Ferris J, Waldron J, Devaney M, Ramsey J, Winstock AR. Up: The rise of nitrous oxide abuse. An international survey of contemporary nitrous oxide use. J Psychopharmacol. 2016 Apr;30(4):395-401.
2: Knuf K, Maani CV. Nitrous Oxide. Nitrous Oxide. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan.
3: van Amsterdam J, Nabben T, van den Brink W. Recreational nitrous oxide use: Prevalence and risks. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2015 Dec;73(3):790-6.
4: Talk To Frank. Nitrous oxide. Frank. 2023.
5: ADF. Nitrous oxide. ADF. 2021.
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Lived in an area where guys all around me were doing ketamine and i got addicted to it before i even left high school and only got worse later in my life. Me and my homies were regularly snorting cocaine until some chick introduced me into laughing gas and it only went downhill…. I was horrifically addicted to LG and coke and I was also doing PCP and xanax. Been sober for quite a while and im planning on keeping going!
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Thanks for the technical information. Like most drugs one hit is not going to carry much risk and might even offer some benefits depending on the individual and context. Problem is, I have never seen anyone just do one balloon of nitrous ever, and the negative effects are very dependent on the concentration and length of exposure. People basically do as much as they have. The difference between doing one baloon and an entire medical canister on one sitting is huge. I'm sure huffing an entire canister is going to have some severe neurological and cognitive consequences.
Nice share !
Great informative video. I’m screwed because I’m having trouble with the moderation part. 😞
Same 😖 how are you doing now?
@@peachpixiedustI’m inhaling nitrous as I type this 🤣
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Techno music is really next level on this food grade 😂
I was addicted with this
Same
I Just Gotta Say Im 2 Minutes In, On Nitrous And Homies Accent Is Sending Me Lol
Today i used laughing gas for the first time at the dentist cuz I had to do a root canal and it made me soo dizzy!
At the first few minutes I was okay and relaxed and then after like 5-10 mins I started dreaming that I was flying and I felt that my soul came out of my body and started flying I was in another world
It felt soo weird.. I thought my soul came out of my body
And bro it was the worst experience I had ever had!!! A nightmare
The dentist was like open ur mouth she didn't know I was in another world and she gave me soooo much nitrate oxide !!!!!
I was sooo scared broo I started crying so badly thinking my soul left my body rip me
This was the dentist's fault since she put alot of nitrate oxide and she didn't make it lower
She didn't know I think but I told her after and then it was all okay!!
Then she adjusted the nitrate oxide and it was sooo much better!!! I felt so relaxed even tho I was so nervous in the first 😊
Never try Salvia...lol
Thanks for this public service. I just realized it is sold over the counter in USA. I was curious even though it is unlikely I would try it.
When you combine opiate addiction and all those other things come on now so many people are going to abuse that drug. and when doctors are using it for sedation, it gives people the feeling it's OK. Literally the feeling.
What type of anemia?
Came here while taking a massive rip of a massive balloon, but really to learn so my question is, how frequent is how often actually when talking about possible negative side effects? Me and my friends do use laughing gas from time to time but prob not more than 4 to 5 sessions per year. One single sesion could be a lot of it tho, half a tank between three people and mixing with cocaine sometimes alcohol. I know, I am pretty reckless but that's why i wanna learn more.
nah you good fam you tryna learn and now yk💯
Don't mix coke with alcohol it's like the worst way you can consume it.
@@KayLa-sq7cvyou dont know bro, the mix of bouth creates smth really nice !
Hope you read this, i did around 2kg tanks a day ,2-3 days a week constant for 3-4 years. Playing ps4 watching netflix chilling in bed. Consuming 2kg gas like it was a sigaret.
Counting this up it is a lot. I’m not paralized but im still having unexplainable symptoms which may never go away. I’m stuck with a hernia, nerve damage in lower back and cervical.
It feels like i can never train/workout like before again. This drugs is a silent killer.
@@HystoriaDymitriAnd potentially deadly.
I use to put 3 in a balloon and breath in and hold until I could hear a voice screaming "no, stop!" over end over then I would start breathing really fast into the balloon and I would pass out and have the maddest trips! seen like 2 of my past lives and stuff was super visual O.O but psychosis kicked in and it became less fun over the following months so I stopped and now sometimes I still feel bad sometimes because I couldn't help my past-self.
I thought this was the stuff you out in cars and make it go vroom vroom
it is but this also
worse thing ever was the headshop owner telling me, "hey, u know u can buy a tank instead of the little cannisters...... goddam i wish i never knew that.
why? i’m chuggin a balloon rn
I really want to know where this guy gets his stock footage from because some of it is just bonkers
super flammable
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let me correct you it's Nitrous Oxide, not Nitric Oxide as that is more deadly
Hi, wHAT ARE THE RISKA TO THE FETUS? dOES IT CAUSE OPPOSTOSIS IN THE FETUS?
Nitrogen makes up about 70% of the atmosphere and it’s more dense than oxygen, which means you’re breathing nitrogen right now.
How many balloons can I do in one night
Not sure why but my body burns off medicine extremely quick to the point a full canaster of laughing gas wore off in 10 minutes and next a shot in my gums wore off in an hour. The dentist where confused because they went through a canaster and two shots.
Besides that 1500mg ibuprofen doesn't help. In general drugs and alcohol ware of extremely quick
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How is there a risk of overdosing if the anesthesiologist put enough in you to make you pass out/fall asleep for surgery?
There have been many cases of death by anesthesia as well
No one uses nitrous oxide to put you to sleep for surgery. It’s only use in surgery is to reduce pain sensitivity and for it’s anti anxiety effects.
yh and if i am correct they also use it with pure oxygen@@orionthatman9390
Ik dacht al dat je Nederlands was gebaseerd op kwakzalvers
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i think that 1/4(people who have tried nitrous) number is wayyy off. I do whippets a lot and have for years and know so many people who have never tried them.. recreationally that is
Yah 1 in 4 recreationally is way off. He’s also calling it nitric
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So users experience side effects like alcohol.....
Not really.. alcohol is alot more severe and dangerous. I do both alcohol and nitrous oxide on occasion and they're quite different experiences.
Whats the differeence between nirtic oxide produced in the body and the one in balloons. I'm asking because I bought the supplment L citrulline malate for health benefits. L citrulline converts to arginine which turns in nitric oxide in the blood.
Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide are two different things.
@@coltonlarsen5775 Ah thank you. Good cause i've been taking my L citrulline regularly
If you’re bragging about doing it 500 times get a life 🤣🤣🤣
How tf are you gonna be on a nitrous vid talking shit about doing nitrous ??💀💀 like wtf
@@Xippone2093 To educate yourself I don’t do drugs.
I’m really paranoid, me and my friend done 3 big bottles between us in one night , this was only my 3rd time using the drug , now it’s been 4 days since I done all them baloons and my foot heel is going numb . I’m so scared someone help me please
You need to go to the doctor/hospital dont look for answers in comments
Hope you read this, i did around 2kg tanks a day ,2-3 days a week constant for 3-4 years. Playing ps4 watching netflix chilling in bed. Consuming 2kg gas like it was a sigaret.
Counting this up it is a lot. I’m not paralized but im still having unexplainable symptoms which may never go away. I’m stuck with a hernia, nerve damage in lower back and cervical.
It feels like i can never train/workout like before again. This drugs is a silent killer.
@@Kharim-ni1kt thanks ye , I’m alright now I was just really paranoid and few of my friends always done them and they couldn’t walk for weeks
@@gaborgal6467 it’s a bad thing to say, but the limit of doing them till paralysis is really high. But it’s just depends on your overal health. Here in the netherlands are people who lost their legs in half a year, other people use it for years and recover without damage. It’s one big gamble. But fr the psychic effects, hormonal effects, cognitive effects are really destructible. I don’t recommend anyone using it
@@gaborgal6467did they get better?
I am a car after this
Bra i already have all those side effects 😂
how long did u hve these side effects for and did u get better? i have been feeling dizzy non stop for the past 5 days i’m so scared
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Bra those are the side effects of meth lol😅
drug side effects are rarely limited to the substance used.
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I call them whippies 😂
@@Monika-di7vv looking back I was on nitrous when I commented that.
@@slavghterdubz
Have you ever become completely tolerant to nitrous oxide? I've been that way for a couple years now, lol
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No he didn’t he used to get hella views
He botted comments too 😂😂 💀
Not cheap
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@@alex-bb1ry I guess you’ve never been addicted to it then
@@DreamyTalesShorts nope not at all but it has the same effect as mariju
@@alex-bb1ry I guess we just have different levels of consumption. I guess I can see where you’re comparing it to marijuana but I guess I’ve abused the nitrous a little more than you have. if you abuse it, it gets pretty wild it’s like being addicted to an anesthetic. Once you come out of months and months of nitrous use, it takes a while to regain feeling of everything and that’s almost metaphoric. It’s not like I couldn’t feel things but it was like I couldn’t feel things. lol
@@alex-bb1ry when I started having muscle spasms, and my eyes started twitching really bad, I eventually quit, but it was out of pure vanity
Ha😂
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My choice marijuana ether or nitrous but not nothing.
Gay aa lost and so did i
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