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A member asked:
Once stopped does laughing gas eliminate from the body immediately or does it need to to be metabolized?
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In 5 minutes.: After the administration of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), the equipment is set to 100% oxygen and 0% nitrous by the dr. The patient breathes only oxygen for 5 minutes and this eliminates any nitrous from the body.
Answered 2/26/2014
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Effects Linger: "laughing gas" as it is known, is a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen. The nitrous oxide has to be "cleared" from your blood stream and lungs once the practitioner has turned off the nitrous oxide. This is why the patient usually breathes only oxygen for some time after the procedure.
Answered 9/16/2015
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