nitrous oxide

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

We have a minor procedure scheduled for our daughter and they will

be using nitrous oxide for a couple minutes. She just has to have

her frenulum snipped, so I'm imagining it could be under a minute.

After her bad reaction to the measles vaccine, I'm extremely

cautious about any medication.

I've e-mailed her DAN, and an alternative practitioner about the

safety and they think it's safe. My concern is that she doesn't

tolerate B12 and I'm pretty certain she's B12 deficient. She has

always tested for being deficient in most things but we have

tolerance issues. So I wonder if anyone has some input on the risk

of a very short exposure to it. My google search turned up that it

is a risk for B12 deficient people but this seemed to be based on

longer exposures than what we're talking about.

Many thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi, , nitrous oxide is very bad for our children, as they already have

oxidative stress,so nitrous oxide will make it worse. It is dangerous even for a

very short period of time. There are some alternative, less harmful sedations,

but I would think if it is possible to do with local anesthesia would be better.

This is what I would do for my child. I know some moms, whose children have had

nitrous oxide, and unfortunately their children regressed afterwards. You can

write me on my e-mail - we can talk more. Good that you thinking about it.

 

Elena

 

Subject: nitrous oxide

To: csb-autism-rx

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 7:46 PM

Hi everyone,

We have a minor procedure scheduled for our daughter and they will

be using nitrous oxide for a couple minutes. She just has to have

her frenulum snipped, so I'm imagining it could be under a minute.

After her bad reaction to the measles vaccine, I'm extremely

cautious about any medication.

I've e-mailed her DAN, and an alternative practitioner about the

safety and they think it's safe. My concern is that she doesn't

tolerate B12 and I'm pretty certain she's B12 deficient. She has

always tested for being deficient in most things but we have

tolerance issues. So I wonder if anyone has some input on the risk

of a very short exposure to it. My google search turned up that it

is a risk for B12 deficient people but this seemed to be based on

longer exposures than what we're talking about.

Many thanks,