Is inhaling N2O Nitrous oxide dangerous?

Answer 1

It is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a pleasant, slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects, where it is commonly known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it.
Inhalant effects
Routes Inhalation
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a dissociative drug that can cause analgesia, depersonalization, derealization, dizziness, euphoria, flanging of sound, and slight hallucinations.

Answer 2

In 1845, it was noted that "Those who inhale the Gas once, are always anxious to inhale it the second time." When inhaled, nitrous produces a variety of physical effects including:


- Disorientation (both spatial and time-based)
- Fixated vision
- Throbbing or pulsating auditory hallucinations
- Similarly pulsating visual hallucinations
- Increased pain threshold
- Deeper mental connections
- Lowered vocal pitch (opposite of helium)


The most common dangers from nitrous are due to its disorienting effects and the silliness that surrounds something called laughing gas. Tripping, falling or tipping over in a chair are very common. In one recorded case this caused death. The main cause of death from nitrous seems to be asphyxiation from a bag over the head. Frost bite from the very cold gas is also a concern, especially if dispensing when still disoriented.

Because nitrous permeates the lipid (fatty) membranes of your body, it can outgas into your gut or middle ear causing an ache. Cronic heavy usage has very unpleasant effects that could be permanent. Read more detailed dangers of nitrous use.

Answer 3

They give it to you at the dentist's office, and the stuff you inhale for fun is the same stuff. It kills brain cells every time you inhale, but you actually lose a significant amount of brain cells throughout the day anyway. If you are using it every once in a great while for recreation, you probably won't do any real damage. Serious brain injuries are pretty rare. But if you intend to use it often, you may become significantly mentally impaired.

Answer 4

It can be. When a person inhales N2O (and under no trainedmedical supervision) they can pass out.
If this isdone in a small enclosed area they can suffacate and die. A few years back 2 teenagers died do just that.

Answer 5

Yes, it will suffocate you if you use it to the exclusion to a breathable level of oxygen.

Answer 6

Yes... don't inhale any gas.