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nos (nitrous oxide)

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PlehPls

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I do nos when I'm out or at a rave and I'll do three or four balloons in the night. I do not do it a lot though. This weekend I went to a festival and did 16 balloons one after the other. It was mad, was tripping like crazy. It's the evening after and I have an incredibly sore throat, feel a bit head achey and strange. Although, these could be due to all the MD I got through this weekend. But I was not onit when I did the Nos. I've heard a lot about people having their lungs frozen. Am I going to be OK? Is there anything I can do? Should I see a doctor? Any help would be much appreciated as I'm not incredibly knowledgable about Nos :)
 
Just sounds like you overdid it. Take it easy for a while, and don't abuse nos - a few at a festival is one thing but sitting and doing one after the other is going to make you feel pretty run down.

Hopefully a more knowledgeable forum member will reply with a more detailed response, but I wanted to warn you against abusing nos as it can lead to deficiency in producing certain vitamins
 
If you only inhaled from balloons an not directly from a tank or whippet your lungs are NOT frozen.
Perhaps there was some talc in the balloons but it is negligable most of the time and I haven't seen problems from those amounts of balloons before.

Sore throat I have had with balloons from food grade N2O cartridges from whipped cream cannisters, but not from medical grade.
 
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Honestly there have been nights where I've done well over a hundred cartridges in one night and I've never felt anything like that. Not saying it's something serious just saying I've never felt any ill effects even after ridiculous abuse haha.
 
Great then my sore throat last two times must have been from talking, must be a coincidence, haven't had any negative effects either even after emptying a small cylinder of medical N2O ~300 balloons.. Good times..=D
 
Hey mate, sounds crazy!

I use NOS with MDMA on occasion but have plenty in the past. In fact, i even spent one after party blasting nos directly from the cracker (DO NOT ADVISE THIS!!) and after this session and another session where i did about 30 balloons literally one after another whilst rolling i felt some of the symptoms you are describing. Its a bit like your IQ has been reduced by about 70 points right? Not an expert by any means, but i imagine these symptoms are being amplified by your comedown and will simply subside rather soon. Of course, if they dont seek medical advice but i wouldnt worry
 
You're probably tired and dehydrated.

Nitrous oxide can cause frostbite or cold damage if you inhale it out of a rapidly expanding gas stream, like cracking whippets and inhaling them directly, or nitrous from a tank. If you're inhaling it via balloons you should be fine.
 
You're fine. I get a sore throat sometimes from food grade (there's machine oil in there) but it doesn't even sound like you did much so it's probably just from talking or yelling.
 
PlehPls said:
Am I going to be OK? Is there anything I can do? Should I see a doctor? Any help would be much appreciated as I'm not incredibly knowledgable about Nos :)
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None of us are doctors (well, most of us), but you will most likely be okay friend.

Just take it easy this week; eat some tasty, healthy meals, watch some chill movies, take hot baths, etc.
 
Good you mention the machine oil Doldrugs, some have suggested putting cotton swabs in the whipped cream cannister to absorb any oil, haven't tried this myself yet. Also OP for piece of mind you could take some B12 vitamin.
 
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I'm not gonna lie, I kinda dry heaved when I cleaned my dispenser for the first time and saw how much oil it had collected.
 
Also of course any drug isn't going to be good for your immune system and that could lead to a sore throat.

I've had plenty of times where I overdid either drinking and/or weed and/or nitrous and/or something else and wake up with a sore throat, runny nose, cough and whatever else.

Obviously after you do that you aren't going to be feeling 100% for a couple days.
 
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