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Article  (paralysis) Using nitric oxide for a legal high no longer a laughing matter

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a...r-AA18MD8r

EXCERPTS: When Vito Oliveri first tried nitrous oxide in his twenties he didn't expect a legal drug that gives a quick high to temporarily paralyze him and his fiancée years later, leaving them unable to walk their four dogs.

[...] Experts have become increasingly concerned about nitrous oxide and its potential harms, particularly amid the rise of super-size stainless steel canisters, which came onto the market in around 2017 to "deliberately target" recreational users, according to a recent European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction report(PDF).

[...] Nitrous oxide can paralyze people because it destroys nerve cells within the spinal cord by inactivating vitamin B12, which is essential for maintaining the lining of the nerves, Alistair Noyce, a consultant neurologist working in a London hospital in the UK, told Insider.

[...] While it's rare for people who don't use the drug often or in low quantities to get nerve damage, Noyce said he'd seen patients experience it after one use but he doesn't know if those cases happened at random or if they were susceptible for some reason.

Noyce said he'd seen people, mostly in their teens and twenties, at the hospital who were "really very disabled" from using high quantities of nitrous oxide, needing to use a walking frame or wheelchair, and others who were incontinent or unable to get an erection.

[...] Oliveri shared his story to raise awareness of the dangers of using nitrous oxide. "There's a warning on alcohol bottles, there's a warning on cigarettes that tell you what's going to happen but for nitrous oxide, there's nothing," Oliveri said... (MORE - missing details)
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