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How about with NitrOx???
How about with NitrOx???
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Saturation
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I'd be more concerned with the mental fitness of the patient than the drug.NetDoc:
In ADHD, assuming such a disease truely exists, drug therapy does not eliminate the disease, it only makes it liveable or bearable.
Anyone with symptoms of this type would be of questionable reliability at depth:
http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/intern/adhd.html
As for the drug itself, if it doesn't cause any side effects on the surface, importantly such as dizziness and sleepiness, it should be less a concern at depth for recreational diving.
OP
Do you see this as a neural exciter? Something to be concerned with with higher levels of oxygen?
flw
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Isn't it a norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor? - its not available in the UK, but wouldnt it therefore have a similar side-effect profile to the likes of venlafaxine, which include anxiety,confusion and rarely seizures - and a caution in both epilepsy and when using other drugs that may reduce the fitting threshold - like EAN may do
Saturation
Medical Moderator
Yes, adrenergic effects are reported more common with Venlafaxine [Effexor].flw:
Theoretically both have stimulating properties and are at increased risk for 02 toxicity. But to date, there are no reports of 02 toxicity in anyone taking stimulants [say for decongestion] in recreational diving.
Again, a bigger concern remains the stability of their psychologic states.
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