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What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?

Medication dosages are crucial–no single dose fits all. My paper compares the safety, scientific and practical applicability of fixed 25–50% concentrations of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) with the variable titrated concentrations of Psychotropic Analgesic N(2)O (PAN), as used in dentistry, and neuropsychia...

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Autor principal: Gillman, Mark A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36072452
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.773190
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description Medication dosages are crucial–no single dose fits all. My paper compares the safety, scientific and practical applicability of fixed 25–50% concentrations of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) with the variable titrated concentrations of Psychotropic Analgesic N(2)O (PAN), as used in dentistry, and neuropsychiatry. A crucial difference is that PAN is always titrated, via an open circuit (nasal mask), to the minimum concentration (dose), which ensures full consciousness, cooperation, comfort and relaxation. With PAN, the goal is subject comfort, not dose. In contrast, fixed goal concentrations are usually given via relatively closed circuits (full facial mask/similar) without account for individual patient's dose-response. Hence, fixed concentrations, in N(2)O sensitive subjects, could result in unconsciousness and other adverse effects (nausea, vomiting, anxiety, aspiration, might occur; requiring an anaesthesiologist for patient safety. PAN is titrated using each subject's subjective and objective responses as the guide to the ideal concentration. Thus, when PAN is used, there is no fixed concentration even for a single subject, nor is an anaesthesiologist required. Furthermore, there is a greater scientific rationale for using PAN, because the receptor systems involved are better known, whilst those for fixed concentrations are not. The PAN or dental titration method has been safely used in general dentistry for over 70 years and as an investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic tool for neuropsychiatry for over 40 years. Clinical applications include substance abuse detoxification, ameliorating depression, and investigations of schizophrenia, human orgasm, pain perception and basic neuroscience. By contrast, the experience with fixed doses in psychiatry is limited.
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spelling pubmed-94418632022-09-06 What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide? Gillman, Mark A. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Medication dosages are crucial–no single dose fits all. My paper compares the safety, scientific and practical applicability of fixed 25–50% concentrations of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) with the variable titrated concentrations of Psychotropic Analgesic N(2)O (PAN), as used in dentistry, and neuropsychiatry. A crucial difference is that PAN is always titrated, via an open circuit (nasal mask), to the minimum concentration (dose), which ensures full consciousness, cooperation, comfort and relaxation. With PAN, the goal is subject comfort, not dose. In contrast, fixed goal concentrations are usually given via relatively closed circuits (full facial mask/similar) without account for individual patient's dose-response. Hence, fixed concentrations, in N(2)O sensitive subjects, could result in unconsciousness and other adverse effects (nausea, vomiting, anxiety, aspiration, might occur; requiring an anaesthesiologist for patient safety. PAN is titrated using each subject's subjective and objective responses as the guide to the ideal concentration. Thus, when PAN is used, there is no fixed concentration even for a single subject, nor is an anaesthesiologist required. Furthermore, there is a greater scientific rationale for using PAN, because the receptor systems involved are better known, whilst those for fixed concentrations are not. The PAN or dental titration method has been safely used in general dentistry for over 70 years and as an investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic tool for neuropsychiatry for over 40 years. Clinical applications include substance abuse detoxification, ameliorating depression, and investigations of schizophrenia, human orgasm, pain perception and basic neuroscience. By contrast, the experience with fixed doses in psychiatry is limited. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9441863/ /pubmed/36072452 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.773190 Text en Copyright © 2022 Gillman. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
title_full What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
title_fullStr What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
title_full_unstemmed What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
title_short What is better for psychiatry: Titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
title_sort what is better for psychiatry: titrated or fixed concentrations of nitrous oxide?
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36072452
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