Entonox? analgesia for IUD insertions and removals

摘要

We intend to begin offering Entonox~R (a medical anaesthetic gas comprising 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen) as an analgesic choice for women attending for intrauterine device (IUD) fittings or difficult removals in our community contraception clinics.Entonox is already used for short-term pain relief in the community by district nurses and midwives, and in the hospital emergency and obstetric departments. The dentist working within our community clinic uses it nasally.