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Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Remember that when adding content about health, please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations (There are several kinds of sources that discuss health: here is how the community classifies them and uses them). WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a built-in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN. We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:25, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

@Doc James: Hi, thank you very much for your message. A friend of mine suffers from migraines, but when nauseated oral meds were, understandably, ineffective. I was trying to think of another method and, long story short, I recommended sublingual triptans. In the brainstorming process I considered an analgesic gas, specifically N2O. I thought maybe it could be a novel idea, but a quick pubmed search showed there was an article from the American Journal of Emergency Medicine (a peer reviewed journal) that showed a study (what I would call a 'pilot' study [e.g. <50 patients]) where nitrous was used to treat ER patients suffering from migraines and the study's authors claim that "Nitrous oxide shows efficacy in ED short-term treatment of acute migraine headache." I don't have access to the full article so I can't really offer my own judgement on the veracity of the claim. This is a study that has been published in a peer reviewed journal, and although it was published in 1999, I could not find any published evidence corroborating or refuting the study. I expect that you know, for novel, new research in medical fields there can be no "review" articles until there are several articles published on the subject.

Also, with regard to Nitrous_oxide_(medication) and Nitrous Oxide, not only do I think the articles would benefit by the addition of the mention of the "experimental" use of nitrous oxide for the treatment of acute migraines but also the use of nitrous oxide as a coolant for cryoneurolysis for treatment of various pain. Let me know what you think. 198.84.171.88 (talk) 19:09, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

We tend to wait until their are review articles. Often if there is not enough research to support the notability of a use it is not discussed in reviews, true.

Is its use as a coolent simply a mechanical use? Is are the putting the cold NO directly onto peoples nerves? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:14, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

@Doc James: I believe, the (liquid) N2O is used as an inexpensive and easily available method of cooling a metal probe that is injected into a nerve bundle. This study concludes that C02 is just as effective and cheaper & safer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10215117 198.84.171.88 (talk) 19:18, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Creamer potato to Potato Merger

Hello,

The merger of the article Creamer potato to Potato has been completed. Thank you for your patience and asking. AmericanAir88 (talk) 03:26, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

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